Logo image
Novel peptides based on HIV-1 gp120 sequence with homology to chemokines inhibit HIV infection in cell culture
Journal article   Open access

Novel peptides based on HIV-1 gp120 sequence with homology to chemokines inhibit HIV infection in cell culture

Oleg Chertov, Ning Zhang, Xin Chen, Joost J Oppenheim, Jacek Lubkowski, Connor McGrath, Raymond C Sowder, 2nd, Bruce J Crise, Anatoli Malyguine, Michele A Kutzler, …
PloS one, v 6(1), pp e14474-e14474
11 Jan 2011
PMID: 21264298
url
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0014474View
Published, Version of Record (VoR) Open

Abstract

Amino Acid Sequence HIV Infections - prevention & control Virus Replication - drug effects Receptors, CXCR4 - antagonists & inhibitors Humans Cells, Cultured HIV Envelope Protein gp120 - antagonists & inhibitors Peptide Fragments - pharmacology T-Lymphocytes - virology Peptides - pharmacology Peptide Fragments - chemical synthesis Sequence Homology, Amino Acid Chemokines - chemistry Anti-HIV Agents - chemistry Peptide Fragments - chemistry Macrophages - virology Chemokines - antagonists & inhibitors HIV Infections - drug therapy HIV Envelope Protein gp120 - chemistry
The sequential interaction of the envelope glycoprotein of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) with CD4 and certain chemokine coreceptors initiates host cell entry of the virus. The appropriate chemokines have been shown to inhibit viral replication by blocking interaction of the gp120 envelope protein with the coreceptors. We considered the possibility that this interaction involves a motif of the gp120 that may be structurally homologous to the chemokines. In the amino acid sequences of most chemokines there is a Trp residue located at the beginning of the C-terminal α-helix, which is separated by six residues from the fourth Cys residue. The gp120 of all HIV-1 isolates have a similar motif, which includes the C-terminal part of a variable loop 3 (V3) and N-terminal part of a conserved region 3 (C3). Two synthetic peptides, derived from the relevant gp120 sequence inhibited HIV-1 replication in macrophages and T lymphocytes in sequence-dependent manner. The peptides also prevented binding of anti-CXCR4 antibodies to CXCR4, and inhibited the intracellular Ca(2+) influx in response to CXCL12/SDF-1α. Thus these peptides can be used to dissect gp120 interactions with chemokine receptors and could serve as leads for the design of new inhibitors of HIV-1.

Metrics

7 Record Views
5 citations in Scopus

Details

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This publication has contributed to the advancement of the following goals:

#3 Good Health and Well-Being

InCites Highlights

Data related to this publication, from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool:

Collaboration types
Industry collaboration
Domestic collaboration
Web of Science research areas
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Logo image