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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-2-19
pubmed:abstractText
We had previously reported that glycosphingolipids (GSL) support human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) entry. In this study, we further examined this issue by expressing HIV-1 receptors in GSL-deficient GM95 cells. GM95 cells expressing low levels of CD4 and CXCR4 or CCR5 did not support HIV-1 Env-mediated fusion. However, higher expression of these receptors rendered GM95 cells highly susceptible to fusion with cells expressing appropriate HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins (HIV-1 Envs). The GM95 cells exhibited a different fusion phenotype when compared with GSL(+) NIH3T3 cells bearing similar receptor levels. Fusion of GM95 targets expressing higher levels of CD4 and coreceptors occurred at 25 degrees C and was sensitive to cholesterol depletion or disruption of the cytoskeleton. In contrast, the fusion threshold of NIH3T3CD4X4/R5 targets was at >/=28 degrees C as previously reported and was insensitive to cholesterol depletion or cytoskeletal network disruption. On the basis of these observations, we propose that target membrane GSLs support HIV-1 Env-mediated fusion at low density of receptors by stabilizing receptor pools in natural targets.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0042-6822
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
318
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
55-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Functional expression of CD4, CXCR4, and CCR5 in glycosphingolipid-deficient mouse melanoma GM95 cells and susceptibility to HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein-triggered membrane fusion.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Experimental and Computational Biology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI-Frederick, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD 21702-1201, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article