Molecular docking analysis of flavonoid compounds with HIV-1 Reverse transcriptase for the identification of potential effective inhibitors.

It is of interest to elucidate the binding mode analysis of 18 sulphonated flavones in the non nucleoside inhibitory binding pocket of the HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (PDB ID: 1RTD). We further compared them with the known Non Nucleosidic Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NNRTI) drug molecules such as delaviridine, nevirapine and etravirine. Molecular docking studies of sulphonated flavones were performed in the binding pocket of reverse transcriptase using the PatchDock server.

HIV-1 Integrase Resistance among Highly Antiretroviral Experienced Patients from Morocco.

Background: We aimed to analyze for the first time in Morocco the integrase (IN) sequence variability among highly experienced HIV-1-infected patients with no prior IN strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI) exposure who failed on reverse transcriptase inhibitors and protease inhibitors.

Methods: The HIV-1 IN region was sequenced from plasma samples of all 78 recruited patients. The amino acid IN sequences were HIV-1 subtyped and screened for the presence of polymorphisms against the HxB2 clade B consensus sequence by the geno2pheno subtyping tool and interpreted for drug resistance according to the Stanford algorithm.

Prevalence of resistance to integrase strand-transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) among untreated HIV-1 infected patients in Morocco.

Objective: The integrase strand-transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) are an important class in the arsenal of antiretroviral drugs designed to block the integration of HIV-1 cDNA into the host DNA through the inhibition of DNA strand transfer. In this study for the first time in Morocco, the complete HIV-1 integrase gene was analysed from newly diagnosed patients to evaluate the prevalence of natural polymorphisms and INSTIs resistance-associated mutations in the integrase gene.

Results: The 864pb IN coding region was successfully sequenced from plasma sample for 77 among 80 antiretroviral naïve patients.

Affinity comparison of different THCA synthase to CBGA using modeling computational approaches.

The Δ(9-)Tetrahydrocannabinol (THCA) is the primary psychoactive compound of Cannabis Sativa. It is produced by Δ(1-) Tetrahydrocannabinolic acid synthase (THCA) which catalyzes the oxidative cyclization of cannabigerolic acid (CBGA) the precursor of the THCA. In this study, we were interested by the three dimensional structure of THCA synthase protein.