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Zhao X, Zhao X, Di W, Wang C. Inhibitors of Cyclophilin A: Current and Anticipated Pharmaceutical Agents for Inflammatory Diseases and Cancers. Molecules 2024; 29:1235. [PMID: 38542872 PMCID: PMC10974348 DOI: 10.3390/molecules29061235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Revised: 03/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/07/2024] Open
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Cyclophilin A, a widely prevalent cellular protein, exhibits peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase activity. This protein is predominantly located in the cytosol; additionally, it can be secreted by the cells in response to inflammatory stimuli. Cyclophilin A has been identified to be a key player in many of the biological events and is therefore involved in several diseases, including vascular and inflammatory diseases, immune disorders, aging, and cancers. It represents an attractive target for therapeutic intervention with small molecule inhibitors such as cyclosporin A. Recently, a number of novel inhibitors of cyclophilin A have emerged. However, it remains elusive whether and how many cyclophilin A inhibitors function in the inflammatory diseases and cancers. In this review, we discuss current available data about cyclophilin A inhibitors, including cyclosporin A and its derivatives, quinoxaline derivatives, and peptide analogues, and outline the most recent advances in clinical trials of these agents. Inhibitors of cyclophilin A are poised to enhance our comprehension of the molecular mechanisms that underpin inflammatory diseases and cancers associated with cyclophilin A. This advancement will aid in the development of innovative pharmaceutical treatments in the future.
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- Xuemei Zhao
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji’nan 250000, China; (X.Z.); (W.D.)
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji’nan 250000, China; (X.Z.); (W.D.)
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji’nan 250000, China; (X.Z.); (W.D.)
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji’nan 250000, China; (X.Z.); (W.D.)
- Medical Science and Technology Innovation Center, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Ji’nan 250000, China
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Smith RA, Raugi DN, Nixon RS, Song J, Seydi M, Gottlieb GS. Intrinsic resistance of HIV-2 and SIV to the maturation inhibitor GSK2838232. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0280568. [PMID: 36652466 PMCID: PMC9847912 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 01/02/2023] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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GSK2838232 (GSK232) is a novel maturation inhibitor that blocks the proteolytic cleavage of HIV-1 Gag at the junction of capsid and spacer peptide 1 (CA/SP1), rendering newly-formed virions non-infectious. To our knowledge, GSK232 has not been tested against HIV-2, and there are limited data regarding the susceptibility of HIV-2 to other HIV-1 maturation inhibitors. To assess the potential utility of GSK232 as an option for HIV-2 treatment, we determined the activity of the compound against a panel of HIV-1, HIV-2, and SIV isolates in culture. GSK232 was highly active against HIV-1 isolates from group M subtypes A, B, C, D, F, and group O, with IC50 values ranging from 0.25-0.92 nM in spreading (multi-cycle) assays and 1.5-2.8 nM in a single cycle of infection. In contrast, HIV-2 isolates from groups A, B, and CRF01_AB, and SIV isolates SIVmac239, SIVmac251, and SIVagm.sab-2, were highly resistant to GSK232. To determine the role of CA/SP1 in the observed phenotypes, we constructed a mutant of HIV-2ROD9 in which the sequence of CA/SP1 was modified to match the corresponding sequence found in HIV-1. The resulting variant was fully susceptible to GSK232 in the single-cycle assay (IC50 = 1.8 nM). Collectively, our data indicate that the HIV-2 and SIV isolates tested in our study are intrinsically resistant to GSK232, and that the determinants of resistance map to CA/SP1. The molecular mechanism(s) responsible for the differential susceptibility of HIV-1 and HIV-2/SIV to GSK232 require further investigation.
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- Robert A. Smith
- Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, CHNU de Fann, Dakar, Senegal
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- Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Saito A, Yamashita M. HIV-1 capsid variability: viral exploitation and evasion of capsid-binding molecules. Retrovirology 2021; 18:32. [PMID: 34702294 PMCID: PMC8549334 DOI: 10.1186/s12977-021-00577-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The HIV-1 capsid, a conical shell encasing viral nucleoprotein complexes, is involved in multiple post-entry processes during viral replication. Many host factors can directly bind to the HIV-1 capsid protein (CA) and either promote or prevent HIV-1 infection. The viral capsid is currently being explored as a novel target for therapeutic interventions. In the past few decades, significant progress has been made in our understanding of the capsid–host interactions and mechanisms of action of capsid-targeting antivirals. At the same time, a large number of different viral capsids, which derive from many HIV-1 mutants, naturally occurring variants, or diverse lentiviruses, have been characterized for their interactions with capsid-binding molecules in great detail utilizing various experimental techniques. This review provides an overview of how sequence variation in CA influences phenotypic properties of HIV-1. We will focus on sequence differences that alter capsid–host interactions and give a brief account of drug resistant mutations in CA and their mutational effects on viral phenotypes. Increased knowledge of the sequence-function relationship of CA helps us deepen our understanding of the adaptive potential of the viral capsid.
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- Akatsuki Saito
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.,Center for Animal Disease Control, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan
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- Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.
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Peel M, Scribner A. Optimization of Cyclophilin Inhibitors for Use in Antiviral Therapy. SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES FOR THE DISCOVERY OF ANTIVIRAL DRUGS 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/9781849737814-00384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Cyclophilins are members of the Propyl Peptidase Isomerase (PPIase) family of proteins and have recently been found to be required for efficient replication and/or infectivity of several viruses. Cyclosporine A (CsA), the prototypical inhibitor of cyclophilins has shown good activity against several key viruses, including HIV‐1 and HCV, however the immunosuppressive activity of CsA precludes its use as an effective anti‐viral agent. Structural information derived from the ternary complex formed by CsA, cyclophilin A and calcineurin has allowed the design of non‐immunosuppressive derivatives of CsA that retain, and in some cases improve, antiviral activity toward hepatitis C. Chemical modification of CsA has led to compounds with improved pharmacokinetic properties and with reduced drug‐drug interaction potential. Non‐CsA derived inhibitors of cyclophilin A have recently been identified and hold promise as synthetically more tractable leads for cyclophilin‐based discovery projects.
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- Michael Peel
- SCYNEXIS Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA
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Nomaguchi M, Doi N, Matsumoto Y, Sakai Y, Fujiwara S, Adachi A. Species tropism of HIV-1 modulated by viral accessory proteins. Front Microbiol 2012; 3:267. [PMID: 22855686 PMCID: PMC3405772 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2012] [Accepted: 07/09/2012] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is tropic and pathogenic only for humans, and does not replicate in macaque monkeys routinely used for experimental infections. This specially narrow host range (species tropism) has impeded much the progress of HIV-1/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) basic research. Extensive studies on the underlying mechanism have revealed that Vif, one of viral accessory proteins, is critical for the HIV-1 species tropism in addition to Gag-capsid protein. Another auxiliary protein Vpu also has been demonstrated to affect this HIV-1 property. In this review, we focus on functional interactions of these HIV-1 proteins and species specific-restriction factors. In addition, we describe an evolutional viewpoint that is relevant to the species tropism of HIV-1 controlled by the accessory proteins.
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- Masako Nomaguchi
- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima, Japan
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Current human immunodeficiency virus type 1 pandemic is believed to originate from cross-species transmission of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) into human population. Such cross-species transmission, however, is not efficient in general, because viral replication is modulated by host cell factors, with the species-specificity of these factors affecting viral tropism. An understanding of those host cell factors that affect viral replication contributes to elucidation of the mechanism for determination of viral tropism. This review will focus an anti-viral effect of ApoB mRNA editing catalytic subunit, tripartite motif protein 5 alpha, and cyclophilins on SIV replication and provide insight into the mechanism of species-specific barriers against viral infection in human cells. It will then present our current understanding of the mechanism that may explain zoonotic transmission of retroviruses.
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- Ryuta Sakuma
- Department of Molecular Virology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
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Schaller T, Ocwieja KE, Rasaiyaah J, Price AJ, Brady TL, Roth SL, Hué S, Fletcher AJ, Lee K, KewalRamani VN, Noursadeghi M, Jenner RG, James LC, Bushman FD, Towers GJ. HIV-1 capsid-cyclophilin interactions determine nuclear import pathway, integration targeting and replication efficiency. PLoS Pathog 2011; 7:e1002439. [PMID: 22174692 PMCID: PMC3234246 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 350] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2011] [Accepted: 11/01/2011] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Lentiviruses such as HIV-1 traverse nuclear pore complexes (NPC) and infect terminally differentiated non-dividing cells, but how they do this is unclear. The cytoplasmic NPC protein Nup358/RanBP2 was identified as an HIV-1 co-factor in previous studies. Here we report that HIV-1 capsid (CA) binds directly to the cyclophilin domain of Nup358/RanBP2. Fusion of the Nup358/RanBP2 cyclophilin (Cyp) domain to the tripartite motif of TRIM5 created a novel inhibitor of HIV-1 replication, consistent with an interaction in vivo. In contrast to CypA binding to HIV-1 CA, Nup358 binding is insensitive to inhibition with cyclosporine, allowing contributions from CypA and Nup358 to be distinguished. Inhibition of CypA reduced dependence on Nup358 and the nuclear basket protein Nup153, suggesting that CypA regulates the choice of the nuclear import machinery that is engaged by the virus. HIV-1 cyclophilin-binding mutants CA G89V and P90A favored integration in genomic regions with a higher density of transcription units and associated features than wild type virus. Integration preference of wild type virus in the presence of cyclosporine was similarly altered to regions of higher transcription density. In contrast, HIV-1 CA alterations in another patch on the capsid surface that render the virus less sensitive to Nup358 or TRN-SR2 depletion (CA N74D, N57A) resulted in integration in genomic regions sparse in transcription units. Both groups of CA mutants are impaired in replication in HeLa cells and human monocyte derived macrophages. Our findings link HIV-1 engagement of cyclophilins with both integration targeting and replication efficiency and provide insight into the conservation of viral cyclophilin recruitment.
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- Torsten Schaller
- University College London Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Molecular Virology, Division of Infection and Immunity, London, United Kingdom
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- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- University College London Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Molecular Virology, Division of Infection and Immunity, London, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Division, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- University College London Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Molecular Virology, Division of Infection and Immunity, London, United Kingdom
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- University College London Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Molecular Virology, Division of Infection and Immunity, London, United Kingdom
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- HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- University College London Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Molecular Virology, Division of Infection and Immunity, London, United Kingdom
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- University College London Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Molecular Virology, Division of Infection and Immunity, London, United Kingdom
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Division, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- University College London Medical Research Council Centre for Medical Molecular Virology, Division of Infection and Immunity, London, United Kingdom
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Earley KW, Poethig RS. Binding of the cyclophilin 40 ortholog SQUINT to Hsp90 protein is required for SQUINT function in Arabidopsis. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:38184-38189. [PMID: 21908611 PMCID: PMC3207435 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.290130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2011] [Revised: 09/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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SQN (SQUINT) is the Arabidopsis ortholog of the immunophilin CyP40 (cyclophilin 40) and promotes microRNA activity by promoting the activity of AGO1. In animals and Saccharomyces cerevisiae, CyP40 promotes protein activity in association with the protein chaperone Hsp90. To determine whether CyP40 also acts in association with Hsp90 in plants, we examined the interaction between SQN and Hsp90 in vitro and tested the importance of this interaction for the function of SQN in planta. We found that SQN interacts with cytoplasmic Hsp90 proteins but not with Hsp90 proteins localized to chloroplasts, mitochondria, or the endoplasmic reticulum. The interaction between SQN and Hsp90 in vitro requires the MEEVD domain of Hsp90, as well as several conserved amino acids within the tetratricopeptide repeat domain of SQN. Amino acid substitutions that disrupt the interaction between SQN and Hsp90 in vitro also impair the activity of SQN in planta. Our results indicate that the interaction between CyP40 and Hsp90 is conserved in plants and that this interaction is essential for the function of CyP40.
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- Keith W Earley
- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.
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The cargo-binding domain of transportin 3 is required for lentivirus nuclear import. J Virol 2011; 85:12950-61. [PMID: 21976643 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.05384-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Lentiviruses, unlike the gammaretroviruses, are able to infect nondividing cells by transiting through nuclear pores to access the host genomic DNA. Several nuclear import and nuclear pore components have been implicated as playing a role in nuclear import, including transportin 3 (TNPO3), a member of the importin-β family of nuclear import proteins. We demonstrated that TNPO3 was required by several lentiviruses, with simian immunodeficiency virus mac239 (SIVmac239) and equine infectious anemia virus (EIAV) the most dependent and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) the least. Analysis of HIV-1/SIVmac239 chimeric viruses showed that dependence on TNPO3 mapped to the SIVmac239 capsid. Mutation of a single amino acid, A76V in the SIVmac239 capsid, rendered the virus TNPO3 independent and resistant to mCPSF6-358, a truncated splicing factor that prevents HIV-1 nuclear import. Using a complementation assay based on 293T cells that express a TNPO3-targeted short hairpin RNA (shRNA), we showed that the Drosophila TNPO3 homologue can substitute for its human counterpart and that it mapped a key functional domain of TNPO3 to the carboxy-terminal cargo-binding domain. Within the cargo-binding domain, two hydrophobic motifs were required for TNPO3-dependent infection. The mutated TNPO3 proteins maintained their ability to localize to the nucleus, suggesting that their inability to restore lentivirus infection resulted from an inability to bind to a host or viral cargo protein.
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Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and related primate lentiviruses engage clathrin through Gag-Pol or Gag. J Virol 2011; 85:3792-801. [PMID: 21289110 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02329-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Gag-Pol polyprotein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is not required for efficient viral particle production. However, premature termination codons in pol, particularly in the integrase (IN)-coding region, can markedly impair HIV-1 particle formation, apparently due to the premature activation of the viral protease (PR). We now report that the IN domain of Gag-Pol is required for the incorporation of clathrin into HIV-1 virions. Significantly, PR-dependent effects of point mutations in IN on particle production correlated strictly with their effects on clathrin incorporation. A possible interpretation of these findings is that certain IN mutations impair particle production in a PR-dependent manner by promoting Gag-Pol dimerization, which also occludes a binding site for clathrin. Consistently with this model, the reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitor efavirenz, which is thought to promote Gag-Pol dimerization, inhibited the incorporation of clathrin into HIV-1 virions. Clathrin-depleted cells produced normal amounts of HIV-1 virions; however, their infectivity was reduced. We also observed that HIV-2 and the simian immunodeficiency virus SIVmac interact with clathrin through one or two copies of a peptide motif in the p6 domain of Gag that resembles the clathrin box of cellular adaptor proteins. Furthermore, the substitution of the hydrophobic residues in the single clathrin box motif of SIVmac caused a replication defect in primary cells. Taken together, our results indicate that primate lentiviruses from two different subgroups functionally interact with clathrin during assembly.
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Johnson WE, Sawyer SL. Molecular evolution of the antiretroviral TRIM5 gene. Immunogenetics 2009; 61:163-76. [PMID: 19238338 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-009-0358-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2009] [Accepted: 01/28/2009] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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In 2004, the first report of TRIM5alpha as a cellular antiretroviral factor triggered intense interest among virologists, particularly because some primate orthologs of TRIM5alpha have activity against HIV. Since that time, a complex and eventful evolutionary history of the TRIM5 locus has emerged. A review of the TRIM5 literature constitutes a veritable compendium of evolutionary phenomena, including elevated rates of nonsynonymous substitution, divergence in subdomains due to short insertions and deletions, expansions and contractions in gene copy number, pseudogenization, balanced polymorphism, trans-species polymorphism, convergent evolution, and the acquisition of new domains by exon capture. Unlike most genes, whose history is dominated by long periods of purifying selection interspersed with rare instances of genetic innovation, analysis of restriction factor loci is likely to be complicated by the unpredictable and more-or-less constant influence of positive selection. In this regard, the molecular evolution and population genetics of restriction factor loci most closely resemble patterns that have been documented for immunity genes, such as class I and II MHC genes, whose products interact directly with microbial targets. While the antiretroviral activity encoded by TRIM5 provides plausible mechanistic hypotheses for these unusual evolutionary observations, evolutionary analyses have reciprocated by providing significant insights into the structure and function of the TRIM5alpha protein. Many of the lessons learned from TRIM5 should be applicable to the study of other restriction factor loci, and molecular evolutionary analysis could facilitate the discovery of new antiviral factors, particularly among the many TRIM genes whose functions remain as yet unidentified.
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- Welkin E Johnson
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, New England Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Southborough, MA, USA.
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TRIM5alpha protein blocks retroviral replication at early postentry stage reducing the accumulation of reverse transcriptase products. TRIM5alpha proteins of Old World primates restrict HIV-1 infection whereas TRIM5alpha proteins of most New World monkeys restrict SIV(mac) infection. TRIM5alpha protein has a RING domain, B-box 2 domain, coiled-coil domain, and PRYSPRY domain. The PRYSPRY domain of TRIM5alpha determines viral specificity and restriction potency by mediating recognition of the retroviral capsid. The coiled-coil domain is essential for TRIM5alpha oligomerization, which contributes to binding avidity for the viral capsid. The RING domain and B-box 2 domain are required for efficient restriction activity of TRIM5alpha protein but the mechanisms remain to be defined.
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- Byeongwoon Song
- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, 2015 Uppergate Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Viral replication requires the help of host cell factors, whose species specificity may affect viral tropism. On the other hand, there exist host factors that restrict viral replication. The anti-viral system mediated by some of these restriction factors, which is termed intrinsic immunity and is distinguished from conventional innate and adaptive immunity, has been described as playing an important role in making species-specific barriers against viral infection. Here, we describe the current progress in understanding of such restriction factors against retroviral replication, focusing on TRIM5alpha and APOBEC, whose anti-retroviral effects have recently been recognized. Additionally, we mention cyclophilin A, which is essential for HIV-1 replication in human cells and may affect viral tropism. Understanding of these host factors would contribute to identification of the determinants for viral tropism.
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- Hiroaki Takeuchi
- International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.
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Nomaguchi M, Doi N, Kamada K, Adachi A. Species barrier of HIV-1 and its jumping by virus engineering. Rev Med Virol 2008; 18:261-75. [PMID: 18386279 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Monkey infection models are absolutely necessary for studies of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) pathogenesis and of developing drugs/vaccines against HIV-1. In addition, currently unknown roles of its accessory proteins for in vivo replication await elucidation by experimental approaches. Due to the fact that HIV-1 is tropic only for chimpanzees and humans, studies of this line have been impeded for a long time, although various investigations have been carried out utilising genetically related SIV and SIV/HIV chimeric virus (SHIV) as pathogens. Recent findings of anti-HIV-1 innate factors such as tripartite motif protein 5alpha (TRIM5alpha) and APOBEC3G/F prompted us to re-initiate an old and vital research project which would, as a result, confer the capability to overcome the species barrier on the HIV-1. We currently have obtained, by virus engineering through genetic manipulation and adaptation, some new and promising HIV-1 clones for in vivo studies in macaque monkeys as mentioned above. In this review, we summarise the past, present and future of HIV-1/SIV chimeric viruses with special reference to relevant basic HIV-1/SIV studies.
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- Masako Nomaguchi
- Department of Virology, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan
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Baldwin C, Berkhout B. HIV-1 drug-resistance and drug-dependence. Retrovirology 2007; 4:78. [PMID: 17961213 PMCID: PMC2129100 DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-4-78] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2007] [Accepted: 10/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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In this review, we will describe several recent HIV-1 studies in which a drug-dependent virus variant was selected. A common evolutionary route to the drug-dependence phenotype is proposed. First, the selection of a drug-resistance mutation that also affects the function of the targeted viral protein. Second, a compensatory mutation that repairs the protein function, but in the presence of the drug, which becomes an intrinsic part of the mechanism. The clinical relevance of drug-dependent HIV-1 variants is also discussed.
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- Chris Baldwin
- Laboratory of Experimental Virology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center of the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Schaller T, Hué S, Towers GJ. An active TRIM5 protein in rabbits indicates a common antiviral ancestor for mammalian TRIM5 proteins. J Virol 2007; 81:11713-21. [PMID: 17728224 PMCID: PMC2168759 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01468-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The recent identification of antiretroviral tripartite motif-bearing restriction factors that protect against retroviral infection has revealed a novel branch of innate immunity. The factors target the retroviral capsid and inhibit infectivity soon after the capsid has entered the cytoplasm by an incompletely characterized mechanism. Restriction is species specific. For example, TRIM5alpha from Old World monkeys, but not humans, restricts human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection. Here, we identify an antiviral TRIM5 molecule in rabbits that is closely related to antiviral TRIM5 of both primates and cattle. We demonstrate that the rabbit TRIM5 protein is active against divergent retroviruses and leads to a strong block to viral DNA synthesis and infectivity. Furthermore, we show that antiviral activity is directed against the viral capsid and that human TRIM5 proteins are dominant negative to restriction in rabbit cells. We propose that the sequence and restriction characteristics conserved between restriction factors from primates, cattle, and rabbits indicate that these factors have evolved from a common ancestor with antiretroviral properties.
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- Torsten Schaller
- MRC Centre for Medical Molecular Virology, Department of Infection, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, 46 Cleveland Street, London, United Kingdom
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Takeuchi H, Buckler-White A, Goila-Gaur R, Miyagi E, Khan MA, Opi S, Kao S, Sokolskaja E, Pertel T, Luban J, Strebel K. Vif counteracts a cyclophilin A-imposed inhibition of simian immunodeficiency viruses in human cells. J Virol 2007; 81:8080-90. [PMID: 17522232 PMCID: PMC1951326 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02727-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2006] [Accepted: 05/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Vif is a primate lentiviral accessory protein that is crucial for viral infectivity. Vif counteracts the antiviral activity of host deaminases such as APOBEC3G and APOBEC3F. We now report a novel function of African green monkey simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVagm) Vif that promotes replication of SIVagm in human cells lacking detectable deaminase activity. We found that cyclophilin A (CypA) was excluded from wild-type SIV particles but was efficiently packaged into vif-deficient SIVagm virions. The presence of CypA in vif-defective SIVagm was correlated with reduced viral replication. Infection of CypA knockout Jurkat cells or treatment of Jurkat cells with cyclosporine A eliminated the Vif-sensitive inhibition and resulted in replication profiles that were similar for wild-type and vif-deficient SIVagm. Importantly, the inhibitory effect of CypA was restricted to virus-producing cells and was TRIM5alpha independent. The abilities of SIVagm Vif to inhibit encapsidation of CypA and to increase viral infectivity were shared by rhesus macaque SIV Vif and thus seem to be general properties of SIV Vif proteins. Exclusion of CypA from SIVagm particles was not associated with intracellular degradation, suggesting a mode of Vif action distinct from that proposed for APOBEC3G. This is the first report of a novel vif-sensitive antiviral activity of human CypA that may limit zoonotic transmission of SIV and the first demonstration of CypA encapsidation into a virus other than human immunodeficiency virus type 1.
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- Hiroaki Takeuchi
- Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Viral Biochemistry Section, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Building 4, Room 310, 4 Center Drive, MSC 0460, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-0460, USA
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Li W, Luo S, Hayes M, He H, Tse FLS. Determination of N-methyl-4-isoleucine-cyclosporin (NIM811) in human whole blood by high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Biomed Chromatogr 2007; 21:249-56. [PMID: 17221915 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A liquid chromatographic method with tandem mass spectrometric detection (LC-MS/MS) for the determination of N-methyl-4-isoleucine-cyclosporin (NIM811) was developed and validated over the concentration range 1-2500 ng/mL in human whole blood using a 0.05 mL sample volume. NIM811 and the internal standard, d(12)-cyclosporin A (d(12)-CsA), were extracted from blood using MTBE via liquid-liquid extraction. After evaporation of the organic solvent and reconstitution, a 10 microL aliquot of the resulting extract was injected onto the LC-MS/MS system. Chromatographic separation of NIM811 and internal standard was performed using a Waters Symmetry RP-8 (50 x 4.6 mm, 3 microm particle size) column. The mobile phase consists of 10 mm ammonium acetate in water (A) and acetonitrile (B), with 45% B from 0 to 0.2 min, 45 to 85% B from 0.2 to 0.8 min and 85% B from 0.8 to 2.2 min. The total run time was 3.5 min with a flow rate of 0.8 mL/min. The method was validated for sensitivity, linearity, reproducibility, stability, dilution integrity and recovery. The precision and accuracy of quality control samples at low (2.00 ng/mL), medium (20.0 and 400 ng/mL) and high (2000 ng/mL) concentrations were in the range 1.1-4.3% relative standard deviation (RSD) and -2.5-10.0% (bias), respectively, from three validation runs. The method has been used to measure the exposure of NIM811 in human subjects.
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- Wenkui Li
- Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ 07936, USA.
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More than a decade has passed since the discovery that the peptidyl prolyl isomerase cyclophilin A (CypA) specifically binds to a proline-rich sequence in HIV-1 capsid (CA) and is thereby incorporated into viral particles. Since then, a variety of possible functions of CypA in the HIV-1 replication cycle have been intensively investigated, but the biological function of this interaction remains to be determined. The binding of CypA to CA increases HIV-1 infectivity in human cells, but promotes an anti-HIV-1 restriction activity in cells from nonhuman primates. Numerous studies have been undertaken to understand the paradoxical effects of CypA and, along with the parallel discovery of the restriction factor tripartite motif 5α, our understanding of how CypA modulates HIV-1 infectivity has now been changed completely. However, 13 years after its discovery, the biological function of the specific interaction between HIV-1 CA and CypA is still not fully understood. Even though much insight has been provided to date, many questions remain unanswered.
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- Jörg Votteler
- Institute for Clinical & Molecular Virology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schlossgarten 4, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Department of Structural Biology Inhoffenstraße 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical & Molecular Virology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schlossgarten 4, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) combining potent drugs that can inhibit reverse transcriptase, integrase and protease activities has changed the natural history of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) type 1 disease. Unfortunately, poor penetrability into different anatomic compartments, toxicity and drug resistance are some of the problems related to their prolonged use. The ability of HIV to mutate and become resistant, along with the ongoing viral replication during HAART, can lead to the emergence of independently evolving viral strains in different anatomic compartments (i.e., brain, testes, lymph nodes, etc.). In addition, HAART predominantly effects the viral replication in the activated or differentiating CD(+) T lymphocytes, but appears to have a very limited effect on HIV-1 preintegration complexes in the latently infected cells. Existing drug therapies do not eliminate these viral reservoirs, nor do they prevent their formation. New strategies are needed for eliminating protected areas of HIV-1 in vivo. Therefore, the persistence of latent HIV-1 reservoirs is the principal barrier in the complete eradication of HIV-1 infection in patients by antiretroviral therapy at present. African non-human primates (NHPs) naturally infected with various simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVs) appear not to develop immunodeficiency or AIDS, whereas Asian NHPs, which are unnatural hosts, infected with SIVs, as well humans infected with HIV-1, will nearly always develop progressive loss of CD(+) T lymphocytes and a gradual destruction of immune functions. Understanding the difference in the host responses between natural and unnatural hosts, and deciphering which host factors are responsible for the non-pathogenic course of natural SIV infections, would be valuable in developing more-effective treatment or prevention strategies for HIV/AIDS. A number of factors encoded by host cells have been identified that appear to play critical roles in the SIV infection process. Two of these factors, TRIM5alpha (a member of a large family of proteins known as the TRIM proteins) and cellular apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme-catalytic polypeptide-like-3G (APOBEC3G) have been recently identified. APOBEC3G genes belong to a family of primate genes that produce enzymes (in this case, APOBEC3G) that 'edit' RNA by replacing cytosine with guanine into viral particles as the virus undergoes reverse transcription in the cytoplasm of the host cell. HIV-1, in turn, counters with a protein called viral infectivity factor (Vif), which binds to the APOBEC3G enzyme that degrades it. Several other blocking factors have been described, including lentiviral blocking factor (Lv)1 and 2. These factors appear to block the infection at a postentry step; after reverse transcription has occurred, but before proviral integration. Thus, it is crucial to understand the molecular mechanisms involved in the establishment, maintenance and reactivation of lentiviral latency. This review presents various models of HIV-1 latency and forward a new unified model of lentiviral latency.
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- Omar Bagasra
- South Carolina Center for Biotechnology, ClaflinUniversity, 400 Magnolia Street, Orangeburg, SC 29115, USA.
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Ma S, Boerner JE, TiongYip C, Weidmann B, Ryder NS, Cooreman MP, Lin K. NIM811, a cyclophilin inhibitor, exhibits potent in vitro activity against hepatitis C virus alone or in combination with alpha interferon. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2006; 50:2976-82. [PMID: 16940091 PMCID: PMC1563518 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00310-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Host factors involved in viral replication are potentially attractive antiviral targets that are complementary to specific inhibitors of viral enzymes, since resistant mutations against the latter are likely to emerge during long-term treatment. It has been reported recently that cyclosporine, which binds to a family of cellular proteins, cyclophilins, inhibits hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication in vitro. Here, the activities of various cyclosporine derivatives were evaluated in the HCV replicon system. There was a strong correlation between the anti-HCV activity and cyclophilin-binding affinity of these compounds. Of these, NIM811 has been selected as a therapeutic candidate for HCV infection, since it binds to cyclophilins with higher affinity than cyclosporine but is devoid of the significant immunosuppressive activity associated with cyclosporine. NIM811 induced a concentration-dependent reduction of HCV RNA in the replicon cells with a 50% inhibitory concentration of 0.66 microM at 48 h. Furthermore, a greater than three-log(10) viral RNA reduction was achieved after treating the cells with as little as 1 microM of NIM811 for 9 days. In addition, the combination of NIM811 with alpha interferon significantly enhanced anti-HCV activities without causing any increase of cytotoxicity. Taken together, these promising in vitro data warrant clinical investigation of NIM811, an inhibitor of novel mechanism, for the treatment of hepatitis C.
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- Sue Ma
- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Inc., 500 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Luban J. Cyclophilin A, TRIM5, and resistance to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection. J Virol 2006; 81:1054-61. [PMID: 16956947 PMCID: PMC1797489 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01519-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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- Jeremy Luban
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Via Vincenzo Vela 6, CH-6500 Bellinzona, Switzerland.
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Noser JA, Towers GJ, Sakuma R, Dumont JM, Collins MKL, Ikeda Y. Cyclosporine increases human immunodeficiency virus type 1 vector transduction of primary mouse cells. J Virol 2006; 80:7769-74. [PMID: 16840358 PMCID: PMC1563702 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02427-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2005] [Accepted: 04/25/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Murine primary cells are poorly permissive to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) vector infection. Retroviral infectivity is influenced by dominant inhibitors such as TRIM5alpha. Sensitivity to TRIM5alpha is altered by interactions between cyclophilin A and the HIV-1 capsid. Here we demonstrate that competitive inhibitors of cyclophilins, cyclosporine or the related Debio-025, stimulate HIV-1 vector transduction of primary murine cells, including bone marrow and macrophages, up to 20-fold. Unexpectedly, the infectivity of an HIV-1 mutant or a simian lentivirus that does not recruit cyclophilin A is also stimulated by these drugs. We propose that cyclosporine and related compounds will be useful tools for experimental infection of murine primary cells. It is possible that HIV-1 infection of murine cells is inhibited by dominant factors related to immunophilins.
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- Josh A Noser
- Molecular Medicine Program, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA
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Sokolskaja E, Luban J. Cyclophilin, TRIM5, and innate immunity to HIV-1. Curr Opin Microbiol 2006; 9:404-8. [PMID: 16815734 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2006.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2006] [Accepted: 06/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The peptidyl-prolyl isomerase cyclophilin A (CypA) binds a proline-rich loop on the surface of HIV-1 capsid (CA). This interaction increases HIV-1 infectivity in humans but promotes an anti-HIV-1 restriction activity in non-human primates. Efforts to understand these paradoxical effects of cyclophilin, along with more targeted approaches to uncover the genetic basis for HIV-1 restriction, led to the discovery of TRIM5 (tripartite motif protein 5), a CA-specific receptor for the retroviral core. The ensuing TRIM5 publication flurry established a paradigm of innate immunity in which the protein lattice of an invading retroviral core, rather than double-stranded RNA or lipopolysaccharide, is recognized by a multimeric, cytoplasmic receptor. CypA modulates HIV-1 virion core detection by this class of innate pattern recognition molecule, apparently by inducing subtle shifts in CA conformation.
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- Elena Sokolskaja
- Department of Microbiology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Kamada K, Yoshida A, Khamsri B, Piroozmand A, Yamashita T, Uchiyama T, Fujita M, Adachi A. Construction of gag-chimeric viruses between HIV-1 and SIVmac that are capable of productive multi-cycle infection. Microbes Infect 2006; 8:1075-81. [PMID: 16520079 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2005.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2005] [Accepted: 11/04/2005] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Forty-nine recombinant viral clones between human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and simian immunodeficiency virus from the rhesus monkey (SIVmac), which carry chimeric gag (capsid/p2 region) genes in the background of the HIV-1 genome, were constructed to establish an HIV-1/monkey infection model system for human AIDS. Upon transfection, all the recombinants generated progeny virions at a level comparable to the parental HIV-1 clone and no major abnormalities were found in the virions, as examined by Western blot analysis. In infection experiments, 18 recombinants grew in human lymphocytic cells and six of these clones propagated as well as the parental virus, as monitored by virion associated-reverse transcriptase production. By contrast, none of the recombinants grew at a detectable level in monkey lymphocytic cells. The defective replication site(s) in human cells for non-infectious recombinants was mapped to the step before and/or during reverse transcription. Our results described here showed that HIV-1 type chimeric viruses between HIV-1 and SIVmac, which are capable of spreading productive infection, are readily constructed throughout the capsid/p2 region. In addition, it is suggested that there may be a viral determinant(s), other than Gag, responsible for the species-specific tropism of HIV-1 and which is associated with viral DNA synthesis.
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- Kazuya Kamada
- Department of Virology, Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, 3-18-15 Kuramoto-cho, Tokushima-shi, Tokushima 770-8503, Japan
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Paeshuyse J, Kaul A, De Clercq E, Rosenwirth B, Dumont JM, Scalfaro P, Bartenschlager R, Neyts J. The non-immunosuppressive cyclosporin DEBIO-025 is a potent inhibitor of hepatitis C virus replication in vitro. Hepatology 2006; 43:761-70. [PMID: 16557546 DOI: 10.1002/hep.21102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 218] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Cyclosporin A (CsA) inhibits the in vitro replication of HCV subgenomic replicons. We here report on the potent anti-HCV activity of the non-immunosuppressive cyclosporin DEBIO-025. The 50% effective concentration for inhibition of HCV subgenomic replicon replication in Huh 5-2 cells (luciferase assay) by DEBIO-025 was 0.27 +/- 0.03 microg/mL and for CsA 2.8 +/- 0.4 microg/mL. The concentration that reduced the growth of exponentially proliferating Huh 5-2 cells by 50% was greater than 27 microg/mL for DEBIO-025 and 12 +/- 6 microg/mL for CsA, resulting in a selectivity index of approximately 900 for DEBIO-025 and 40 for CsA. The superior activity of DEBIO-025, as compared with CsA, was corroborated by monitoring HCV RNA levels in Huh 5-2, two other HCV subgenomic replicon-containing cell lines, and by monitoring the luciferase signal and viral antigen production in hepatoma cells that had been infected with an infectious full-length chimeric HCV construct. The combination of interferon alpha 2a with either CsA or DEBIO-025 resulted in an additive to slightly synergistic antiviral activity. DEBIO-025, at concentrations of 0.5 and 1 microg/mL, was able to clear cells from their HCV replicon within three to four passages, whereas treatment with CsA at the same concentrations for seven consecutive passages did not result in clearance of the HCV replicon. In conclusion, DEBIO-025, a compound that is also endowed with potent anti-HIV activity and is well tolerated in animals and humans, may form an attractive new option for the therapy of HCV infections, particularly in HCV/HIV co-infected patients.
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- Jan Paeshuyse
- Rega Institute for Medical Research, Leuven, Belgium
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Sokolskaja E, Berthoux L, Luban J. Cyclophilin A and TRIM5alpha independently regulate human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infectivity in human cells. J Virol 2006; 80:2855-62. [PMID: 16501094 PMCID: PMC1395419 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.80.6.2855-2862.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2005] [Accepted: 12/07/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Cyclophilin A (CypA), a cytoplasmic, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) CA-binding protein, acts after virion membrane fusion with human cells to increase HIV-1 infectivity. HIV-1 CA is similarly greeted by CypA soon after entry into rhesus macaque or African green monkey cells, where, paradoxically, the interaction decreases HIV-1 infectivity by facilitating TRIM5alpha-mediated restriction. These observations conjure a model in which CA recognition by the human TRIM5alpha orthologue is precluded by CypA. Consistent with the model, selection of a human cell line for decreased restriction of the TRIM5alpha-sensitive, N-tropic murine leukemia virus (N-MLV) rendered HIV-1 transduction of these cells independent of CypA. Additionally, HIV-1 virus-like particles (VLPs) saturate N-MLV restriction activity, particularly when the CA-CypA interaction is disrupted. Here the effects of CypA and TRIM5alpha on HIV-1 restriction were examined directly. RNA interference was used to show that endogenous human TRIM5alpha does indeed restrict HIV-1, but the magnitude of this antiviral activity was not altered by disruption of the CA-CypA interaction or by elimination of CypA protein. Conversely, the stimulatory effect of CypA on HIV-1 infectivity was completely independent of human TRIM5alpha. Together with previous reports, these data suggest that CypA protects HIV-1 from an unknown antiviral activity in human cells. Additionally, target cell permissivity increased after loading with heterologous VLPs, consistent with a common saturable target that is epistatic to both TRIM5alpha and the putative CypA-regulated restriction factor.
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- Elena Sokolskaja
- Department of Microbiology, Columbia University, 701 West 168th Street, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Loewen N, Poeschla EM. Lentiviral vectors. ADVANCES IN BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING/BIOTECHNOLOGY 2005; 99:169-91. [PMID: 16568892 DOI: 10.1007/10_007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We review the use of lentiviral vectors in current human gene therapy applications that involve genetic modification of nondividing tissues with integrated transgenes. Safety issues, including insertional mutagenesis and replication-competent retroviruses, are discussed. Innate cellular defenses against retroviruses and their implications for human gene therapy with different lentiviral vectors are also addressed.
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- Nils Loewen
- Molecular Medicine Program, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Berthoux L, Sebastian S, Sokolskaja E, Luban J. Cyclophilin A is required for TRIM5{alpha}-mediated resistance to HIV-1 in Old World monkey cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:14849-53. [PMID: 16203999 PMCID: PMC1239943 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0505659102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The peptidyl-prolyl isomerase cyclophilin A (CypA) embraces an exposed, proline-rich loop on HIV-1 capsid (CA) and renders reverse transcription complexes resistant to an antiviral activity in human cells. A CypA fusion with TRIM5 that is unique to New World owl monkeys also targets HIV-1 CA, but this interaction potently inhibits infection. A similar block to HIV-1 infection in Old World monkeys is attributable to the alpha isoform of the TRIM5 orthologue in these species. To determine whether HIV-1 restriction by Old World monkey TRIM5alpha is modulated by the CA-CypA interaction, RNA interference was used to disrupt CypA in cells from African green monkeys and rhesus macaques. HIV-1 infectivity increased in response to CypA knock-down to the same extent that it increased in response to TRIM5 knock-down. CypA knock-down eliminated the HIV-1 stimulatory effect of cyclosporin A (CsA), a competitive inhibitor of the CypA-CA interaction, or of CA mutants that block binding to CypA but caused no change in titer of retroviruses that don't interact with CypA. Simultaneous knock-down of both CypA and TRIM5 caused minimal additional increase in titer, suggesting that CypA inhibits HIV-1 replication in these cells because it is required for CA recognition by TRIM5alpha. Finally, CsA increased HIV-1 titer in otherwise nonrestrictive feline cells but only after these cells were transduced with Old World monkey TRIM5alpha. Thus, CypA is required for HIV-1 restriction by Old World monkey orthologues of TRIM5alpha.
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- Lionel Berthoux
- Departments of Microbiology and Medicine, Columbia University, 701 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Chatterji U, Bobardt MD, Stanfield R, Ptak RG, Pallansch LA, Ward PA, Jones MJ, Stoddart CA, Scalfaro P, Dumont JM, Besseghir K, Rosenwirth B, Gallay PA. Naturally occurring capsid substitutions render HIV-1 cyclophilin A independent in human cells and TRIM-cyclophilin-resistant in Owl monkey cells. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:40293-300. [PMID: 16199531 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m506314200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In this study, we asked if a naturally occurring HIV-1 variant exists that circumvents CypA dependence in human cells. To address this issue, we sought viruses for CypA independence using Debio-025, a cyclosporine A (CsA) analog that disrupts CypA-capsid interaction. Surprisingly, viral variants from the Main group replicate even in the presence of the drug. Sequencing analyses revealed that these viruses encode capsid substitutions within the CypA-binding site (V86P/H87Q/I91V/M96I). When we introduced these substitutions into viruses that normally rely on CypA for replication, these mutants no longer depended on CypA, suggesting that naturally occurring capsid substitutions obviate the need for CypA. This is the first demonstration that isolates from the Main group naturally develop CypA-independent strategies to replicate in human cells. Surprisingly, we found that these capsid substitutions render HIV-1 capable of infecting Owl monkey (OMK) cells that highly restrict HIV-1. OMK cell resistance to HIV-1 is mediated via TRIM-Cyp, which arose from a retrotransposition of CypA into the TRIM5 alpha gene. Interestingly, saturation experiments suggest that the Pro86/Gln87/Val91/Ile96 capsid core is "invisible" to TRIM-Cyp. This study demonstrates that specific capsid substitutions can release HIV-1 from both CypA dependence in human cells and TRIM-Cyp restriction in monkey cells.
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- Udayan Chatterji
- Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Khan M, Jin L, Miles L, Bond VC, Powell MD. Chimeric human immunodeficiency virus type 1 virions that contain the simian immunodeficiency virus nef gene are cyclosporin A resistant. J Virol 2005; 79:3211-6. [PMID: 15709044 PMCID: PMC548445 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.5.3211-3216.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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We have previously shown that human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) virions which have their own nef gene deleted and are trans complemented to contain HIV-2 or simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) Nef become resistant to treatment with cyclosporin A. To expand and confirm these studies, we have tested an HIV-1 isolate in which the HIV-1 nef gene has been replaced by the nef gene from SIV in a multiround infectivity assay using more physiologically relevant cell types. Our results confirm that HIV-1 virions that contain SIV nef can replicate in a cyclophilin-independent fashion.
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- Mahfuz Khan
- Dept. of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and Immunology, Morehouse School of Medicine, 720 Westview Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30310, USA.
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Host cellular genes can have profound effects on retrovirus replication. Many of these genes encode restriction factors that block virus infection; others encode positive factors that are exploited by the viruses. Recently, a number of such genes have been cloned and characterized, bringing into sharper focus the mechanisms and pathways exploited by these viruses. The major host factors involved in the early phase of the viral life cycle are discussed.
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- Stephen P Goff
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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A number of cellular genes have recently been identified that actively inhibit retrovirus replication and so protect cells from infection. The genes target many distinct steps in the viral life cycle: entry, viral DNA synthesis, intracellular movement of viral nucleic acids, and viral gene expression. These restriction systems constitute newly appreciated components of an innate immunity that may be important for survival of a host exposed to retrovirus infection. It may someday be possible to enhance or activate these systems to induce antiviral states.
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- Stephen P Goff
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, 701 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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In addition to the conventional innate and acquired immune responses, complex organisms have evolved an array of dominant, constitutively expressed genes that suppress or prevent viral infections. Two major cellular defenses against infection by retroviruses are the Fv1 and TRIM5 class of inhibitors that target incoming retroviral capsids and the APOBEC3 class of cytidine deaminases that hypermutate and destabilize retroviral genomes. Additional, less well characterized activities also inhibit viral replication. Here, the present understanding of these 'intrinsic' immune mechanisms is reviewed and their role in protection from retroviral infection is discussed.
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Hatziioannou T, Perez-Caballero D, Yang A, Cowan S, Bieniasz PD. Retrovirus resistance factors Ref1 and Lv1 are species-specific variants of TRIM5alpha. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:10774-9. [PMID: 15249685 PMCID: PMC490010 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0402361101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 316] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2004] [Accepted: 06/03/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Mammalian cells express several factors that act in a cell-autonomous manner to inhibit retrovirus replication. Among these are the Friend virus susceptibility factor 1/lentivirus susceptibility factor 1/restriction factor 1 (Ref1) class of restriction factors, which block infection by targeting the capsids of diverse retroviruses. Here we show that lentivirus susceptibility factor 1 and Ref1 are species-specific variants of tripartite interaction motif 5alpha (TRIM5alpha), a cytoplasmic body component recently shown to block HIV-1 infection in rhesus macaque cells, and can indeed block infection by widely divergent retroviruses. Depletion of TRIM5alpha from human cells relieved restriction of N-tropic murine leukemia virus (N-MLV), and expression of human TRIM5alpha in otherwise nonrestricting cells conferred specific resistance to N-MLV infection, indicating that TRIM5alpha is Ref1 or an essential component of Ref1. TRIM5alpha variants from humans, rhesus monkeys, and African green monkeys displayed different but overlapping restriction specificities that were quite accurately predicted by the restriction properties of the cells from which they were derived. All TRIM5alpha variants could inhibit infection by at least two different retroviruses, and African green monkey TRIM5alpha was able to inhibit infection by no less than four divergent retroviruses of human, non-human primate, equine, and murine origin. However, each TRIM5alpha variant was unable to restrict retroviruses isolated from the same species. These data indicate that TRIM5alpha can confer broad innate immunity to retrovirus infection in primate cells and is likely to be an important natural barrier to cross-species retrovirus transmission.
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Lee K, KewalRamani VN. In defense of the cell: TRIM5alpha interception of mammalian retroviruses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:10496-7. [PMID: 15252204 PMCID: PMC489964 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0404066101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Kyeongeun Lee
- Model Development Section, HIV Drug Resistance Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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Hatziioannou T, Cowan S, Von Schwedler UK, Sundquist WI, Bieniasz PD. Species-specific tropism determinants in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 capsid. J Virol 2004; 78:6005-12. [PMID: 15140998 PMCID: PMC415825 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.11.6005-6012.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2003] [Accepted: 01/24/2004] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Retroviral tropism is determined in part by cellular restriction factors that block infection by targeting the incoming viral capsid. Indeed, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection of many nonhuman primate cells is inhibited by one such factor, termed Lv1. In contrast, a restriction factor in humans, termed Ref1, does not inhibit HIV-1 infection unless nonnatural mutations are introduced into the HIV-1 capsid protein (CA). Here, we examined the infectivity of a panel of mutant HIV-1 strains carrying substitutions in the N-terminal CA domain in cells that exhibit restriction attributable to Lv1 or Ref1. Manipulation of HIV-1 CA could alter HIV-1 tropism, and several mutations were identified that increased or decreased HIV-1 infectivity in a target-cell-specific manner. Many residues that affected HIV-1 tropism were located in the three variable loops that lie on the outer surface of the modeled HIV-1 conical capsid. Some tropism determinants, including the CypA binding site, coincided with residues whose mutation conferred on HIV-1 CA the ability to saturate Ref1 in human cells. Notably, a mutation that reverses the infectivity defect in human cells induced by CypA binding site mutation inhibits recognition by Ref1. Overall, these findings demonstrate that exposed variable loops in CA and a partial CypA "coat" can modulate restriction and HIV-1 tropism and suggest a model in which the exposed surface of the incoming retroviral capsid is the target for inhibition by host cell-specific restriction factors.
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Stremlau M, Owens CM, Perron MJ, Kiessling M, Autissier P, Sodroski J. The cytoplasmic body component TRIM5alpha restricts HIV-1 infection in Old World monkeys. Nature 2004; 427:848-53. [PMID: 14985764 DOI: 10.1038/nature02343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1466] [Impact Index Per Article: 73.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2003] [Accepted: 01/13/2004] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Host cell barriers to the early phase of immunodeficiency virus replication explain the current distribution of these viruses among human and non-human primate species. Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), the cause of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in humans, efficiently enters the cells of Old World monkeys but encounters a block before reverse transcription. This species-specific restriction acts on the incoming HIV-1 capsid and is mediated by a dominant repressive factor. Here we identify TRIM5alpha, a component of cytoplasmic bodies, as the blocking factor. HIV-1 infection is restricted more efficiently by rhesus monkey TRIM5alpha than by human TRIM5alpha. The simian immunodeficiency virus, which naturally infects Old World monkeys, is less susceptible to the TRIM5alpha-mediated block than is HIV-1, and this difference in susceptibility is due to the viral capsid. The early block to HIV-1 infection in monkey cells is relieved by interference with TRIM5alpha expression. Our studies identify TRIM5alpha as a species-specific mediator of innate cellular resistance to HIV-1 and reveal host cell components that modulate the uncoating of a retroviral capsid.
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- Matthew Stremlau
- Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Zhou J, Yuan X, Dismuke D, Forshey BM, Lundquist C, Lee KH, Aiken C, Chen CH. Small-molecule inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 replication by specific targeting of the final step of virion maturation. J Virol 2004; 78:922-9. [PMID: 14694123 PMCID: PMC368845 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.2.922-929.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Despite the effectiveness of currently available human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) therapies, a continuing need exists for new drugs to treat HIV-1 infection. We investigated the mechanism by which 3-O-[3',3'-dimethylsuccinyl]-betulinic acid (DSB) inhibits HIV-1 replication. DSB functions at a late stage of the virus life cycle but does not inhibit the HIV-1 protease in vitro or interfere with virus assembly or release. DSB specifically delays the cleavage of Gag between the capsid (CA) and p2, resulting in delayed formation of the mature viral core and reduced HIV-1 infectivity. Replication of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) was resistant to DSB; however, a chimeric SIV carrying CA-p2 sequences from HIV-1 was inhibited by the drug, indicating that susceptibility to DSB maps to the CA-p2 region of the HIV-1 Gag protein. A single point mutation at the CA-p2 cleavage site of HIV-1 conferred strong resistance to DSB, confirming the target of the drug. HIV-1 strains that are resistant to a variety of protease inhibitors were sensitive to DSB. These findings indicate that DSB specifically protects the CA-p2 cleavage site from processing by the viral protease during virion maturation, thereby revealing a novel mechanism for pharmacologic inhibition of HIV-1 replication.
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- Jing Zhou
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Hatziioannou T, Cowan S, Bieniasz PD. Capsid-dependent and -independent postentry restriction of primate lentivirus tropism in rodent cells. J Virol 2004; 78:1006-11. [PMID: 14694132 PMCID: PMC368775 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.2.1006-1011.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2003] [Accepted: 09/26/2003] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Retrovirus tropism can be restricted by cellular factors such as Fv1, Ref1, and Lv1 that inhibit infection by targeting the incoming viral capsid. Here, we show that rodent cells exhibit differential sensitivity to infection by vesicular stomatitis virus G-pseudotyped lentiviruses and that differences between human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVmac) infectivity are sometimes, but not always, governed by determinants in capsid-p2. In at least one case, resistance to SIVmac infection could be eliminated by saturation of target cells with noninfectious SIVmac particles. However, cross-saturation experiments and analysis of Fv1-null cells engineered to express natural or artificial Fv1 proteins revealed that lentivirus restriction in mouse cells is independent of Fv1. Overall, these findings indicate that novel restriction factors in rodents can modulate sensitivity to specific primate lentiviruses.
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- Theodora Hatziioannou
- Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center and The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Zander K, Sherman MP, Tessmer U, Bruns K, Wray V, Prechtel AT, Schubert E, Henklein P, Luban J, Neidleman J, Greene WC, Schubert U. Cyclophilin A interacts with HIV-1 Vpr and is required for its functional expression. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:43202-13. [PMID: 12881522 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m305414200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Viral protein R (Vpr) of human immunodeficiency virus, type 1 (HIV-1) is the major virion-associated accessory protein that affects a number of biological functions in the retroviral life cycle, including promotion of the transport of the preintegration complex into the nucleus and the induction of G2 host cell cycle arrest. Our recent investigation of the conformational heterogeneity of the proline residues in the N terminus of Vpr suggested a functional interaction between Vpr and a host peptidylprolyl cis/trans isomerase (PPIase) that might regulate the cis/trans interconversion of the imidic bond within the conserved proline residues of Vpr in vivo. Using surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy, Far Western blot, and pulldown experiments a physical interaction of Vpr with the major host PPIase cyclophilin A (CypA) is now demonstrated. The interaction domain involves the N-terminal region of Vpr including an essential role for proline in position 35. The CypA inhibitor cyclosporin A and non-immunosuppressive PPIase inhibitors such as NIM811 and sanglifehrin A block expression of Vpr without affecting pre- or post-translational events such as transcription, intracellular transport, or virus incorporation of Vpr. Similarly to CypA inhibition, Vpr expression is also reduced in HIV-1 infected CypA-/- knock-out T cells. This study thus shows that in addition to the interaction between CypA and HIV-1 capsid occurring during early steps in virus replication, CypA is also important for the de novo synthesis of Vpr and that in the absence of CypA activity, the Vpr-mediated cell cycle arrest is completely lost in HIV-1-infected T cells.
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- Kerstin Zander
- Heinrich-Pette-Institute of Experimental Virology and Immunology, University of Hamburg, D-20251 Hamburg, Germany
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Towers GJ, Hatziioannou T, Cowan S, Goff SP, Luban J, Bieniasz PD. Cyclophilin A modulates the sensitivity of HIV-1 to host restriction factors. Nat Med 2003; 9:1138-43. [PMID: 12897779 DOI: 10.1038/nm910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 322] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2003] [Accepted: 07/16/2003] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Many mammalian species express restriction factors that confer host resistance to retroviral infection. Here we show that HIV-1 sensitivity to restriction factors is modulated by cyclophilin A (CypA), a host cell protein that binds the HIV-1 capsid protein (CA). In certain nonhuman primate cells, the CA-CypA interaction is essential for restriction: HIV-1 infectivity is increased >100-fold by cyclosporin A (CsA), a competitive inhibitor of the interaction, or by an HIV-1 CA mutation that disrupts CypA binding. Conversely, disruption of CA-CypA interaction in human cells reveals that CypA protects HIV-1 from the Ref-1 restriction factor. These findings suggest that HIV-1 has co-opted a host cell protein to counteract restriction factors expressed by human cells and that this adaptation can confer sensitivity to restriction in unnatural hosts. Manipulation of HIV-1 CA recognition by restriction factors promises to advance animal models and new therapeutic strategies for HIV-1 and AIDS.
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- Greg J Towers
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Bose S, Mathur M, Bates P, Joshi N, Banerjee AK. Requirement for cyclophilin A for the replication of vesicular stomatitis virus New Jersey serotype. J Gen Virol 2003; 84:1687-1699. [PMID: 12810862 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.19074-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Several host proteins have been shown to play key roles in the life-cycle of vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV). We have identified an additional host protein, cyclophilin A (CypA), a chaperone protein possessing peptidyl cis-trans prolyl-isomerase activity, as one of the cellular factors required for VSV replication. Inhibition of the enzymatic activity of cellular CypA by cyclosporin A (CsA) or SDZ-211-811 resulted in a drastic inhibition of gene expression by VSV New Jersey (VSV-NJ) serotype, while these drugs had a significantly reduced effect on the genome expression of VSV Indiana (VSV-IND) serotype. Overexpression of a catalytically inactive mutant of CypA resulted in the reduction of VSV-NJ replication, suggesting a requirement for functional CypA for VSV-NJ infection. It was also shown that CypA interacted with the nucleocapsid (N) protein of VSV-NJ and VSV-IND in infected cells and was incorporated into the released virions of both serotypes. VSV-NJ utilized CypA for post-entry intracellular primary transcription, since inhibition of CypA with CsA reduced primary transcription of VSV-NJ by 85-90 %, whereas reduction for VSV-IND was only 10 %. Thus, it seems that cellular CypA binds to the N protein of both serotypes of VSV. However, it performs an obligatory function on the N protein activity of VSV-NJ, while its requirement is significantly less critical for VSV-IND N protein function. The different requirements for CypA by two serologically different viruses belonging to the same family has highlighted the utilization of specific host factors during their evolutionary lineages.
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- Santanu Bose
- Department of Virology, Lerner Research Institute, Room # NN-10, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Virology, Lerner Research Institute, Room # NN-10, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Virology, Lerner Research Institute, Room # NN-10, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Virology, Lerner Research Institute, Room # NN-10, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Virology, Lerner Research Institute, Room # NN-10, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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Susceptibility to retroviral infection is determined, in part, by host genes with antiviral activity. The Fv1 gene, which inhibits murine leukemia virus infection in mice, encodes one such resistance factor, and was long thought to be unique in that it restricts post-entry, pre-integration steps of retroviral replication. However, recent findings suggest the existence of similar restriction factors in primates, including humans. These factors, termed Lv1 and Ref1, can inhibit a range of retroviruses, including human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and its relatives. Fv1, Lv1 and Ref1 target capsid determinants to block infection but can be saturated by incoming virions. Primate- and murine-retrovirus restriction factors have diverse and overlapping specificities, and some variants of Lv1, as well as Ref1, apparently recognize and inhibit infection by widely divergent retroviruses.
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- Paul D Bieniasz
- Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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- Suryaram Gummuluru
- Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle WA 98109, USA
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Kootstra NA, Munk C, Tonnu N, Landau NR, Verma IM. Abrogation of postentry restriction of HIV-1-based lentiviral vector transduction in simian cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:1298-303. [PMID: 12547912 PMCID: PMC298767 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0337541100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/12/2002] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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HIV-1 replication in simian cells is restricted at an early postentry step because of the presence of an inhibitory cellular factor. This block reduces the usefulness of HIV-1-based lentiviral vectors in primate animal models. Here, we demonstrate that substitution of the cyclophilin A (CyPA) binding region in the capsid of an HIV-1-based lentiviral vector (LV) with that of the macrophage tropic HIV-1 Ba-L resulted in a vector that was resistant to the inhibitory effect and efficiently transduced simian cells. Notably, the chimeric gag LV efficiently transduced primary simian hematopoietic progenitor cells, a critical cellular target in gene therapy. The alterations in the CyPA binding region did not affect CyPA incorporation; however, transduction by the gag chimeric LV seemed to be relatively insensitive to cyclosporin A, indicating that it does not require CyPA for early postentry steps. In dual infection experiments, the gag chimeric LV failed to remove the block to transduction of the WT LV, suggesting that the gag chimeric LV did not saturate the inhibitory simian cellular factor. These data suggest that the CyPA binding region of capsid contains a viral determinant involved in the postentry restriction of HIV-1-based lentiviral vectors. Overall, the findings demonstrate that the host range of HIV-1-based LV can be altered by modifications in the packaging construct.
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- Neeltje A Kootstra
- Laboratory of Genetics and Infectious Disease Laboratory, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037-1099, USA
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Owens CM, Yang PC, Göttlinger H, Sodroski J. Human and simian immunodeficiency virus capsid proteins are major viral determinants of early, postentry replication blocks in simian cells. J Virol 2003; 77:726-31. [PMID: 12477877 PMCID: PMC140632 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.1.726-731.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The cells of most Old World monkey species exhibit early, postentry restrictions on infection by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) but not by simian immunodeficiency virus of macaques (SIV(mac)). Conversely, SIV(mac), but not HIV-1, infection is blocked in most New World monkey cells. By using chimeric HIV-1/SIV(mac) viruses capable of a single round of infection, we demonstrated that a major viral determinant of this restriction is the capsid (CA) protein. The efficiency of early events following HIV-1 and SIV(mac) entry is apparently determined by the interaction of the incoming viral CA and species-specific host factors.
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- Christopher M Owens
- Department of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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- Jonathan P Stoye
- Division of Virology, National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, United Kingdom.
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Cowan S, Hatziioannou T, Cunningham T, Muesing MA, Gottlinger HG, Bieniasz PD. Cellular inhibitors with Fv1-like activity restrict human and simian immunodeficiency virus tropism. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:11914-9. [PMID: 12154227 PMCID: PMC129368 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.162299499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2002] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Many nonhuman primate cells are unable to support the replication of HIV-1, whereas others are nonpermissive for infection by simian immunodeficiency virus from macaques (SIVmac). Here, we show that restricted HIV-1 and SIVmac infection of primate cell lines shares some salient features with Fv1 and Ref1-mediated restriction of murine retrovirus infection. In particular, the nonpermissive phenotype is most evident at low multiplicities of infection, results in reduced accumulation of reverse transcription products, and is dominant in heterokaryons generated by fusion of permissive and nonpermissive target cells. Moreover, in nonpermissive primate cells, HIV-1 and SIVmac infection is cooperative, and enveloped HIV-1 virus-like particles, minimally containing Gag and protease, abrogate restriction. In African green monkey cells, HIV-1 virus-like particles ablate restrictions to HIV-1 and SIVmac, suggesting that both are restricted by the same factor. Finally, a virus that contains an HIV-1 capsid-p2 domain in an SIVmac background exhibits a tropism for primate cells that is HIV-1-like rather than SIVmac-like. These data indicate the existence of one or more saturable inhibitors that are polymorphic in primates and prevent HIV and SIV infection by targeting the capsid of the incoming lentivirus particle.
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- Simone Cowan
- Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University, 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA
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