Marta Santos Bravo, Nicolas Plault, Sonsoles Sánchez-Palomino, Cristina Rodríguez, Mireia Navarro Gabriel, María Mar Mosquera, Francesc Fernández Avilés, María Suarez-Lledó, Montserrat Rovira, Marta Bodro, Asunción Moreno, Laura Linares, Frederic Cofan, Carla Berengua, Cristina Esteva, Elisa Cordero, Pilar Martin-Davila, Maitane Aranzamendi, Ana Belén Pérez Jiménez, Elisa Vidal, Nuria Fernández Sabé, Oscar Len, Sebastien Hantz, Sophie Alain, María Ángeles Marcos
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Abstract
Background: This study describes the genotypic and phenotypic characterization of novel human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) genetic variants of a cohort of 94 clinically resistant HCMV patients.
Methods and results: Antiviral-resistant mutations were detected in the UL97, UL54, and UL56 target genes of 25 of 94 (26.6%) patients. The genotype-phenotype correlation study resolved the status of 5 uncharacterized UL54 deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase (G441S, A543V, F460S, R512C, A928T) and 2 UL56 terminase (F345L, P800L) mutations found in clinical isolates. A928T conferred high, triple resistance to ganciclovir, foscarnet, and cidofovir, and A543V had 10-fold reduced susceptibility to cidofovir. Viral growth assays showed G441S, A543V, F345L, and P800L impaired viral growth capacities compared with wild-type AD169 HCMV. Three-dimensional modeling predicted A543V and A928T phenotypes but not R512C, reinforcing the need for individual characterization of mutations by recombinant phenotyping.
Conclusions: Extending mutation databases is crucial to optimize treatments and to improve the assessment of patients with resistant/refractory HCMV infection.