Soluble CD4 enhances simian immunodeficiency virus SIVagm infection.
AUTOR(ES)
Werner, A
RESUMO
The CD4 molecule is expressed on T-helper cells and serves as the cellular receptor for the human immunodeficiency virus types 1 and 2 (HIV-1 and HIV-2) and for the simian immunodeficiency viruses SIVmac and SIVagm. HIV-1, HIV-2, and SIVmac infectivity can be blocked by monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) directed against the CD4 molecule and by soluble CD4 proteins (sCD4). In the present study, we demonstrated not only lack of inhibition, but 10- to 100-fold sCD4-dependent enhancement of SIVagm infectivity of human T-cell lymphoma lines, although SIVagm infection was blocked by MAbs OKT4a and Leu3a. SIVagm enhancement with sCD4 was suppressed by MAbs OKT4a and Leu3a to levels observed without addition of sCD4. The infectivity of all four tested SIVagm variants was enhanced by sCD4 on all tested lymphoma cell lines. These results suggest a second step (second or secondary receptor) required for enhancing virus entry into the cell and may have serious implications for approaches to the treatment of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome on the basis of modified sCD4 molecules.
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