Cells with High Cyclophilin A Content Support Replication of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Gag Mutants with Decreased Ability To Incorporate Cyclophilin A

AUTOR(ES)

Ackerson, Bradley

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Gag polyprotein-mediated incorporation of cellular cyclophilin A (CyPA) into virions is essential for the formation of infectious human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) virions. Either a point mutation in Gag (P222A) or drugs which bind CyPA decrease virion incorporation of CyPA and interfere with HIV-1 replication. We have found that lymphoid cells varied greatly in their CyPA content and that cells with high CyPA content supported the replication of P222A HIV-1 Gag mutants. These experiments demonstrated that a higher cellular CyPA content of some cells was able to compensate for the decreased binding affinity of P222A mutant Gag for CyPA, allowing virus replication to occur.

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