Notes on HCV RAS

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In the paper by Howe et al. they base their definitions of resistance mutations according to the “RAS variants listed in the 2020 EASL recommendations” (quote from the paper). I guess they mean the mutations listed in Table 7 in Pawlotsky et al. 2020:

Drug class (genome region) Amino acid position Genotype/subtype            
    1a 1b 2 3 4 5 6
Nucleotide analogue (NS5B), e.g. sofosbuvir                
  150       A150V      
  159 L159F L159F L159F L159F      
  206       K206E      
  282 S282G/R/T S282G/R/T S282G/R/T S282G/R/T S282C/G/R/T S282G/R/T S282G/R/T
  316 C316H/R C316F/H/N          
  320 L320I/F/V            
  321 V321A V321I   V321A V321A    
NS5A inhibitors (NS5A)                
  24 K24E/QR/T Q24K T24A/S S24F     Q24H
  26 K26E            
  28 M28A/G/S/T/V L28A/M/T L/F28C/S M28T/K L28M/S/T/V L28I F/L28A/I/L/M/T/V
  29 P29R P29S, del29 P29S        
  30 Q30C/D/E/G/H/K/L/N/R/T/Y,del3 R30G/H/P/Q/S L30H/S A30D/E/K/S L30F/G/H/R/ S Q30H R30E/H/N/S
  31 L31I/F/M/P/V L31F/I/M/V/W L31I/M/V L31F/I/M/P/V M/L31I/V L31F/I/V L31I/M/V
  32 P32L/S,del32 P32F/L/S,del32       P32L P32A/L/Q/R/S
  38 S38F            
  58 H58C/D/L/P/R P58A/D/L/S/R/T     T58A/P/S   T58A/G/H/N/S
  62   Q/E62D   S62L      
  92 A92K/T A92E/K/T/V C92R/S/T/W E92K     E92T
  93 Y93C/F/H/L/N/R/S/T/W Y93C/H/N/R/S/T Y93F/N/H Y93H/N/S Y93C/H/N/ S/R/W   T93A/H/N/ S
Protease inhibitors (NS3)                
  36 V36A/C/F/G/L/M V36A/C/G/L/M         V36I
  41 Q41R Q41R   Q41K Q41R   Q41K/R
  43 F43I/L/S/V F43I/S/V F43V        
  54 T54A/S T54A/C/G/S          
  55 V55I V55A V55A/I        
  56 Y56H Y56H/L/F Y56H/F Y56H Y56H   Y56H
  80 Q80K/L/R Q80H/K/L/R   Q80K/R Q80R   L80K/Q
  122 S122G/N/R S122A/D/G/I/N/R/T         S122T
  155 R155G/I/K/M/Q/S/T/V/W R155C/G/I/K/L/Q/M/S/T/W   R155K R155C/K R155K  
  156 A156G/P/S/T/V A156G/P/S/T/V A156L/M/T/V A156G/P/T/V A156G/H/K/L/S/T/V A156T/V A156T/V
  158 V158I V158I          
  166       A166S/T/Y      
  168 D168A/C/E/F/G/H/I/K/L/N/Q/R/T/V/Y D168A/C/E/F/G/H/I/K/L/N/Q/T/V/Y D168A/E/F/G/H/N/S/T/V/Y Q168H/K/L/R D168A/E/G/H/T/V D168A/E/H/K/R/V/Y D168A/E/G/H/V/Y
  170 I/V170T/V I/V170A/L/T         I170V
  175   M175L          
Non-nucleoside palm-1 inhibitor (NS5B), e.g. dasabuvir                
  314 L314H            
  316 C316Y C316H/N/Y/W          
  368   S368T          
  395 A395G            
  411   N411S          
  414 M414I/T/V M414I/T/V          
  445   C445F/Y          
  446 E446K/Q            
  448 Y448C/H Y448C/H          
  553 A553T/V A553V          
  554 G554S            
  555 Y555H            
  556 S556G/R S556G/R          
  557 G557R            
  558 G558R G558R          
  559 D559G/N D559G/N          
  561 Y561H/N            
  565 S565F            

Howe et al also has the follwing definitions of the various drugs against HCV:

Target Drugs
NS3 Protease Inhibitorer (PIs) Simeprevir*, grazoprevir*, asunaprevir*, paritaprevir/r*, glecaprevir, voxilaprevir.
NS5A Replication Complex Inhibitors (NS5AIs) Daclatasvir (DCV)*, ledipasvir (LDV)*, elbasvir*, ombitasvir*, pibrentasvir (PIB)*, velpatasvir (VEL)*.
NS5B polymerase nucleoside (NI) and non-nucleoside (NNI) inhibitors NNI: dasabuvir (DSV)*. NI: sofosbuvir (SOF)*.

* First generation
** Second generation

How does these correspond to the RAS identified by HCV GLUE? GLUE lists more than 500 different RAS, although a lot of these are different combinations of the same mutations. GLUE also divides the RAS into three categories, with Category I having the strongest evidence for association with resistance.

Relevant papers and notes

Howe et al. 2022 JHEP Reports

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