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J. Virol., Sep 1996, 6288-6295, Vol 70, No. 9
JF Berson, D Long, BJ Doranz, J Rucker, FR Jirik and RW Doms
Entry of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) into cells requires
binding to CD4 and fusion with a cellular membrane. Fusion does not occur
in most nonhuman cells even when they express human CD4, indicating that
one or more human accessory factors are required for virus infection.
Recently, a seven-transmembrane domain protein has been shown to serve as
an accessory factor for T-cell-tropic (T-tropic) HIV-1 isolates (Y. Feng,
C. C. Broder, P. E. Kennedy, and E. A. Berger, Science 272:872-877, 1996).
Here we show that expression of this glycoprotein, termed fusin, in murine,
feline, simian, and quail cell lines, in conjunction with human CD4,
rendered these cells fully permissive for HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein
(Env)-mediated membrane fusion. Expression of CD4 or fusin alone did not
permit fusion. In addition, introduction of fusin and CD4 into a human cell
line, U87MG, that is resistant to HIV-1 induced syncytium formation and to
infection by HIV-1 when expressing CD4 alone made this cell line permissive
for Env-mediated cell-cell fusion. Fusion was observed only with T-tropic
Env proteins. Macrophage-tropic (M-tropic) Env proteins from the SF162,
ADA, and Ba-L HIV-1 strains did not fuse with cells expressing fusin and
CD4, suggesting that M-tropic viruses utilize an accessory molecule other
than fusin. Finally, coexpression of fusin and CD4 made both a murine and
feline cell line susceptible to virus infection by T-tropic, but not
M-tropic, HIV-1 strains.
Copyright © 1996, American Society for Microbiology
A seven-transmembrane domain receptor involved in fusion and entry of T- cell-tropic human immunodeficiency virus type 1 strains
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
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