Frequency of amino acid changes associated with resistance to attachment inhibitor BMS-626529 in R5- and X4-tropic HIV-1 subtype B.

Objectives: Resistance to attachment inhibitor BMS-626529, which inhibits the binding of HIV to CD4, involves mutations in the HIV-1 gp120 gene. There is a lack of information on the primary resistance of HIV-1 subtype B to attachment inhibitors, so we decided to investigate.

Methods: Sequences from 109 attachment-inhibitor-naive patients infected with HIV-1 subtype B were analysed for the presence of previously described in vivo resistance mutations associated with attachment inhibitor BMS-626529 and tropism determination.