ENHANCEMENT OF SIV INFECTION WITH SOLUBLE RECEPTOR MOLECULES
ENHANCEMENT OF SIV INFECTION WITH SOLUBLE RECEPTOR MOLECULES
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DOI:
10.1126/science.2309120
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发表时间:
1990-03-02
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影响因子:
56.9
通讯作者:
BUCK, DW
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作者:
ALLAN, JS;STRAUSS, J;BUCK, DW
The CD4 receptor on human T cells has been shown to play an integral part in the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection process. Recombinant soluble human CD4 (rCD4) was tested for its ability to inhibit SIV agm, an HIV-like virus that naturally infects African green monkey, in order to define T cell surface receptors critical for SIVagm infection. teh rCD4 was found to enhance SIVagm infection of a human T cell line by as much as 18-fold, whereas HIV-1 infection was blocked by rCDr. Induction of syncytium formation and de novo protein synthesis were observed within the first 24 hours after SIVagm infection, whereas this process took 4 to 6 days in the absence of rCD4. This enhancing effect could be inhibited by monoclonal antibodies directed to rCD4. The enhancing effect could be abrogated with antibodies from naturally infected African green monkeys inhibitory titers of from 1:2,000 to 1:10,000; these antibodies did not neutralize SIVagm infection in the absence of rCD4. Viral enhancement of SIVagm infection by rCD4 may result from the modulation of the viral membrane through gp12-CD4 binding, thus facilitating secondary events involved in viral fusion and penetration.