Emory Vaccine Center, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, 954 Gatewood Rd., Atlanta, GA 30329, USA.
J Virol. 2010 Apr;84(8):4100-4. doi: 10.1128/JVI.02068-09. Epub 2010 Feb 10.
Compact, glycan-restricted envelope (Env) glycoproteins are selected during heterosexual transmission of subtype C HIV-1. Donor and recipient glycoproteins (Envs) from six transmission pairs were evaluated for entry into HeLa cells expressing different levels of CD4 and CCR5. Donor and recipient Envs demonstrated efficient entry into cells expressing high levels of CD4 and CCR5, and entry declined as CCR5 levels decreased. Infectivity for all Envs was severely impaired in cells expressing low levels of CD4, even at the highest CCR5 levels. In 5/6 pairs, there was no significant difference in efficiency of receptor utilization between the donor and recipient Envs in these HeLa-derived cell lines. Thus, HIV-1 transmission does not appear to select for viruses that can preferentially utilize low levels of entry receptors.
在 HIV-1 亚型 C 的异性传播过程中,会选择紧凑的聚糖受限包膜 (Env) 糖蛋白。评估了来自 6 对传播对的供体和受体糖蛋白 (Env),以评估它们进入表达不同水平 CD4 和 CCR5 的 HeLa 细胞的能力。供体和受体 Env 均能有效进入表达高水平 CD4 和 CCR5 的细胞,而随着 CCR5 水平的降低,进入能力下降。即使在最高 CCR5 水平下,所有 Env 在表达低水平 CD4 的细胞中的感染性都严重受损。在 5/6 对中,在这些 HeLa 衍生的细胞系中,供体和受体 Env 利用受体的效率没有显著差异。因此,HIV-1 传播似乎不会选择能够优先利用低水平进入受体的病毒。