Combination of candidate microbicides cellulose acetate 1,2-benzenedicarboxylate and UC781 has synergistic and complementary effects against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection

Liu, S.; Lu, H.; Neurath, A.Robert.; Jiang, S.

Antimicrobial Agents and ChemoTherapy 49(5): 1830-1836

2005


ISSN/ISBN: 0066-4804
PMID: 15855503
DOI: 10.1128/aac.49.5.1830-1836.2005
Document Number: 258490
The combination of two candidate microbicides, cellulose acetate 1,2-benzenedicarboxylate (CAP), a polymer that blocks human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) entry by targeting gp120 and gp41, and UC781, a tight-binding HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitor (RTI), resulted in effective synergy for inhibition of MT-2 cell infection by HIV-1(IIIB), a laboratory-adapted virus strain. The 95% effective concentration values for the combination were reduced about 15- to 20-fold compared with those corresponding to the single compounds. The combination of CAP and UC781 is also synergistic in inhibiting infection of peripheral blood mononuclear cells by a primary HIV-1 isolate, 92US657. Combinations of CAP with other RTIs, such as efavirenz or zidovudine, also had significant synergistic effects on the inhibition of HIV-1 infection. In addition, CAP and UC781 had complementary effects against HIV-1 infection since (i) CAP inhibited infection by the UC781-resistant strain HIV-1(IIIB) A17 and (ii) pretreatment of MT-2 cells with UC781, but not CAP, abolished subsequent infection after removal of the compound. This suggests that the combination of CAP and UC781 represents a promising candidate microbicide for prevention of sexual transmission of HIV-1.

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