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Journal of Virology, September 2001, p. 8624-8638, Vol. 75, No. 18
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.18.8624-8638.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Mechanisms Involved in Stimulation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Replication by Aminooxypentane RANTES

Andre J. Marozsan,1,2 Vincent S. Torre,1 Michael Johnson,1 Sarah C. Ball,1 Janet V. Cross,3 Dennis J. Templeton,3 Miguel E. Quiñones-Mateu,1,dagger Robin E. Offord,4 and Eric J. Arts1,2,*

Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine,1 Department of Pharmacology,2 and Department of Pathology,3 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, and Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland4

Received 12 April 2001/Accepted 19 June 2001

Aminooxypentane (AOP)-RANTES is a potent inhibitor of nonsyncytium-inducing (NSI), CCR5-tropic (R5) human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) isolates. Although classical chemotactic responses are not induced in primary leukocytes by AOP-RANTES, recent studies suggest that a remnant of cell signaling occurs upon binding of receptor to this compound. We have detected a breakthrough of NSI/R5 replication from the inhibitory effects of high AOP-RANTES concentrations (<100 nM). A stimulation of different primary syncytium-inducing (SI), CXCR4-tropic (X4) HIV-1 isolates was also observed in the presence of AOP-RANTES. This stimulation was also observed after 110 h in PCR and RT-PCR for minus-strand strong-stop DNA and unspliced and multiply spliced RNA, respectively. However, there was significant variability between different SI/X4 or NSI/R5 HIV-1 isolates with regard to this AOP-RANTES-mediated stimulation or breakthrough, respectively. To further define the mechanism(s) responsible for this AOP-RANTES effect, we performed detailed retroviral replication studies with an NSI/R5 (B-92BR021) and SI/X4 (D-92UG021) HIV-1 isolate in the presence of the drug. Treatment of peripheral blood mononuclear cells with 125 nM AOP-RANTES and virus did not alter coreceptor expression, HIV-1 entry, reverse transcription, or mRNA transcription from the long terminal repeat, but it did result in increased HIV-1 integration. This AOP-RANTES-mediated increase in HIV-1 integration was diminished by treatment with pertussis toxin. Phosphorylation of the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) isoforms, extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 (ERK1) and ERK2, was increased in a CD4+ CCR5+ U87 cell line treated with AOP-RANTES or with an NSI/R5 HIV-1 isolate. These findings suggest that AOP-RANTES may induce a MAPK/ERK signal transduction pathway upon binding to a G-protein-coupled receptor. MAPK/ERK1 and -2 appear to phosphorylate the HIV-1 preintegration complex, a step necessary for nuclear translocation and successful integration.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Division of Infectious Diseases, BRB 1029, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106. Phone: (216) 368-8904. Fax: (216) 368-2034. E-mail: eja3{at}po.cwru.edu.

dagger Present address: Department of Virology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 44195.


Journal of Virology, September 2001, p. 8624-8638, Vol. 75, No. 18
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.18.8624-8638.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.



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