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Journal of Virology, April 2002, p. 3522-3533, Vol. 76, No. 7
0022-538X/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.7.3522-3533.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Altering Expression Levels of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 gp120-gp41 Affects Efficiency but Not Kinetics of Cell-Cell Fusion

Janet E. Lineberger, Renee Danzeisen, Daria J. Hazuda, Adam J. Simon, and Michael D. Miller*

Department of Biological Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486

Received 2 August 2001/ Accepted 4 January 2002

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) entry into a host cell requires the fusion of virus and cellular membranes that is driven by interaction of the viral envelope glycoproteins gp120 and gp41 (gp120/gp41) with CD4 and a coreceptor, typically either CXCR4 or CCR5. The stoichiometry of gp120/gp41:CD4:CCR5 necessary to initiate membrane fusion is not known. To allow an examination of early events in gp120/gp41-driven membrane fusion, we developed a novel real-time cell-cell fusion assay. Using this assay to study fusion kinetics, we found that altering the cell surface density of gp120/gp41 affected the maximal extent of fusion without dramatically altering fusion kinetics. Collectively, these observations are consistent with the view that gp120/gp41-driven membrane fusion requires the formation of a threshold number of fusion-active intercellular gp120/gp41:CD4:CCR5 complexes. Furthermore, the probability of reaching this threshold is governed, in part, by the surface density of gp120/gp41.


* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Biological Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, P.O. Box 4, WP16-101, West Point, PA 19486. Phone: (215) 652-0480. Fax: (215) 652-0994. E-mail: michael_miller1{at}merck.com.


Journal of Virology, April 2002, p. 3522-3533, Vol. 76, No. 7
0022-538X/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.7.3522-3533.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.




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