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J. Virol., 12 1997, 8999-9007, Vol 71, No. 12
J Rucker, AL Edinger, M Sharron, M Samson, B Lee, JF Berson, Y Yi, B Margulies, RG Collman, BJ Doranz, M Parmentier and RW Doms
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) requires both CD4 and a
coreceptor to infect cells. Macrophage-tropic (M-tropic) HIV-1 strains
utilize the chemokine receptor CCR5 in conjunction with CD4 to infect
cells, while T-cell-tropic (T-tropic) strains generally utilize CXCR4 as a
coreceptor. Some viruses can use both CCR5 and CXCR4 for virus entry (i.e.,
are dual-tropic), while other chemokine receptors can be used by a subset
of virus strains. Due to the genetic diversity of HIV- 1, HIV-2, and simian
immunodeficiency virus (SIV) and the potential for chemokine receptors
other than CCR5 or CXCR4 to influence viral pathogenesis, we tested a panel
of 28 HIV-1, HIV-2, and SIV envelope (Env) proteins for the ability to
utilize chemokine receptors, orphan receptors, and herpesvirus-encoded
chemokine receptor homologs by membrane fusion and virus infection assays.
While all Env proteins used either CCR5 or CXCR4 or both, several also used
CCR3. Use of CCR3 was strongly dependent on its surface expression levels,
with a larger number of viral Env proteins being able to utilize this
coreceptor at the higher levels of surface expression. ChemR1, an orphan
receptor recently shown to bind the CC chemokine I309 (and therefore
renamed CCR8), was expressed in monocyte and lymphocyte cell populations
and functioned as a coreceptor for diverse HIV-1, HIV-2, and SIV Env
proteins. Use of ChemR1/CCR8 by SIV strains was dependent in part on V3
loop sequences. The orphan receptor V28 supported Env-mediated cell- cell
fusion by four T- or dual-tropic HIV-1 and HIV-2 strains. Three additional
orphan receptors failed to function for any of the 28 Env proteins tested.
Likewise, five of six seven-transmembrane-domain receptors encoded by
herpesviruses did not support Env-mediated membrane fusion. However, the
chemokine receptor US28, encoded by cytomegalovirus, did support
inefficient infection by two HIV-1 strains. These findings indicate that
additional chemokine receptors can function as HIV and SIV coreceptors and
that surface expression levels can strongly influence coreceptor use.
Copyright © 1997, American Society for Microbiology
Utilization of chemokine receptors, orphan receptors, and herpesvirus- encoded receptors by diverse human and simian immunodeficiency viruses
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
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