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- Title
The temperature arrested intermediate of virus-cell fusion is a functional step in HIV infection.
- Authors
Henderson, Hamani I.; Hope, Thomas J.
- Abstract
HIV entry occurs via membrane-mediated fusion of virus and target cells. Interactions between gp120 and cellular co-receptors lead to both the formation of fusion pores and release of the HIV genome into target cells. Studies using cell-cell fusion assays have demonstrated that a temperature-arrested state (TAS) can generate a stable intermediate in fusion related events. Other studies with MLV pseudotyped with HIV envelope also found that a temperature sensitive intermediate could be generated as revealed by the loss of a fluorescently labeled membrane. However, such an intermediate has never been analyzed in the context of virus infection. Therefore, we used virus-cell infection with replication competent HIV to gain insights into viruscell fusion. We find that the TAS is an intermediate in the process culminating in the HIV infection of a target cell. In the virion-cell TAS, CD4 has been engaged, the heptad repeats of gp41 are exposed and the complex is kinetically predisposed to interact with coreceptor to complete the fusion event leading to infection.
- Subjects
CELL fusion; HIV infections; CYTOGENETICS; PEPTIDES; CELL membranes; DRUG therapy; FLUORESCENCE
- Publication
Virology Journal, 2006, Vol 3, p36
- ISSN
1743-422X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1743-422X-3-36