Biophysical Characterization of Novel DNA Aptamers against K103N/Y181C Double Mutant HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase.
Siriluk RatanabunyongSupaphorn SeetahaSupa HannongbuaSaeko YanakaMaho Yagi-UtsumiKoichi KatoAtchara PaemaneeKiattawee ChoowongkomonPublished in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
The human immunodeficiency virus type-1 Reverse Transcriptase (HIV-1 RT) plays a pivotal role in essential viral replication and is the main target for antiviral therapy. The anti-HIV-1 RT drugs address resistance-associated mutations. This research focused on isolating the potential specific DNA aptamers against K103N/Y181C double mutant HIV-1 RT. Five DNA aptamers showed low IC50 values against both the KY-mutant HIV-1 RT and wildtype (WT) HIV-1 RT. The kinetic binding affinity forms surface plasmon resonance of both KY-mutant and WT HIV-1 RTs in the range of 0.06-2 μM and 0.15-2 μM, respectively. Among these aptamers, the KY44 aptamer was chosen to study the interaction of HIV-1 RTs-DNA aptamer complex by NMR experiments. The NMR results indicate that the aptamer could interact with both WT and KY-mutant HIV-1 RT at the NNRTI drug binding pocket by inducing a chemical shift at methionine residues. Furthermore, KY44 could inhibit pseudo-HIV particle infection in HEK293 cells with nearly 80% inhibition and showed low cytotoxicity on HEK293 cells. These together indicated that the KY44 aptamer could be a potential inhibitor of both WT and KY-mutant HIV-RT.
Keyphrases
- human immunodeficiency virus
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv positive
- hiv infected
- hiv testing
- hepatitis c virus
- hiv aids
- men who have sex with men
- emergency department
- single molecule
- stem cells
- sars cov
- bone marrow
- risk assessment
- transcription factor
- cell proliferation
- signaling pathway
- mass spectrometry
- human health
- quantum dots