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Wang C, Zhang W, Xu L, Tu J, Su S, Li Q, Zhang T, Zheng L, Wang H, Zhuang X, Tang X, Yuan Y, Meng G, Lu L, Xiao J, Wang Q, Jiang S. Discovery of a Double-Stapled Short Peptide as a Long-Acting HIV-1 Inactivator with Potential for Oral Bioavailability. J Med Chem 2024; 67:9991-10004. [PMID: 38888038 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.4c00150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
Abstract
Different from most antiretroviral drugs that act as passive defenders to inhibit HIV-1 replication inside the host cell, virus inactivators can attack and inactivate HIV-1 virions without relying on their replication cycle. Herein, we describe the discovery of a hydrocarbon double-stapled helix peptide, termed D26. D26 is based on the HIV-1 gp41 protein lentiviral lytic peptide-3 motif (LLP3) sequence, which can efficiently inhibit HIV-1 infection and inactivate cell-free HIV-1 virions. It was noted that D26 was highly resistant to proteolytic degradation and exhibited a remarkably extended in vivo elimination half-life. Additionally, relative to its linear, nonstapled version, D26 exhibited much higher exposure in sanctuary sites for HIV-1. Amazingly, this lead compound also demonstrated detectable oral absorption. Thus, it can be concluded that D26 is a promising candidate for further development as a long-acting, orally applicable HIV-1 inactivator for the treatment of HIV-1 infection.
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- Chao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 27 Tai-Ping Road, Beijing 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 27 Tai-Ping Road, Beijing 100850, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Pathogenic Microorganisms and Infection, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, 131 Dong An Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 27 Tai-Ping Road, Beijing 100850, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Pathogenic Microorganisms and Infection, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, 131 Dong An Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 27 Tai-Ping Road, Beijing 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 27 Tai-Ping Road, Beijing 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 27 Tai-Ping Road, Beijing 100850, China
- Key Laboratory of Structure-based Drug Design & Discovery of the Ministry of Education, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 27 Tai-Ping Road, Beijing 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 27 Tai-Ping Road, Beijing 100850, China
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- Chengdu Sintanovo Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610000, China
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- Chengdu Sintanovo Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610000, China
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- Chengdu Sintanovo Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Pathogenic Microorganisms and Infection, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, 131 Dong An Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, 27 Tai-Ping Road, Beijing 100850, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Pathogenic Microorganisms and Infection, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, 131 Dong An Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Pathogenic Microorganisms and Infection, Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, 131 Dong An Road, Shanghai 200032, China
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Alfadhli A, Romanaggi C, Barklis RL, Barklis E. Second site reversion of HIV-1 envelope protein baseplate mutations maps to the matrix protein. J Virol 2024; 98:e0174223. [PMID: 38193694 PMCID: PMC10878238 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01742-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/10/2024] Open
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The HIV-1 Envelope (Env) protein cytoplasmic tail (CT) recently has been shown to assemble an unusual trimeric baseplate structure that locates beneath Env ectodomain trimers. Mutations at linchpin residues that help organize the baseplate impair virus replication in restrictive T cell lines but not in permissive cell lines. We have identified and characterized a second site suppressor of these baseplate mutations, located at residue 34 in the viral matrix (MA) protein, that rescues viral replication in restrictive cells. The suppressor mutation was dependent on the CT to exert its activity and did not appear to affect Env protein traffic or fusion functions in restrictive cells. Instead, the suppressor mutation increased Env incorporation into virions 3-fold and virus infectivity in single-round infections 10-fold. We also found that a previously described suppressor of Env-incorporation defects that stabilizes the formation of MA trimers was ineffective at rescuing Env baseplate mutations. Our results support an interpretation in which changes at MA residue 34 induce conformational changes that stabilize MA lattice trimer-trimer interactions and/or direct MA-CT associations.IMPORTANCEHow HIV-1 Env trimers assemble into virus particles remains incompletely understood. In restrictive cells, viral incorporation of Env is dependent on the Env CT and on the MA protein, which assembles lattices composed of hexamers of trimers in immature and mature viruses. Recent evidence indicates that CT assembles trimeric baseplate structures that require membrane-proximal residues to interface with trimeric transmembrane domains and C-terminal helices in the CT. We found that mutations of these membrane-proximal residues impaired replication in restrictive cells. This defect was countered by a MA mutation that does not localize to any obvious interprotein regions but was only inefficiently suppressed by a MA mutation that stabilizes MA trimers and has been shown to suppress other CT-dependent Env defects. Our results suggest that efficient suppression of baseplate mutations involves stabilization of MA inter-trimer contacts and/or direct MA-CT associations. These observations shed new light on how Env assembles into virions.
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- Ayna Alfadhli
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Lerner G, Ding L, Spearman P. Tryptophan-based motifs in the LLP3 region of the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein cytoplasmic tail direct trafficking to the endosomal recycling compartment and mediate particle incorporation. J Virol 2023; 97:e0063123. [PMID: 37796124 PMCID: PMC10617417 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00631-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023] Open
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IMPORTANCE The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) is an essential component of the virus and has an exceedingly long cytoplasmic tail (CT). Previous studies have suggested that trafficking signals in the CT interact with host factors to regulate the incorporation of Env into particles. One particular area of interest is termed lentiviral lytic peptide 3 (LLP3), as small deletions in this region have been shown to disrupt Env incorporation. In this study, we identify a small region within LLP3 that regulates how Env associates with cellular recycling compartments. Mutants that reduced or eliminated Env from the recycling compartment also reduced Env incorporation into particles. These findings emphasize the importance of two tryptophan motifs in LLP3 for the incorporation of Env into particles and provide additional support for the idea that the CT interacts with host recycling pathways to determine particle incorporation.
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- Grigoriy Lerner
- Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Lerner G, Ding L, Spearman P. Tryptophan-based motifs in the LLP3 Region of the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein cytoplasmic tail direct trafficking to the endosomal recycling compartment and mediate particle incorporation. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.04.28.538708. [PMID: 37162911 PMCID: PMC10168361 DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.28.538708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein complex (Env) is incorporated into developing particles at the plasma membrane (PM). The cytoplasmic tail (CT) of Env is known to play an essential role in particle incorporation, while the exact mechanisms underlying this function of the CT remain uncertain. Upon reaching the PM, trafficking signals in the CT interact with host cell endocytic machinery, directing Env into endosomal compartments within the cell. Prior studies have suggested that Env must traffic through the endosomal recycling compartment (ERC) in order for Env to return to the plasma membrane (PM) site of particle assembly. Expression of a truncated form of the ERC-resident trafficking adaptor Rab11-Family Interacting Proteins C (FIP1C) resulted in CT-dependent sequestration of Env in the condensed ERC, preventing recycling of Env to the PM. In this work, the motifs within the CT responsible for ERC localization of Env were systematically mapped. A small deletion encompassing the N-terminal portion of LLP3 eliminated ERC localization. Site-directed mutagenesis identified two tryptophan-based motifs (WE 790-791 and WW 796-797 ) within the N-terminus of LLP3 that were essential for ERC localization of Env. Mutant viruses bearing substitutions in these motifs were deficient in Env incorporation, with a corresponding loss of particle infectivity and a significant defect in replication in a spreading infection assay. These results identify two tryptophan-based motifs at the N-terminal portion of LLP3 that mediate ERC localization and Env incorporation, providing additional supporting evidence for the importance of cellular recycling pathways in HIV-1 particle assembly. IMPORTANCE The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) is an essential component of the virus, and has an exceedingly long cytoplasmic tail (CT). Previous studies have suggested that trafficking signals in the CT interact with host factors to regulate the incorporation of Env into particles. One particular area of interest is termed lentiviral lytic peptide 3 (LLP3), as small deletions in this region have been shown to disrupt Env incorporation. In this study, we identify a small region within LLP3 that regulates how Env associates with cellular recycling compartments. Mutants that reduced or eliminated Env from the recycling compartment also reduced Env incorporation into particles. These findings emphasize the importance of two tryptophan motifs in LLP3 to the incorporation of Env into particles, and provide additional support for the idea that the CT interacts with host recycling pathways to determine particle incorporation.
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- Grigoriy Lerner
- Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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- Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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- Infectious Diseases, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
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Mangukia TA, Santos JRL, Sun W, Cesarz D, Ortíz Hidalgo CD, Marcet-Palacios M. Validation of HIV-1 MA Shell Structural Arrangements and Env Protein Interactions Predict a Role of the MA Shell in Viral Maturation. Viruses 2023; 15:v15040893. [PMID: 37112873 PMCID: PMC10144363 DOI: 10.3390/v15040893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 03/23/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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The molecular structure of the type 1 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) is tightly linked to the mechanism of viral entry. The spike envelope (Env) glycoproteins and their interaction with the underlying matrix (MA) shell have emerged as key components of the entry mechanism. Microscopy evidence suggests that the MA shell does not span the entire inner lipid surface of the virus, producing a region of the virus that completely lacks an MA shell. Interestingly, evidence also suggests that Env proteins cluster during viral maturation and, thus, it is likely that this event takes place in the region of the virus that lacks an MA shell. We have previously called this part of the virus a fusion hub to highlight its importance during viral entry. While the structure of the MA shell is in contention due to the unaddressed inconsistencies between its reported hexagonal arrangement and the physical plausibility of such a structure, it is possible that a limited number of MA hexagons could form. In this study, we measured the size of the fusion hub by analysing the cryo-EM maps of eight HIV-1 particles and measured the size of the MA shell gap to be 66.3 nm ± 15.0 nm. We also validated the feasibility of the hexagonal MA shell arrangement in six reported structures and determined the plausible components of these structures that do not violate geometrical limitations. We also examined the cytosolic domain of Env proteins and discovered a possible interaction between adjacent Env proteins that could explain the stability of cluster formation. We present an updated HIV-1 model and postulate novel roles of the MA shell and Env structure.
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- Tarana A. Mangukia
- Department of Medicine, Alberta Respiratory Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Alberta Respiratory Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Alberta Respiratory Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Alberta Respiratory Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Alberta Respiratory Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2S2, Canada
- Department of Biological Sciences Technology, Laboratory Research and Biotechnology, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Edmonton, AB T5G 2R1, Canada
- Correspondence:
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Alfadhli A, Romanaggi C, Barklis RL, Barklis E. Analysis of HIV-1 envelope cytoplasmic tail effects on viral replication. Virology 2023; 579:54-66. [PMID: 36603533 PMCID: PMC10003682 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2022.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Trimers of the HIV-1 envelope (Env) protein perform receptor binding and virus-cell fusion functions during the virus life cycle. The cytoplasmic tail (CT) of Env forms an unusual baseplate structure, and is palmitoylated, rich in arginines, carries trafficking motifs, binds cholesterol, and interacts with host proteins. To dissect CT activities, we examined a panel of Env variants, including CT truncations, mutations, and an extension. We found that whereas all variants could replicate in permissive cells, viruses with CT truncations or baseplate mutations were defective in restrictive cells. We also identified a determinant in HIV-1 amphotericin sensitivity, and characterized variants that escape amphotericin inhibition via viral protease-mediated CT cleavage. Results additionally showed that full-length, his tagged Env can oligomerize and be co-assembled with CT truncations that delete portions of the baseplate, host protein binding sites, and trafficking signals. Our observations illuminate novel aspects of HIV-1 CT structure, interactions, and functions.
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- Ayna Alfadhli
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA.
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Fernandez-de Céspedes MV, Hoffman HK, Carter H, Simons LM, Naing L, Ablan SD, Scheiblin DA, Hultquist JF, van Engelenburg SB, Freed EO. Rab11-FIP1C Is Dispensable for HIV-1 Replication in Primary CD4 + T Cells, but Its Role Is Cell Type Dependent in Immortalized Human T-Cell Lines. J Virol 2022; 96:e0087622. [PMID: 36354340 PMCID: PMC9749476 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00876-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Accepted: 10/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) contains a long cytoplasmic tail harboring highly conserved motifs that direct Env trafficking and incorporation into virions and promote efficient virus spread. The cellular trafficking factor Rab11a family interacting protein 1C (FIP1C) has been implicated in the directed trafficking of Env to sites of viral assembly. In this study, we confirm that small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated depletion of FIP1C in HeLa cells modestly reduces Env incorporation into virions. To determine whether FIP1C is required for Env incorporation and HIV-1 replication in physiologically relevant cells, CRISPR-Cas9 technology was used to knock out the expression of this protein in several human T-cell lines-Jurkat E6.1, SupT1, and H9-and in primary human CD4+ T cells. FIP1C knockout caused modest reductions in Env incorporation in SupT1 cells but did not inhibit virus replication in SupT1 or Jurkat E6.1 T cells. In H9 cells, FIP1C knockout caused a cell density-dependent defect in virus replication. In primary CD4+ T cells, FIP1C knockout had no effect on HIV-1 replication. Furthermore, human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-transformed cell lines that are permissive for HIV-1 replication do not express FIP1C. Mutation of an aromatic motif in the Env cytoplasmic tail (Y795W) implicated in FIP1C-mediated Env incorporation impaired virus replication independently of FIP1C expression in SupT1, Jurkat E6.1, H9, and primary T cells. Together, these results indicate that while FIP1C may contribute to HIV-1 Env incorporation in some contexts, additional and potentially redundant host factors are likely required for Env incorporation and virus dissemination in T cells. IMPORTANCE The incorporation of the HIV-1 envelope (Env) glycoproteins, gp120 and gp41, into virus particles is critical for virus infectivity. gp41 contains a long cytoplasmic tail that has been proposed to interact with host cell factors, including the trafficking factor Rab11a family interacting protein 1C (FIP1C). To investigate the role of FIP1C in relevant cell types-human T-cell lines and primary CD4+ T cells-we used CRISPR-Cas9 to knock out FIP1C expression and examined the effect on HIV-1 Env incorporation and virus replication. We observed that in two of the T-cell lines examined (Jurkat E6.1 and SupT1) and in primary CD4+ T cells, FIP1C knockout did not disrupt HIV-1 replication, whereas FIP1C knockout reduced Env expression and delayed replication in H9 cells. The results indicate that while FIP1C may contribute to Env incorporation in some cell lines, it is not an essential factor for efficient HIV-1 replication in primary CD4+ T cells.
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- HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution, Havey Institute for Global Health, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Optical Microscopy and Analysis Laboratory, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Pathogen Genomics and Microbial Evolution, Havey Institute for Global Health, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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Viral and Host Factors Regulating HIV-1 Envelope Protein Trafficking and Particle Incorporation. Viruses 2022; 14:v14081729. [PMID: 36016351 PMCID: PMC9415270 DOI: 10.3390/v14081729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2022] [Revised: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) is an essential structural component of the virus, serving as the receptor-binding protein and principal neutralizing determinant. Env trimers are incorporated into developing particles at the plasma membrane of infected cells. Incorporation of HIV-1 Env into particles in T cells and macrophages is regulated by the long Env cytoplasmic tail (CT) and the matrix region of Gag. The CT incorporates motifs that interact with cellular factors involved in endosomal trafficking. Env follows an unusual pathway to arrive at the site of particle assembly, first traversing the secretory pathway to the plasma membrane (PM), then undergoing endocytosis, followed by directed sorting to the site of particle assembly on the PM. Many aspects of Env trafficking remain to be defined, including the sequential events that occur following endocytosis, leading to productive recycling and particle incorporation. This review focuses on the host factors and pathways involved in Env trafficking, and discusses leading models of Env incorporation into particles.
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Safari M, Jayaraman B, Yang S, Smith C, Fernandes JD, Frankel AD. Functional and structural segregation of overlapping helices in HIV-1. eLife 2022; 11:72482. [PMID: 35511220 PMCID: PMC9119678 DOI: 10.7554/elife.72482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Overlapping coding regions balance selective forces between multiple genes. One possible division of nucleotide sequence is that the predominant selective force on a particular nucleotide can be attributed to just one gene. While this arrangement has been observed in regions in which one gene is structured and the other is disordered, we sought to explore how overlapping genes balance constraints when both protein products are structured over the same sequence. We use a combination of sequence analysis, functional assays, and selection experiments to examine an overlapped region in HIV-1 that encodes helical regions in both Env and Rev. We find that functional segregation occurs even in this overlap, with each protein spacing its functional residues in a manner that allows a mutable non-binding face of one helix to encode important functional residues on a charged face in the other helix. Additionally, our experiments reveal novel and critical functional residues in Env and have implications for the therapeutic targeting of HIV-1.
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- Maliheh Safari
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.,School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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Lerner G, Weaver N, Anokhin B, Spearman P. Advances in HIV-1 Assembly. Viruses 2022; 14:v14030478. [PMID: 35336885 PMCID: PMC8952333 DOI: 10.3390/v14030478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022] Open
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The assembly of HIV-1 particles is a concerted and dynamic process that takes place on the plasma membrane of infected cells. An abundance of recent discoveries has advanced our understanding of the complex sequence of events leading to HIV-1 particle assembly, budding, and release. Structural studies have illuminated key features of assembly and maturation, including the dramatic structural transition that occurs between the immature Gag lattice and the formation of the mature viral capsid core. The critical role of inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6) in the assembly of both the immature and mature Gag lattice has been elucidated. The structural basis for selective packaging of genomic RNA into virions has been revealed. This review will provide an overview of the HIV-1 assembly process, with a focus on recent advances in the field, and will point out areas where questions remain that can benefit from future investigation.
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Nieto-Garai JA, Contreras FX, Arboleya A, Lorizate M. Role of Protein-Lipid Interactions in Viral Entry. Adv Biol (Weinh) 2022; 6:e2101264. [PMID: 35119227 DOI: 10.1002/adbi.202101264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 12/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The viral entry consists of several sequential events that ensure the attachment of the virus to the host cell and the introduction of its genetic material for the continuation of the replication cycle. Both cellular and viral lipids have gained a wider focus in recent years in the field of viral entry, as they are found to play key roles in different steps of the process. The specific role is summarized that lipids and lipid membrane nanostructures play in viral attachment, fusion, and immune evasion and how they can be targeted with antiviral therapies. Finally, some of the limitations of techniques commonly used for protein-lipid interactions studies are discussed, and new emerging tools are reviewed that can be applied to this field.
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- Jon Ander Nieto-Garai
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, E-48940, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, E-48940, Spain.,Instituto Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC), University of the Basque Country, Leioa, E-48940, Spain.,Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, 48013, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, E-48940, Spain.,Instituto Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC), University of the Basque Country, Leioa, E-48940, Spain.,Fundación Biofísica Bizkaia/Biofisika Bizkaia Fundazioa (FBB), Barrio Sarriena s/n, Leioa, E-48940, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country, Leioa, E-48940, Spain.,Instituto Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC), University of the Basque Country, Leioa, E-48940, Spain
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Snetkov X, Haider T, Mesner D, Groves N, van Engelenburg SB, Jolly C. A Conserved Tryptophan in the Envelope Cytoplasmic Tail Regulates HIV-1 Assembly and Spread. Viruses 2022; 14:v14010129. [PMID: 35062333 PMCID: PMC8778169 DOI: 10.3390/v14010129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The HIV-1 envelope (Env) is an essential determinant of viral infectivity, tropism and spread between T cells. Lentiviral Env contain an unusually long 150 amino acid cytoplasmic tail (EnvCT), but the function of the EnvCT and many conserved domains within it remain largely uncharacterised. Here, we identified a highly conserved tryptophan motif at position 757 (W757) in the LLP-2 alpha helix of the EnvCT as a key determinant for HIV-1 replication and spread between T cells. Alanine substitution at this position potently inhibited HIV-1 cell–cell spread (the dominant mode of HIV-1 dissemination) by preventing recruitment of Env and Gag to sites of cell–cell contact, inhibiting virological synapse (VS) formation and spreading infection. Single-molecule tracking and super-resolution imaging showed that mutation of W757 dysregulates Env diffusion in the plasma membrane and increases Env mobility. Further analysis of Env function revealed that W757 is also required for Env fusion and infectivity, which together with reduced VS formation, result in a potent defect in viral spread. Notably, W757 lies within a region of the EnvCT recently shown to act as a supporting baseplate for Env. Our data support a model in which W757 plays a key role in regulating Env biology, modulating its temporal and spatial recruitment to virus assembly sites and regulating the inherent fusogenicity of the Env ectodomain, thereby supporting efficient HIV-1 replication and spread.
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- Xenia Snetkov
- Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; (X.S.); (T.H.); (D.M.)
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; (X.S.); (T.H.); (D.M.)
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; (X.S.); (T.H.); (D.M.)
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- Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Program, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80210, USA; (N.G.); (S.B.v.E.)
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- Molecular and Cellular Biophysics Program, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80210, USA; (N.G.); (S.B.v.E.)
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK; (X.S.); (T.H.); (D.M.)
- Correspondence:
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Potential Associations of Mutations within the HIV-1 Env and Gag Genes Conferring Protease Inhibitor (PI) Drug Resistance. MICROBIOLOGY RESEARCH 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/microbiolres12040071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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An increasing number of patients in Africa are experiencing virological failure on a second-line antiretroviral protease inhibitor (PI)-containing regimen, even without resistance-associated mutations in the protease region, suggesting a potential role of other genes in PI resistance. Here, we investigated the prevalence of mutations associated with Lopinavir/Ritonavir (LPV/r) failure in the Envelope gene and the possible coevolution with mutations within the Gag-protease (gag-PR) region. Env and Gag-PR sequences generated from 24 HIV-1 subtype C infected patients failing an LPV/r inclusive treatment regimen and 344 subtype C drug-naïve isolates downloaded from the Los Alamos Database were analyzed. Fisher’s exact test was used to determine the differences in mutation frequency. Bayesian network probability was applied to determine the relationship between mutations occurring within the env and gag-PR regions and LPV/r treatment. Thirty-five mutations in the env region had significantly higher frequencies in LPV/r-treated patients. A combination of Env and Gag-PR mutations was associated with a potential pathway to LPV/r resistance. While Env mutations were not directly associated with LPV/r resistance, they may exert pressure through the Gag and minor PR mutation pathways. Further investigations using site-directed mutagenesis are needed to determine the impact of Env mutations alone and in combination with Gag-PR mutations on viral fitness and LPV/r efficacy.
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Saha I, Preece B, Peterson A, Durden H, MacArthur B, Lowe J, Belnap D, Vershinin M, Saffarian S. Gag-Gag Interactions Are Insufficient to Fully Stabilize and Order the Immature HIV Gag Lattice. Viruses 2021; 13:1946. [PMID: 34696376 PMCID: PMC8540168 DOI: 10.3390/v13101946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Immature HIV virions harbor a lattice of Gag molecules with significant ordering in CA-NTD, CA-CTD and SP1 regions. This ordering plays a major role during HIV maturation. To test the condition in which the Gag lattice forms in vivo, we assembled virus like particles (VLPs) by expressing only HIV Gag in mammalian cells. Here we show that these VLPs incorporate a similar number of Gag molecules compared to immature HIV virions. However, within these VLPs, Gag molecules diffuse with a pseudo-diffusion rate of 10 nm2/s, this pseudo-diffusion is abrogated in the presence of melittin and is sensitive to mutations within the SP1 region. Using cryotomography, we show that unlike immature HIV virions, in the Gag lattice of VLPs the CA-CTD and SP1 regions are significantly less ordered. Our observations suggest that within immature HIV virions, other viral factors in addition to Gag, contribute to ordering in the CA-CTD and SP1 regions.
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- Ipsita Saha
- Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Signaling, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702, USA;
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- Center for Cell and Genome Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; (B.P.); (A.P.); (H.D.); (B.M.); (M.V.)
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Center for Cell and Genome Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; (B.P.); (A.P.); (H.D.); (B.M.); (M.V.)
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Center for Cell and Genome Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; (B.P.); (A.P.); (H.D.); (B.M.); (M.V.)
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Center for Cell and Genome Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; (B.P.); (A.P.); (H.D.); (B.M.); (M.V.)
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; (J.L.); (D.B.)
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; (J.L.); (D.B.)
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
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- Center for Cell and Genome Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; (B.P.); (A.P.); (H.D.); (B.M.); (M.V.)
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; (J.L.); (D.B.)
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- Center for Cell and Genome Science, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; (B.P.); (A.P.); (H.D.); (B.M.); (M.V.)
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA; (J.L.); (D.B.)
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Challenging the Existing Model of the Hexameric HIV-1 Gag Lattice and MA Shell Superstructure: Implications for Viral Entry. Viruses 2021; 13:v13081515. [PMID: 34452379 PMCID: PMC8402665 DOI: 10.3390/v13081515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2021] [Revised: 07/06/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Despite type 1 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) being discovered in the early 1980s, significant knowledge gaps remain in our understanding of the superstructure of the HIV-1 matrix (MA) shell. Current viral assembly models assume that the MA shell originates via recruitment of group-specific antigen (Gag) polyproteins into a hexagonal lattice but fails to resolve and explain lattice overlapping that occurs when the membrane is folded into a spherical/ellipsoidal shape. It further fails to address how the shell recruits, interacts with and encompasses the viral spike envelope (Env) glycoproteins. These Env glycoproteins are crucial as they facilitate viral entry by interacting with receptors and coreceptors located on T-cells. In our previous publication, we proposed a six-lune hosohedral structure, snowflake-like model for the MA shell of HIV-1. In this article, we improve upon the six-lune hosohedral structure by incorporating into our algorithm the recruitment of complete Env glycoproteins. We generated the Env glycoprotein assembly using a combination of predetermined Env glycoprotein domains from X-ray crystallography, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), cryoelectron tomography, and three-dimensional prediction tools. Our novel MA shell model comprises 1028 MA trimers and 14 Env glycoproteins. Our model demonstrates the movement of Env glycoproteins in the interlunar spaces, with effective clustering at the fusion hub, where multiple Env complexes bind to T-cell receptors during the process of viral entry. Elucidating the HIV-1 MA shell structure and its interaction with the Env glycoproteins is a key step toward understanding the mechanism of HIV-1 entry.
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Wang Q, Su S, Xue J, Yu F, Pu J, Bi W, Xia S, Meng Y, Wang C, Yang W, Xu W, Zhu Y, Zheng Q, Qin C, Jiang S, Lu L. An amphipathic peptide targeting the gp41 cytoplasmic tail kills HIV-1 virions and infected cells. Sci Transl Med 2021; 12:12/546/eaaz2254. [PMID: 32493792 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaz2254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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HIV-associated morbidity and mortality have markedly declined because of combinational antiretroviral therapy, but HIV readily mutates to develop drug resistance. Developing antivirals against previously undefined targets is essential to treat existing drug-resistant HIV strains. Some peptides derived from HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env, gp120-gp41) have been shown to be effective in inhibiting HIV-1 infection. Therefore, we screened a peptide library from HIV-1 Env and identified a peptide from the cytoplasmic region, designated F9170, able to effectively inactivate HIV-1 virions and induce necrosis of HIV-1-infected cells, and reactivated latently infected cells. F9170 specifically targeted the conserved cytoplasmic tail of HIV-1 Env and effectively disrupted the integrity of the viral membrane. Short-term monoadministration of F9170 controlled viral loads to below the limit of detection in chronically SHIV-infected macaques. F9170 can enter the brain and lymph nodes, anatomic reservoirs for HIV latency. Therefore, F9170 shows promise as a drug candidate for HIV treatment.
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- Qian Wang
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences and Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Rd., Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences and Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Rd., Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Human Disease Comparative Medicine, Chinese Ministry of Health, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Models of Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Comparative Medicine Center, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
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- College of Life and Science, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences and Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Rd., Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences and Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Rd., Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences and Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Rd., Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences and Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Rd., Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences and Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Rd., Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences and Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Rd., Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences and Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Rd., Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences and Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Rd., Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Key Laboratory of Human Disease Comparative Medicine, Chinese Ministry of Health, Beijing Key Laboratory for Animal Models of Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases, Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Comparative Medicine Center, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences and Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Rd., Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China. .,Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute, New York Blood Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), School of Basic Medical Sciences and Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center, Fudan University, 130 Dong An Rd., Xuhui District, Shanghai 200032, China.
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Piai A, Fu Q, Sharp AK, Bighi B, Brown AM, Chou JJ. NMR Model of the Entire Membrane-Interacting Region of the HIV-1 Fusion Protein and Its Perturbation of Membrane Morphology. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:6609-6615. [PMID: 33882664 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c01762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) is a transmembrane protein that mediates membrane fusion and viral entry. The membrane-interacting regions of the Env, including the membrane-proximal external region (MPER), the transmembrane domain (TMD), and the cytoplasmic tail (CT), not only are essential for fusion and Env incorporation but also can strongly influence the antigenicity of the Env. Previous studies have incrementally revealed the structures of the MPER, the TMD, and the KS-LLP2 regions of the CT. Here, we determined the NMR structure of the full-length CT using a protein fragment comprising the TMD and the CT in bicelles that mimic a lipid bilayer, and by integrating the new NMR data and those acquired previously on other gp41 fragments, we derived a model of the entire membrane-interacting region of the Env. The structure shows that the CT forms a large trimeric baseplate around the TMD trimer, and by residing in the headgroup region of the lipid bilayer, the baseplate causes severe exclusion of lipid in the cytoleaflet of the bilayer. All-atom molecular dynamics simulations showed that the overall structure of the MPER-TMD-CT can be stable in a viral membrane and that a concerted movement of the KS-LLP2 region compensates for the lipid exclusion in order to maintain both structure and membrane integrity. Our structural and simulation results provide a framework for future research to manipulate the membrane structure to modulate the antigenicity of the Env for vaccine development and for mutagenesis studies for investigating membrane fusion and Env interaction with the matrix proteins.
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- Alessandro Piai
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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Nieto‐Garai JA, Arboleya A, Otaegi S, Chojnacki J, Casas J, Fabriàs G, Contreras F, Kräusslich H, Lorizate M. Cholesterol in the Viral Membrane is a Molecular Switch Governing HIV-1 Env Clustering. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:2003468. [PMID: 33552873 PMCID: PMC7856888 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202003468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2020] [Revised: 10/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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HIV-1 entry requires the redistribution of envelope glycoproteins (Env) into a cluster and the presence of cholesterol (chol) in the viral membrane. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the specific role of chol in infectivity and the driving force behind Env clustering remain unknown. Here, gp41 is demonstrated to directly interact with chol in the viral membrane via residues 751-854 in the cytoplasmic tail (CT751-854). Super-resolution stimulated emission depletion (STED) nanoscopy analysis of Env distribution further demonstrates that both truncation of gp41 CT751-854 and depletion of chol leads to dispersion of Env clusters in the viral membrane and inhibition of virus entry. This work reveals a direct interaction of gp41 CT with chol and indicates that this interaction is an important orchestrator of Env clustering.
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- Jon Ander Nieto‐Garai
- Instituto Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC)University of the Basque CountryLeioaE‐48940Spain
- Fundación Biofísica Bizkaia/Biofisika Bizkaia Fundazioa (FBB)Barrio Sarriena s/nLeioaE‐48940Spain
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- Instituto Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC)University of the Basque CountryLeioaE‐48940Spain
- Fundación Biofísica Bizkaia/Biofisika Bizkaia Fundazioa (FBB)Barrio Sarriena s/nLeioaE‐48940Spain
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- Instituto Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC)University of the Basque CountryLeioaE‐48940Spain
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyFaculty of Science and TechnologyUniversity of the Basque CountryLeioaE‐48940Spain
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- Research Unit on BioActive Molecules. Department of Biological ChemistryInstitute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC‐CSIC)BarcelonaCatalonia08034Spain
- Liver and Digestive Diseases Networking Biomedical Research Center (CIBEREHD) ISCIIMadrid28029Spain
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- Research Unit on BioActive Molecules. Department of Biological ChemistryInstitute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC‐CSIC)BarcelonaCatalonia08034Spain
- Liver and Digestive Diseases Networking Biomedical Research Center (CIBEREHD) ISCIIMadrid28029Spain
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- Instituto Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC)University of the Basque CountryLeioaE‐48940Spain
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyFaculty of Science and TechnologyUniversity of the Basque CountryLeioaE‐48940Spain
- IkerbasqueBasque Foundation for ScienceBilbao48013Spain
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- Department of Infectious DiseasesVirologyUniversitätsklinikum HeidelbergHeidelberg69120Germany
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- Instituto Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC)University of the Basque CountryLeioaE‐48940Spain
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyFaculty of Science and TechnologyUniversity of the Basque CountryLeioaE‐48940Spain
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Eastep GN, Ghanam RH, Green TJ, Saad JS. Structural characterization of HIV-1 matrix mutants implicated in envelope incorporation. J Biol Chem 2021; 296:100321. [PMID: 33485964 PMCID: PMC7952133 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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During the late phase of HIV-1 infection, viral Gag polyproteins are targeted to the plasma membrane (PM) for assembly. Gag localization at the PM is a prerequisite for the incorporation of the envelope protein (Env) into budding particles. Gag assembly and Env incorporation are mediated by the N-terminal myristoylated matrix (MA) domain of Gag. Nonconservative mutations in the trimer interface of MA (A45E, T70R, and L75G) were found to impair Env incorporation and infectivity, leading to the hypothesis that MA trimerization is an obligatory step for Env incorporation. Conversely, Env incorporation can be rescued by a compensatory mutation in the MA trimer interface (Q63R). The impact of these MA mutations on the structure and trimerization properties of MA is not known. In this study, we employed NMR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, and sedimentation techniques to characterize the structure and trimerization properties of HIV-1 MA A45E, Q63R, T70R, and L75G mutant proteins. NMR data revealed that these point mutations did not alter the overall structure and folding of MA but caused minor structural perturbations in the trimer interface. Analytical ultracentrifugation data indicated that mutations had a minimal effect on the MA monomer–trimer equilibrium. The high-resolution X-ray structure of the unmyristoylated MA Q63R protein revealed hydrogen bonding between the side chains of adjacent Arg-63 and Ser-67 on neighboring MA molecules, providing the first structural evidence for an additional intermolecular interaction in the trimer interface. These findings advance our knowledge of the interplay of MA trimerization and Env incorporation into HIV-1 particles.
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- Gunnar N Eastep
- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
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Interaction Interface of Mason-Pfizer Monkey Virus Matrix and Envelope Proteins. J Virol 2020; 94:JVI.01146-20. [PMID: 32796061 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01146-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Retroviral envelope glycoprotein (Env) is essential for the specific recognition of the host cell and the initial phase of infection. As reported for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the recruitment of Env into a retroviral membrane envelope is mediated through its interaction with a Gag polyprotein precursor of structural proteins. This interaction, occurring between the matrix domain (MA) of Gag and the cytoplasmic tail (CT) of the transmembrane domain of Env, takes place at the host cell plasma membrane. To determine whether the MA of Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (M-PMV) also interacts directly with the CT of Env, we mimicked the in vivo conditions in an in vitro experiment by using a CT in its physiological trimeric conformation mediated by the trimerization motif of the GCN4 yeast transcription factor. The MA protein was used at the concentration shifting the equilibrium to its trimeric form. The direct interaction between MA and CT was confirmed by a pulldown assay. Through the combination of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and protein cross-linking followed by mass spectrometry analysis, the residues involved in mutual interactions were determined. NMR has shown that the C terminus of the CT is bound to the C-terminal part of MA. In addition, protein cross-linking confirmed the close proximity of the N-terminal part of CT and the N terminus of MA, which is enabled in vivo by their location at the membrane. These results are in agreement with the previously determined orientation of MA on the membrane and support the already observed mechanisms of M-PMV virus-like particle transport and budding.IMPORTANCE By a combination of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and mass spectroscopy of cross-linked peptides, we show that in contrast to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), the C-terminal residues of the unstructured cytoplasmic tail of Mason-Pfizer monkey virus (M-PMV) Env interact with the matrix domain (MA). Based on biochemical data and molecular modeling, we propose that individual cytoplasmic tail (CT) monomers of a trimeric complex bind MA molecules belonging to different neighboring trimers, which may stabilize the MA orientation at the membrane by the formation of a membrane-bound net of interlinked Gag and CT trimers. This also corresponds with the concept that the membrane-bound MA of Gag recruits Env through interaction with the full-length CT, while CT truncation during maturation attenuates the interaction to facilitate uncoating. We propose a model suggesting different arrangements of MA-CT complexes between a D-type and C-type retroviruses with short and long CTs, respectively.
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Zhou G, Chu S, Kohli A, Szoka FC, Gochin M. Biophysical studies of HIV-1 glycoprotein-41 interactions with peptides and small molecules - Effect of lipids and detergents. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2020; 1864:129724. [PMID: 32889078 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2020.129724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND The hydrophobic pocket (HP) of HIV-1 glycoprotein-41 ectodomain is defined by two chains of the N-heptad repeat trimer, within the protein-protein interface that mediates 6HB formation. It is a potential target for inhibitors of viral fusion, but its hydrophobic nature and proximity to membrane in situ has precluded ready analysis of inhibitor interactions. METHODS We evaluated the sensitivity of 19F NMR and fluorescence for detecting peptide and small molecule binding to the HP and explored the effect of non-denaturing detergent or phospholipid as cosolvents and potential mimics of the membrane environment surrounding gp41. RESULTS Chemical shifts of aromatic fluorines were found to be sensitive to changes in the hydrogen bonding network that occurred when inhibitors transitioned from solvent into the HP or into ordered detergent micelles. Fluorescence intensities and emission maxima of autofluorescent compounds responded to changes in the local environment. CONCLUSIONS Gp41 - ligand binding occurred under all conditions, but was diminished in the presence of detergents. NMR and fluorescence studies revealed that dodecylphosphocholine (DPC) was a poor substitute for membrane in this system, while liposomes could mimic the membrane surroundings. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Our findings suggest that development of high potency small molecule binders to the HP may be frustrated by competition between binding to the HP and binding to the bilayer membrane.
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- Guangyan Zhou
- Department of Basic Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro University California, Vallejo, CA 94592, United States of America
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- Department of Basic Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro University California, Vallejo, CA 94592, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, UCSF School of Pharmacy, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States of America
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- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, UCSF School of Pharmacy, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States of America; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF School of Pharmacy, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States of America
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- Department of Basic Sciences, College of Osteopathic Medicine, Touro University California, Vallejo, CA 94592, United States of America; Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF School of Pharmacy, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States of America.
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Murphy RE, Saad JS. The Interplay between HIV-1 Gag Binding to the Plasma Membrane and Env Incorporation. Viruses 2020; 12:E548. [PMID: 32429351 PMCID: PMC7291237 DOI: 10.3390/v12050548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Advancement in drug therapies and patient care have drastically improved the mortality rates of HIV-1 infected individuals. Many of these therapies were developed or improved upon by using structure-based techniques, which underscore the importance of understanding essential mechanisms in the replication cycle of HIV-1 at the structural level. One such process which remains poorly understood is the incorporation of the envelope glycoprotein (Env) into budding virus particles. Assembly of HIV particles is initiated by targeting of the Gag polyproteins to the inner leaflet of the plasma membrane (PM), a process mediated by the N-terminally myristoylated matrix (MA) domain and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2). There is strong evidence that formation of the Gag lattice on the PM is a prerequisite for the incorporation of Env into budding particles. It is also suggested that Env incorporation is mediated by an interaction between its cytoplasmic tail (gp41CT) and the MA domain of Gag. In this review, we highlight the latest developments and current efforts to understand the interplay between gp41CT, MA, and the membrane during assembly. Elucidation of the molecular determinants of Gag-Env-membrane interactions may help in the development of new antiviral therapeutic agents that inhibit particle assembly, Env incorporation and ultimately virus production.
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA;
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Piai A, Fu Q, Cai Y, Ghantous F, Xiao T, Shaik MM, Peng H, Rits-Volloch S, Chen W, Seaman MS, Chen B, Chou JJ. Structural basis of transmembrane coupling of the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2317. [PMID: 32385256 PMCID: PMC7210310 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16165-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2019] [Accepted: 04/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The prefusion conformation of HIV-1 envelope protein (Env) is recognized by most broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs). Studies showed that alterations of its membrane-related components, including the transmembrane domain (TMD) and cytoplasmic tail (CT), can reshape the antigenic structure of the Env ectodomain. Using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, we determine the structure of an Env segment encompassing the TMD and a large portion of the CT in bicelles. The structure reveals that the CT folds into amphipathic helices that wrap around the C-terminal end of the TMD, thereby forming a support baseplate for the rest of Env. NMR dynamics measurements provide evidences of dynamic coupling across the TMD between the ectodomain and CT. Pseudovirus-based neutralization assays suggest that CT-TMD interaction preferentially affects antigenic structure near the apex of the Env trimer. These results explain why the CT can modulate the Env antigenic properties and may facilitate HIV-1 Env-based vaccine design.
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- Alessandro Piai
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 250 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 250 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 3 Blackfan Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 3 Blackfan Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 3 Blackfan Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 250 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA
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- Division of Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 3 Blackfan Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, 250 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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Dick A, Cocklin S. Recent Advances in HIV-1 Gag Inhibitor Design and Development. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25071687. [PMID: 32272714 PMCID: PMC7181048 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25071687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2020] [Accepted: 04/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) treatment with combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) has improved the life quality of many patients since its implementation. However, resistance mutations and the accumulation of severe side effects associated with cART remain enormous challenges that need to be addressed with the continual design and redesign of anti-HIV drugs. In this review, we focus on the importance of the HIV-1 Gag polyprotein as the master coordinator of HIV-1 assembly and maturation and as an emerging drug target. Due to its multiple roles in the HIV-1 life cycle, the individual Gag domains are attractive but also challenging targets for inhibitor design. However, recent encouraging developments in targeting the Gag domains such as the capsid protein with highly potent and potentially long-acting inhibitors, as well as the exploration and successful targeting of challenging HIV-1 proteins such as the matrix protein, have demonstrated the therapeutic viability of this important protein. Such Gag-directed inhibitors have great potential for combating the AIDS pandemic and to be useful tools to dissect HIV-1 biology.
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Pan J, Peng H, Chen B, Harrison SC. Cryo-EM Structure of Full-length HIV-1 Env Bound With the Fab of Antibody PG16. J Mol Biol 2020; 432:1158-1168. [PMID: 31931014 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2019] [Revised: 11/24/2019] [Accepted: 11/25/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The HIV-1 envelope protein (Env) is the target of neutralizing antibodies and the template for vaccine immunogen design. The dynamic conformational equilibrium of trimeric Env influences its antigenicity and potential immunogenicity. Antibodies that bind at the trimer apex stabilize a "closed" conformation characteristic of the most difficult to neutralize isolates. A goal of vaccine development is therefore to mimic the closed conformation in a designed immunogen. A disulfide-stabilized, trimeric Env ectodomain-the "SOSIP" construct-has many of the relevant properties; it is also particularly suitable for structure determination. Some single-molecule studies have, however, suggested that the SOSIP trimer is not a good representation of Env on the surface of a virion or an infected cell. We isolated Env (fully cleaved to gp120 and gp41) from the surface of expressing cells using tagged, apex-binding Fab PG16 and determined the structure of the PG16-Env complex by cryo-EM to an overall resolution of 4.6 Å. Placing the only purification tag on the Fab ensured that the isolated Env was continuously stabilized in its closed, native conformation. The Env structure in this complex corresponds closely to the SOSIP structures determined by both x-ray crystallography and cryo-EM. Although the membrane-interacting elements are not resolved in our reconstruction, we can make inferences about the connection between ectodomain and membrane-proximal external region (MPER) by reference to the published cryo-tomography structure of an Env "spike" and the NMR structure of the MPER-transmembrane segment. We discuss these results in view of the conflicting interpretations in the literature.
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- Junhua Pan
- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, 02115, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, 3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
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HIV-1 Matrix Trimerization-Impaired Mutants Are Rescued by Matrix Substitutions That Enhance Envelope Glycoprotein Incorporation. J Virol 2019; 94:JVI.01526-19. [PMID: 31619553 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01526-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The matrix (MA) domain of HIV-1 Gag plays key roles in virus assembly by targeting the Gag precursor to the plasma membrane and directing the incorporation of the viral envelope (Env) glycoprotein into virions. The latter function appears to be in part dependent on trimerization of the MA domain of Gag during assembly, as disruption of the MA trimer interface impairs Env incorporation. Conversely, many MA mutations that impair Env incorporation can be rescued by compensatory mutations in the trimer interface. In this study, we sought to investigate further the biological significance of MA trimerization by isolating and characterizing compensatory mutations that rescue MA trimer interface mutants with severely impaired Env incorporation. By serially propagating MA trimerization-defective mutants in T cell lines, we identified a number of changes in MA, both within and distant from the trimer interface. The compensatory mutations located within or near the trimer interface restored Env incorporation and particle infectivity and permitted replication in culture. The structure of the MA lattice was interrogated by measuring the cleavage of the murine leukemia virus (MLV) transmembrane Env protein by the viral protease in MLV Env-pseudotyped HIV-1 particles bearing the MA mutations and by performing crystallographic studies of in vitro-assembled MA lattices. These results demonstrate that rescue is associated with structural alterations in MA organization and rescue of MA domain trimer formation. Our data highlight the significance of the trimer interface of the MA domain of Gag as a critical site of protein-protein interaction during HIV-1 assembly and establish the functional importance of trimeric MA for Env incorporation.IMPORTANCE The immature Gag lattice is a critical structural feature of assembling HIV-1 particles, which is primarily important for virion formation and release. While Gag forms a hexameric lattice, driven primarily by the capsid domain, the MA domain additionally trimerizes where three Gag hexamers meet. MA mutants that are defective for trimerization are deficient for Env incorporation and replication, suggesting a requirement for trimerization of the MA domain of Gag in Env incorporation. This study used a gain-of-function, forced viral evolution approach to rescue HIV-1 mutants that are defective for MA trimerization. Compensatory mutations that rescue virus replication do so by restoring Env incorporation and MA trimer formation. This study supports the importance of MA domain trimerization in HIV-1 replication and the potential of the trimer interface as a therapeutic target.
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Alfadhli A, Staubus AO, Tedbury PR, Novikova M, Freed EO, Barklis E. Analysis of HIV-1 Matrix-Envelope Cytoplasmic Tail Interactions. J Virol 2019; 93:e01079-19. [PMID: 31375589 PMCID: PMC6803273 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01079-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 07/30/2019] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The matrix (MA) domains of HIV-1 precursor Gag (PrGag) proteins direct PrGag proteins to plasma membrane (PM) assembly sites where envelope (Env) protein trimers are incorporated into virus particles. MA targeting to PM sites is facilitated by its binding to phosphatidylinositol-(4,5)-bisphosphate [PI(4,5)P2], and MA binding to cellular RNAs appears to serve a chaperone function that prevents MA from associating with intracellular membranes prior to arrival at the PI(4,5)P2-rich PM. Investigations have shown genetic evidence of an interaction between MA and the cytoplasmic tails (CTs) of Env trimers that contributes to Env incorporation into virions, but demonstrations of direct MA-CT interactions have proven more difficult. In direct binding assays, we show here that MA binds to Env CTs. Using MA mutants, matrix-capsid (MACA) proteins, and MA proteins incubated in the presence of inositol polyphosphate, we show a correlation between MA trimerization and CT binding. RNA ligands with high affinities for MA reduced MA-CT binding levels, suggesting that MA-RNA binding interferes with trimerization and/or directly or indirectly blocks MA-CT binding. Rough-mapping studies indicate that C-terminal CT helices are involved in MA binding and are in agreement with cell culture studies with replication-competent viruses. Our results support a model in which full-length HIV-1 Env trimers are captured in assembling PrGag lattices by virtue of their binding to MA trimers.IMPORTANCE The mechanism by which HIV-1 envelope (Env) protein trimers assemble into virus particles is poorly understood but involves an interaction between Env cytoplasmic tails (CTs) and the matrix (MA) domain of the structural precursor Gag (PrGag) proteins. We show here that direct binding of MA to Env CTs correlates with MA trimerization, suggesting models where MA lattices regulate CT interactions and/or MA-CT trimer-trimer associations increase the avidity of MA-CT binding. We also show that MA binding to RNA ligands impairs MA-CT binding, potentially by interfering with MA trimerization and/or directly or allosterically blocking MA-CT binding sites. Rough mapping implicated CT C-terminal helices in MA binding, in agreement with cell culture studies on MA-CT interactions. Our results indicate that targeting HIV-1 MA-CT interactions may be a promising avenue for antiviral therapy.
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- Ayna Alfadhli
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Virus-Cell Interaction Section, HIV Drug Resistance Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Virus-Cell Interaction Section, HIV Drug Resistance Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Virus-Cell Interaction Section, HIV Drug Resistance Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health & Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Murphy RE, Samal AB, Vlach J, Mas V, Prevelige PE, Saad JS. Structural and biophysical characterizations of HIV-1 matrix trimer binding to lipid nanodiscs shed light on virus assembly. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:18600-18612. [PMID: 31640987 PMCID: PMC6901326 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.010997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Revised: 10/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
During the late phase of the HIV-1 replication cycle, the viral Gag polyproteins are targeted to the plasma membrane for assembly. The Gag-membrane interaction is mediated by binding of Gag's N-terminal myristoylated matrix (MA) domain to phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PI(4,5)P2). The viral envelope (Env) glycoprotein is then recruited to the assembly sites and incorporated into budding particles. Evidence suggests that Env incorporation is mediated by interactions between Gag's MA domain and the cytoplasmic tail of the gp41 subunit of Env (gp41CT). MA trimerization appears to be an obligatory step for this interaction. Insufficient production of a recombinant MA trimer and unavailability of a biologically relevant membrane system have been barriers to detailed structural and biophysical characterization of the putative MA-gp41CT-membrane interactions. Here, we engineered a stable recombinant HIV-1 MA trimer construct by fusing a foldon domain (FD) of phage T4 fibritin to the MA C terminus. Results from NMR experiments confirmed that the FD attachment does not adversely alter the MA structure. Employing hydrogen-deuterium exchange MS, we identified an MA-MA interface in the MA trimer that is implicated in Gag assembly and Env incorporation. Utilizing lipid nanodiscs as a membrane mimetic, we show that the MA trimer binds to membranes 30-fold tighter than does the MA monomer and that incorporation of PI(4,5)P2 and phosphatidylserine enhances the binding of MA to nanodiscs. These findings advance our understanding of a fundamental mechanism in HIV-1 assembly and provide a template for investigating the interaction of MA with gp41CT.
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- R Elliot Murphy
- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Centro Nacional de Microbiología and CIBER de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294.
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Staubus AO, Alfadhli A, Barklis RL, Barklis E. Replication of HIV-1 envelope protein cytoplasmic domain variants in permissive and restrictive cells. Virology 2019; 538:1-10. [PMID: 31550607 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2019.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Revised: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 09/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Wild type (WT) HIV-1 envelope (Env) protein cytoplasmic tails (CTs) appear to be composed of membrane-proximal, N-terminal unstructured regions, and three C-terminal amphipathic helices. Previous studies have shown that WT and CT-deleted (ΔCT) Env proteins are incorporated into virus particles via different mechanisms. WT Env proteins traffic to cell plasma membranes (PMs), are rapidly internalized, recycle to PMs, and are incorporated into virions in permissive and restrictive cells in a Gag matrix (MA) protein-dependent fashion. In contrast, previously described ΔCT proteins do not appear to be internalized after their arrival to PMs, and do not require MA, but are only incorporated into virions in permissive cell lines. We have analyzed a new set of HIV-1 CT variants with respect to their replication in permissive and restrictive cells. Our results provide novel details as to how CT elements regulate HIV-1 Env protein function.
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- August O Staubus
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR, 97239, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR, 97239, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR, 97239, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Oregon Health and Sciences University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR, 97239, USA.
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Hollingsworth LR, Lemkul JA, Bevan DR, Brown AM. HIV-1 Env gp41 Transmembrane Domain Dynamics Are Modulated by Lipid, Water, and Ion Interactions. Biophys J 2019; 115:84-94. [PMID: 29972814 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2018] [Revised: 05/04/2018] [Accepted: 05/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The gp41 transmembrane domain (TMD) of the envelope glycoprotein of the human immunodeficiency virus modulates the conformation of the viral envelope spike, the only druggable target on the surface of the virion. Targeting the envelope glycoprotein with small-molecule and antibody therapies requires an understanding of gp41 TMD dynamics, which is often challenging given the difficulties in describing native membrane properties. Here, atomistic molecular dynamics simulations of a trimeric, prefusion gp41 TMD in a model, asymmetric viral membrane that mimics the native viral envelope were performed. Water and chloride ions were observed to permeate the membrane and interact with the highly conserved arginine bundle, (R696)3, at the center of the membrane and influenced TMD stability by creating a network of hydrogen bonds and electrostatic interactions. We propose that this (R696)3 - water - anion network plays an important role in viral fusion with the host cell by modulating protein conformational changes within the membrane. Additionally, R683 and R707 at the exofacial and cytofacial membrane-water interfaces, respectively, are anchored in the lipid headgroup region and serve as a junction point for stabilization of the termini. The membrane thins as a result of the tilting of the gp41 trimer with nearby lipids increasing in volume, leading to an entropic driving force for TMD conformational change. These results provide additional detail and perspective on the influence of certain lipid types on TMD dynamics and a rationale for targeting key residues of the TMD for therapeutic design. These insights into the molecular details of TMD membrane anchoring will build toward a greater understanding of the dynamics that lead to viral fusion with the host cell.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia; Center for Drug Discovery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia; Center for Drug Discovery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia; Center for Drug Discovery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia; University Libraries, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.
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Klug YA, Schwarzer R, Rotem E, Charni M, Nudelman A, Gramatica A, Zarmi B, Rotter V, Shai Y. The HIV gp41 Fusion Protein Inhibits T-Cell Activation through the Lentiviral Lytic Peptide 2 Motif. Biochemistry 2019; 58:818-832. [PMID: 30602116 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b01175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The human immunodeficiency virus enters its host cells by membrane fusion, initiated by the gp41 subunit of its envelope protein. gp41 has also been shown to bind T-cell receptor (TCR) complex components, interfering with TCR signaling leading to reduced T-cell activation. This immunoinhibitory activity is suggested to occur during the membrane fusion process and is attributed to various membranotropic regions of the gp41 ectodomain and to the transmembrane domain. Although extensively studied, the cytosolic region of gp41, termed the cytoplasmic tail (CT), has not been examined in the context of immune suppression. Here we investigated whether the CT inhibits T-cell activation in different T-cell models by utilizing gp41-derived peptides and expressed full gp41 proteins. We found that a conserved region of the CT, termed lentiviral lytic peptide 2 (LLP2), specifically inhibits the activation of mouse, Jurkat, and human primary T-cells. This inhibition resulted in reduced T-cell proliferation, gene expression, cytokine secretion, and cell surface expression of CD69. Differential activation of the TCR signaling cascade revealed that CT-based immune suppression occurs downstream of the TCR complex. Moreover, LLP2 peptide treatment of Jurkat and primary human T-cells impaired Akt but not NFκB and ERK1/2 activation, suggesting that immune suppression occurs through the Akt pathway. These findings identify a novel gp41 T-cell suppressive element with a unique inhibitory mechanism that can take place post-membrane fusion.
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- Yoel A Klug
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001 , Israel
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- Gladstone Institute for Virology and Immunology , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , California 94158 , United States
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001 , Israel
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001 , Israel
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001 , Israel
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- Gladstone Institute for Virology and Immunology , University of California, San Francisco , San Francisco , California 94158 , United States
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001 , Israel
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001 , Israel
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- Department of Biomolecular Sciences , Weizmann Institute of Science , Rehovot 7610001 , Israel
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Fernandez MV, Freed EO. Meeting Review: 2018 International Workshop on Structure and Function of the Lentiviral gp41 Cytoplasmic Tail. Viruses 2018; 10:E613. [PMID: 30405009 PMCID: PMC6266243 DOI: 10.3390/v10110613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 11/03/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Recent developments in defining the role of the lentiviral envelope glycoprotein (Env) cytoplasmic tail (CT) in Env trafficking and incorporation into virus particles have advanced our understanding of viral replication and transmission. To stimulate additional progress in this field, the two-day International Workshop on Structure and Function of the Lentiviral gp41 Cytoplasmic Tail, co-organized by Eric Freed and James Hoxie, was held at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, MD (26⁻27 April 2018). The meeting served to bring together experts focused on the role of gp41 in HIV replication and to discuss the emerging mechanisms of CT-dependent trafficking, Env conformation and structure, host protein interaction, incorporation, and viral transmission. The conference was organized around the following three main hot topics in gp41 research: the role of host factors in CT-dependent Env incorporation, Env structure, and CT-mediated trafficking and transmission. This review highlights important topics and the advances in gp41 research that were discussed during the conference.
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- Melissa V Fernandez
- HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
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- HIV Dynamics and Replication Program, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
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Samal S, Das S, Boliar S, Qureshi H, Shrivastava T, Kumar N, Goswami S, Bansal M, Chakrabarti BK. Cell surface ectodomain integrity of a subset of functional HIV-1 envelopes is dependent on a conserved hydrophilic domain containing region in their C-terminal tail. Retrovirology 2018; 15:50. [PMID: 30029604 PMCID: PMC6053805 DOI: 10.1186/s12977-018-0431-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2018] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND HIV-1 Env gp160 is cleaved to form gp120 and gp41 and the functional HIV-1 Env is a trimer of non-covalently associated heterodimeric subunits, gp120 and gp41. The cleaved, native, trimeric form of Envs expose only broadly neutralizing antibody (bNAb) epitopes while occluding epitopes targeted by non-neutralizing antibodies (non-NAbs). We and others have previously observed that efficient cleavage of Envs into their constituent subunits co-relates with specific binding to bNAbs and poor binding to non-neutralizing antibodies (non-NAbs). Such Envs have been identified from clades A, B and C which make up a majority of globally circulating HIV-1 strains. Frequently, the C-terminal tail (CT) of Envs is deleted to enhance expression and stabilize soluble Env-based vaccine immunogens. Deletion of CT of efficiently cleaved Indian clade C Env 4-2.J41 results in recognition by both NAbs and non-NAbs. It is to be noted that uncleaved Envs bind to both NAbs and non-NAbs. So we investigated whether altered antigenicity upon CT deletion of efficiently cleaved Envs is due to inefficient cleavage or conformational change as the mechanism by which the CT regulates the ectodomain (ET) integrity is not well understood. RESULTS We studied the effect of CT deletion in four membrane bound efficiently cleaved Envs, A5 (clade A), 4-2.J41 (clade C), JRFL and JRCSF (clade B). Deletion of CT of the Envs, JRCSF and 4-2.J41, but not JRFL and A5 alter their ET antigenicity/conformation without affecting the cleavage efficiency. We carried out a series of deletion mutation in order to determine the region of the CT required for restoring native-like antigenicity/conformation of the ET of 4-2.J41 and JRCSF. Extending the CT up to aa753 in 4-2.J41 and aa759 in JRCSF, which includes a conserved hydrophilic domain (CHD), restores native-like conformation of these Envs on the plasma membrane. However, CT-deletion in 4-2.J41 and JRCSF at the pseudovirus level has either no or only modest effect on neutralization potency. CONCLUSION Here, we report that the CHD in the CT of Env plays an important role in regulating the ET integrity of a subset of efficiently cleaved, functional Envs on the cell surface.
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- Sweety Samal
- THSTI-IAVI HIV Vaccine Design Program, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon Expressway, P.O. Box # 04, Faridabad, Haryana, 1221001, India
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- THSTI-IAVI HIV Vaccine Design Program, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon Expressway, P.O. Box # 04, Faridabad, Haryana, 1221001, India
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- THSTI-IAVI HIV Vaccine Design Program, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon Expressway, P.O. Box # 04, Faridabad, Haryana, 1221001, India
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- THSTI-IAVI HIV Vaccine Design Program, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon Expressway, P.O. Box # 04, Faridabad, Haryana, 1221001, India
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- THSTI-IAVI HIV Vaccine Design Program, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon Expressway, P.O. Box # 04, Faridabad, Haryana, 1221001, India
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- THSTI-IAVI HIV Vaccine Design Program, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon Expressway, P.O. Box # 04, Faridabad, Haryana, 1221001, India
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- THSTI-IAVI HIV Vaccine Design Program, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon Expressway, P.O. Box # 04, Faridabad, Haryana, 1221001, India
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- THSTI-IAVI HIV Vaccine Design Program, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon Expressway, P.O. Box # 04, Faridabad, Haryana, 1221001, India
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- THSTI-IAVI HIV Vaccine Design Program, Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon Expressway, P.O. Box # 04, Faridabad, Haryana, 1221001, India. .,IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA. .,Innovation & Translation, ABL, Inc., 9800 Medical Center Drive, Building D, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA.
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Narasimhulu VGS, Bellamy-McIntyre AK, Laumaea AE, Lay CS, Harrison DN, King HAD, Drummer HE, Poumbourios P. Distinct functions for the membrane-proximal ectodomain region (MPER) of HIV-1 gp41 in cell-free and cell-cell viral transmission and cell-cell fusion. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:6099-6120. [PMID: 29496992 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra117.000537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Revised: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
HIV-1 is spread by cell-free virions and by cell-cell viral transfer. We asked whether the structure and function of a broad neutralizing antibody (bNAb) epitope, the membrane-proximal ectodomain region (MPER) of the viral gp41 transmembrane glycoprotein, differ in cell-free and cell-cell-transmitted viruses and whether this difference could be related to Ab neutralization sensitivity. Whereas cell-free viruses bearing W666A and I675A substitutions in the MPER lacked infectivity, cell-associated mutant viruses were able to initiate robust spreading infection. Infectivity was restored to cell-free viruses by additional substitutions in the cytoplasmic tail (CT) of gp41 known to disrupt interactions with the viral matrix protein. We observed contrasting effects on cell-free virus infectivity when W666A was introduced to two transmitted/founder isolates, but both mutants could still mediate cell-cell spread. Domain swapping indicated that the disparate W666A phenotypes of the cell-free transmitted/founder viruses are controlled by sequences in variable regions 1, 2, and 4 of gp120. The sequential passaging of an MPER mutant (W672A) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells enabled selection of viral revertants with loss-of-glycan suppressor mutations in variable region 1, suggesting a functional interaction between variable region 1 and the MPER. An MPER-directed bNAb neutralized cell-free virus but not cell-cell viral spread. Our results suggest that the MPER of cell-cell-transmitted virions has a malleable structure that tolerates mutagenic disruption but is not accessible to bNAbs. In cell-free virions, interactions mediated by the CT impose an alternative MPER structure that is less tolerant of mutagenic alteration and is efficiently targeted by bNAbs.
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- Vani G S Narasimhulu
- From the Virus Entry and Vaccines Laboratory, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004.,the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, and
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- From the Virus Entry and Vaccines Laboratory, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004.,the Departments of Microbiology and
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- From the Virus Entry and Vaccines Laboratory, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004.,the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, and
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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- From the Virus Entry and Vaccines Laboratory, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004
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- From the Virus Entry and Vaccines Laboratory, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004.,the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, and
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- From the Virus Entry and Vaccines Laboratory, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004.,the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the Peter Doherty Institute, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, and.,the Departments of Microbiology and
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- From the Virus Entry and Vaccines Laboratory, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, .,the Departments of Microbiology and.,Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
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