N-Linked Glycosylation of CXCR4 Masks Coreceptor Function for CCR5-Dependent Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Isolates

AUTOR(ES)

Chabot, Donald J.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

The chemokine receptors CXCR4 and CCR5 are the principal coreceptors for infection of X4 and R5 human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolates, respectively. Here we report on the unexpected observation that the removal of the N-linked glycosylation sites in CXCR4 potentially allows the protein to serve as a universal coreceptor for both X4 and R5 laboratory-adapted and primary HIV-1 strains. We hypothesize that this alteration unmasks existing common extracellular structures reflecting a conserved three-dimensional similarity of important elements of CXCR4 and CCR5 that are involved in HIV envelope glycoprotein (Env) interaction. These results may have far-reaching implications for the differential recognition of cell type-dependent glycosylated CXCR4 by HIV-1 isolates and their evolution in vivo. They also suggest a possible explanation for the various observations of restricted virus entry in some cell types and further our understanding of the framework of elements that represent the Env-coreceptor contact sites.

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