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  • Evaluation of ITX 5061, a S...
    Zhu, Haihong; Wong-Staal, Flossie; Lee, Haekyung; Syder, Andrew; McKelvy, Jeffrey; Schooley, Robert T; Wyles, David L

    The Journal of infectious diseases, 02/2012, Volume: 205, Issue: 4
    Journal Article

    ITX 5061 is a scavenger receptor B1 antagonist that has entered phase 1 clinical trials in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-infected humans. We evaluated ITX 5061 in combination with interferon-α, ribavirin, and HCV protease and polymerase inhibitors in a genotype 2a infectious virus system. ITX 5061 is a potent inhibitor of HCV replication and is additive to synergistic with interferon-α, ribavirin, BILN2061, VX950, VX1, and 2′-C-methyladenosine. Resistance selection experiments were performed using a Jc1-FEO virus co-culture system and intermittent ITX 5061 exposure under neomycin selection. We identified a mutant virus with a substitution of aspartic acid for asparagine at the highly conserved position 415 in E2 (N415D). Introduction of this mutation into wild-type virus conferred high-level resistance to ITX 5061. There was no cross-resistance between ITX 5061 and HCV protease inhibitors or interferon-α. These results suggest that ITX 5061 is a promising compound for study in combination with other HCV inhibitors.