Steffens Carolyn M, Hope Thomas J
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
J Virol. 2004 Sep;78(17):9573-8. doi: 10.1128/JVI.78.17.9573-9578.2004.
The sequence of events leading to human immunodeficiency virus fusion and entry likely involves the recruitment of multiple receptor and coreceptor proteins to a specific complex by the viral envelope. Using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching technology, we find that both CD4 and CCR5 are mobile in the cell membrane. Interestingly, our findings also suggest that the seven-span transmembrane coreceptor is significantly more mobile than CD4 and requires membrane cholesterol for mobility.
导致人类免疫缺陷病毒融合和进入的一系列事件可能涉及病毒包膜将多种受体和共受体蛋白招募到特定复合物中。利用光漂白后荧光恢复技术,我们发现CD4和CCR5在细胞膜中都是可移动的。有趣的是,我们的研究结果还表明,七跨膜共受体的移动性明显高于CD4,并且其移动性需要膜胆固醇。