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Hepat Mon. 2013 Jan 20;13(1):e6712. doi: 10.5812/hepatmon.6712. Print 2013 Jan.

Drug-related mutational patterns in hepatitis B virus (HBV) reverse transcriptase proteins from Iranian treatment-naïve chronic HBV patients.

Hepatitis monthly

Mostafa Mahabadi, Mehdi Norouzi, Seyed Moayyed Alavian, Katayoon Samimirad, Talat Mokhtari Azad, Esmaeil Saberfar, Mahmood Mahmoodi, Fatemeh Ramezani, Hadi Karimzadeh, Reza Malekzadeh, Ghodrat Montazeri, Azim Nejatizadeh, Masood Ziaee, Farshid Abedi, Behrooz Ataei, Majid Yaran, Babak Sayad, Mohammad Hossein Somi, Gholamreza Sarizadeh, Ismaeil Sanei-Moghaddam, Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Houshang Rafatpanah, Mohammad Amin Pourhosseingholi, Hossain Keyvani, Ebrahim Kalantari, Mehdi Saberifiroozi, Mohammad Ali Judaki, Shiva Ghamari, Maryam Daram, Zeinab Fazeli, Zahra Goodarzi, Abolfazl Khedive, Abdolvahab Moradi, Seyed Mohamad Jazayeri

Affiliations

  1. Hepatitis B Molecular Laboratory, Department of Virology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.

PMID: 23596461 PMCID: PMC3626233 DOI: 10.5812/hepatmon.6712

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Immunomodulators and Nucleotide analogues have been used globally for the dealing of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. However, the development of drug resistance is a major limitation to their long-term effectiveness.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to characterize the hepatitis B virus reverse transcriptase (RT) protein variations among Iranian chronic HBV carriers who did not receive any antiviral treatments.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Hepatitis B virus partial RT genes from 325 chronic in active carrier patients were amplified and directly sequenced. Nucleotide/amino acid substitutions were identified compared to the sequences obtained from the database.

RESULTS: All strains belonging to genotype D.365 amino-acid substitutions were found. Mutations related to lamivudine, adefovir, telbivudine, and entecavir occurred in (YMDD) 4% (n = 13), (SVQ) 17.23% (n = 56), (M204I/V + L180M) 2.45% (n = 8) and (M204I) 2.76% (n = 9) of patients, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: RT mutants do occur naturally and could be found in HBV carriers who have never received antiviral therapy. However, mutations related to drug resistance in Iranian treatment-naïve chronic HBV patients were found to be higher than other studies published formerly. Chronic HBV patients should be monitored closely prior the commencement of therapy to achieve the best regimen option.

Keywords: Drug-Resistance; Hepatitis B Virus; Iran; Therapy

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