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Journal of Virology, September 2002, p. 8953-8957, Vol. 76, No. 17
0022-538X/02/$04.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.76.17.8953-8957.2002
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The Crown and Stem of the V3 Loop Play Distinct Roles in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Envelope Glycoprotein Interactions with the CCR5 Coreceptor
Emmanuel G. Cormier and Tatjana Dragic*
Microbiology and Immunology Department, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461
Received 20 February 2002/
Accepted 20 May 2002

ABSTRACT
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 envelope glycoprotein gp120
interacts with CD4 and the CCR5 coreceptor in order to mediate
viral entry. A CD4-induced surface on gp120, primarily composed
of residues in the V3 loop and the C4 domain, interacts with
CCR5. In the present study, we generated envelope glycoproteins
comprising chimeric V3 loops and/or V3 loops with deletions
and studied their binding to CCR5 amino-terminal domain (Nt)-based
sulfopeptides and cell surface CCR5, as well as their ability
to mediate viral entry. We thus delineated two functionally
distinct domains of the V3 loop, the V3 stem and the V3 crown.
The V3 stem alone mediates soluble gp120 binding to the CCR5
Nt. In contrast, both the V3 stem and crown are required for
soluble gp120 binding to cell surface CCR5. Within the context
of a virion, however, the V3 crown alone determines coreceptor
usage. Our data support a two-site gp120-CCR5 binding model
wherein the V3 crown and stem interact with distinct regions
of CCR5 in order to mediate viral entry.

TEXT
Entry of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) R5 isolates
into target cells is mediated by the successive interaction
of the envelope glycoprotein gp120 with CD4 and the CCR5 coreceptor
(for a review see reference
1). A cluster of negatively charged
and sulfotyrosine residues within the CCR5 amino-terminal domain
(Nt) are essential for CCR5-mediated fusion and entry of most
HIV-1 R5 isolates (for a review see reference
10). Usage of
other residues in the CCR5 Nt occurs in an isolate-dependent
manner (
10). Recently, it has been shown that HIV-1
JRCSF can
adapt to use CCR5 lacking the Nt (
22). The mutant HIV-1
JRCSF isolate has an increased affinity for the second extracellular
loop (ECL2) of CCR5. Studies with anti-CCR5 monoclonal antibodies
(MAbs) and low-molecular-weight inhibitors indicate that ECL2
epitopes are important for gp120 binding to CCR5 and for viral
entry (
7,
10). We have recently identified a cluster of ECL2
residues that are essential for the entry of non-clade B isolates
(
28). Residues dispersed throughout ECL1 and ECL3 of CCR5 have
also been implicated in HIV-1 entry into target cells (
10).
The binding of gp120 to the CD4 receptor creates and/or exposes a coreceptor binding site characterized by a hydrophobic core surrounded by a positively charged periphery (for a review see reference 23; 18). The coreceptor binding sites on envelope glycoproteins derived from R5 and X4 isolates are principally composed of conserved residues that are organized into nearly identical tertiary structures (17). Nonetheless, there is exquisite specificity for CCR5 and CXCR4 usage by R5 and X4 isolates, respectively. Soluble gp120-CD4 complexes wherein gp120 is derived from an R5 isolate but not from an X4 isolate bind specifically to CCR5 Nt-based sulfopeptides as well as to cell surface CCR5 (8, 9, 13). The interaction between soluble gp120-CD4 complexes and CCR5 Nt-based sulfopeptides involves residues located primarily in the V3 stem and the C4 region of gp120 (8, 9). Residues in the V3 crown, including the GPG motif, are important for soluble gp120-CD4 complex binding to cell surface CCR5 (9). The determinants of X4 gp120-CXCR4 interactions are isolate dependent and therefore far less clearly defined (for a review see reference 10).
Many studies have previously demonstrated that the gp120 V3 loop is a major determinant of HIV-1 tropism and coreceptor usage (for a review see reference 15). The V3 loop is composed of approximately 35 residues and has a global positive charge that can vary from +2 to +10. Sequence comparisons of V3 loops from different HIV-1 isolates show that the N-terminal segment, the GPG crest, and the C-terminal segment are conserved, whereas variability occurs in the regions flanking the crest (5). Structural analyses of V3 loop-based peptides predict an N-terminal loop and a C-terminal alpha helix (5, 25, 29). The GPG crest forms a beta turn, and the variable flanking regions form the two strands of an antiparallel beta sheet (5, 25, 29). A single amino acid change in V3 can switch viral coreceptor usage (4, 16, 27, 30). An increase in the positive charge of the V3 loop is often associated with CXCR4 usage (15, 20). Sequence changes in the GPG motif can modulate coreceptor usage (16, 27). Furthermore, variable residues flanking the GPG motif can alter the stability of the beta sheet and/or alter the surface accessibility of this element, thereby influencing coreceptor usage (5, 6, 29).
This report studied the function of the crown and stem of the V3 loop. We previously showed that a number of residues in the V3 stem were required for soluble R5 gp120-CD4 binding to CCR5 Nt-based sulfopeptides (9). Additional residues in the V3 crown were required for binding to cell surface CCR5 (9). We generated a number of novel alanine substitutions in the gp120JR-FL V3 loop in order to determine precisely the N- and C-terminal junctions of the V3 stem and crown (8, 9). Briefly, mutant gp120JR-FL proteins were generated with the QuickChange kit (Stratagene, San Diego, Calif.), and nucleotide sequencing was performed to ascertain the presence of alanine substitutions in gp120. Supernatants containing soluble, mutant gp120 proteins were harvested 24 h after calcium phosphate transfection of 293T cells, and gp120 in the supernatants was quantified and adjusted to a final concentration of 20 nM as described previously (2, 9, 26). Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay plates were coated with the Nt sulfopeptide comprising residues 2 to 18 of CCR5 and sulfotyrosines in positions 10 and 14. We note that peptides with a full complement of tyrosine sulfates were not used since we showed previously that sulfation of Y3 had no effect on gp120-peptide binding and that a Y-to-F substitution at position 15 had no effect on viral entry, indicating that sulfation of Tyr-15 was also dispensable. Different dilutions of gp120-CD4-immunoglobulin G2 (IgG2) were added to the plates and horseradish peroxidase-conjugated goat anti-human IgG was used to detect the presence of bound CD4-IgG2 as described previously (9). The percentage of gp120-CD4-IgG2 binding to the sulfopeptide comprising residues 2 to 18 was calculated by the formula (optical density at 450 nm [OD450] with mutant gp120/OD450 with wild-type gp120) x 100%. Calculations were performed on data where the binding of wild-type gp120 to the sulfopeptide was half-maximal. CD4-IgG2 binding to native and mutant gp120 also was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay as described previously (9). All of the mutants exhibited similar patterns of binding to CD4-IgG2 (data not shown), consistent with the CD4 binding site on gp120 lying outside the V3 loop. We found that alanine substitutions for V3 loop N-terminal residues 297 to 303 decreased soluble gp120-CD4 binding to the CCR5 Nt sulfopeptide by approximately 10-fold (Table 1). Replacements of residues R304 and K305 caused a twofold decrease in binding. Mutagenesis of V3 loop residues 306 to 320 had little to no effect on gp120-CD4 complex binding to the Nt sulfopeptide. Finally, alanine substitutions for V3 loop C-terminal residues 321 to 326 decreased binding to the sulfopeptide anywhere from 4- to 10-fold. Based on these findings, amino acids 306 to 320 were designated the V3 crown and residues 296 to 305 as well as 321 to 330 were designated the N- and C-terminal strands of the V3 stem.
Figure
1 shows a comparison of V3 loop sequences from R5 HIV-1JR-FL
(JR-FL) and X4 HIV-1LAI (LAI) (amino acid numbering is based
on the JR-FL sequence). The JR-FL V3 loop has a net charge of
+5, whereas the LAI V3 loop has a net charge of +9 (counting
histidines). The N termini of the JR-FL and LAI V3 loops are
identical. The majority of differences between the JR-FL and
LAI V3 loops lie in the crown: the LAI V3 crown contains an
RQ insertion between residues I309 and G310 and substitutions
Y316V, T318I, and E320K. Finally, in the C terminus of the V3
loop, I322 is absent in LAI and residues D324 and I325 in JR-FL
are replaced by N and M, respectively, in LAI. We generated
gp120 V3 loop chimera wherein the crown and the stem of the
JR-FL and LAI V3 loops were exchanged or deleted. The different
gp120 chimeras are described according to their backbone, V3
stem, and V3 crown contents. A three-letter nomenclature was
chosen wherein the first letter indicates the source of the
backbone, the second letter indicates the source of the V3 stem
(residues 296 to 305 and 321 to 330), and the third letter indicates
the source of the V3 crown (residues 306 to 320). J stands for
JR-FL and L stands for LAI. When deleted, the V3 crown was replaced
by GAG. Soluble, mutant gp120 proteins were generated and quantified
as described above. The binding of the gp120 V3 loop chimera
to the CCR5 Nt sulfopeptide was tested as described above (Fig.
2). Chimeras JJL, LJJ, and LJL all bound to the CCR5 Nt peptide
with efficiencies similar to that of the wild-type gp120JR-FL.
Furthermore, deletion mutants JJ

and LJ

also bound to the sulfopeptide
with nearly wild-type efficiency. Neither the chimeras and deletion
mutants carrying the LAI stem nor wild-type LAI bound the CCR5
Nt sulfopeptide. From these results we conclude that the V3
stem alone determines soluble gp120 binding to the CCR5 Nt sulfopeptide.
We then tested the ability of the gp120 V3 loop chimera and
deletion mutants to bind to cell surface CCR5. L1.2 CCR5
+ cells
were incubated with gp120-containing supernatants and biotinylated
CD4-IgG2 as described previously (
9,
21). gp120-CD4-IgG2 binding
to the cells was revealed by flow cytometry analysis of the
mean fluorescence intensity (mfi) after addition of streptavidin-phycoerythrin
(Pharmingen, San Diego, Calif.). Binding was calculated with
the formula: (mfi for gp120 mutants/mfi for gp120 wild type)
x 100%. Both wild-type gp120JR-FL and gp120LAI bound to the
CCR5
+ cells; however, only gp120JR-FL binding was completely
inhibited by anti-CCR5 MAb PA14 (Fig.
3). The binding of gp120LAI
was not inhibited by anti-CXCR4 MAb 12G5 or SDF-1, which indicated
that it was not mediated by CXCR4 (E. G. Cormier, unpublished
results). Only chimeras LJJ and JLL bound to the CCR5
+ cells;
however, only LJJ binding was inhibited by PA14. We therefore
conclude that gp120 binding to cell surface-expressed CCR5 necessitates
both the stem and crown of the V3 loop. The V3 crown alone or
the V3 stem alone, regardless of gp120 background, is insufficient
to mediate binding to CCR5.
The gp120 chimera and deletion mutants also were tested for
their ability to mediate viral entry. The mutant gp120 coding
sequences were subcloned into a gp160
JR-FL or a gp160
LAI SV7D
expression vector and NL
luc+ env- pseudotyped particles were
generated as described previously (
11). U87 CD4
+ cells expressing
CCR5 or CXCR4 were infected with the pseudotyped reporter viruses,
and luciferase activity (relative light units [rlu]) was assayed
in cell lysates 48 h postinfection with a standard kit (Promega,
Madison, Wis.) (
11). The LJJ chimera was able to mediate entry
into CCR5
+ cells to the same extent as wild-type gp160
JR-FL,
and viral entry was completely inhibited by MAb PA14 (Table
2). CCR5-dependent entry also was mediated by the LLJ and JLJ
chimeras, albeit

10- and

100-fold less efficiently than entry
mediated by the wild-type JR-FL envelope glycoproteins. The
LJL chimera mediated entry into CXCR4
+ cells as efficiently
as wild-type gp160
LAI. JLL and JJL also mediated CXCR4-dependent
entry

10-fold less efficiently than the wild-type gp120LAI envelope
glycoproteins. CXCR4-dependent entry of JJL, JLL, and LJL was
completely inhibited by MAb 12G5. These results indicate that,
in the context of a virion, coreceptor specificity depends solely
on the V3 crown. We note that, even though LAI binding to cells
appears nonspecific, viral entry mediated by both LAI and the
JLL chimera is clearly CXCR4 dependent. Finally, our results
show that the overall positive charge of the V3 loop does not
determine coreceptor usage. Wild-type JR-FL and LAI V3 loops
have net charges of +5 and +9, respectively, yet chimeras JLJ
and LLJ, in which the V3 loops have a net charge of +8, use
CCR5 exclusively. Similarly, the V3 loops of JJL and LJL have
a net charge of +6 yet exclusively mediate CXCR4-dependent entry.
Interestingly, none of the chimeras exhibited dual tropism.
In this study, we have precisely delineated two functional domains
of the gp120 V3 loop: the V3 stem, which spans amino acid residues
296 to 305 and 321 to 330, and the V3 crown, which spans residues
306 to 320. Structural analyses of V3 loop-based peptides predict
that these functional domains are characterized by distinct
physical properties. The V3 stem comprises an N-terminal loop
and a C-terminal alpha helix, whereas the V3 crown is an antiparallel
beta sheet (
5,
25,
29). In the context of soluble envelope glycoproteins,
we find that the V3 stem (along with residues in C4 [
9]) is
responsible for gp120 binding to the CCR5 Nt (Table
3). Both
the V3 crown and stem are required for soluble gp120 binding
to cell surface CCR5 (Table
3). We interpret this to mean that
the gp120-binding site on CCR5 has several components and propose
that the V3 stem/C4 binds the Nt whereas the V3 crown interacts
with residues in the extracellular loops of CCR5, most likely
ECL2 (
21,
22,
28). Interactions between the different domains
of CCR5 and gp120 could occur either simultaneously or consecutively.
In the context of a virion, however, the V3 crown alone is necessary
and sufficient to direct exclusive usage of CCR5 or CXCR4 (Table
3). The V3 stem, despite being able to mediate specific binding
to CCR5 Nt sulfopeptides, is not the main determinant of coreceptor
usage. Thus, the LLJ chimera mediated entry into CCR5
+ cells,
even though we could not detect binding of the soluble protein
to cell surface CCR5, and the JJL chimera mediated entry into
CXCR4
+ cells (Table
3). We propose that the oligomeric state
of gp120 on the virion surface leads to multiple V3 crown-ECL2
interactions, which may override the need for a specific and/or
strong V3 stem-Nt interaction and allow entry to occur, albeit
less efficiently than for wild-type envelope glycoproteins.
The recent observation that HIV-1 can adapt to use CCR5 with
a truncated Nt further supports the notion that the V3 stem-CCR5
Nt interaction can be circumvented (
22). Certain X4 isolates
are able to enter cells using a CXCR4 with a truncated Nt, indicating
that X4 gp120 V3 stem interactions with CXCR4 Nt also may be
dispensable (
3,
24,
31).
Several inhibitors of CCR5 coreceptor function, including anti-CCR5 MAbs and small molecules, have been shown to block gp120 binding to CCR5 without affecting the gp120-Nt interaction (12, 19, 21). Furthermore, MAbs that recognize epitopes in ECL2 of CCR5 are far more potent inhibitors of viral entry then MAbs that recognize epitope in the CCR5 Nt (19, 21). We propose that these MAbs inhibit the binding of the V3 crown to ECL2. By binding to a transmembrane pocket in CCR5, small-molecule inhibitors of R5 entry may destroy tertiary structures in ECL2 that are important for interactions with the V3 crown (T. Dragic, unpublished results; 12). Presumably, a similar mechanism of action is responsible for the action of small-molecule inhibitors of CXCR4 coreceptor function (14). The results from this study, together with our previous data, therefore, imply that the most potent inhibitors of HIV-1 entry target the V3 crown-ECL2 interaction.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank William Olson of Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Tarrytown,
N.Y.) for generously providing us with CD4-IgG2, the PA14 MAb,
and the biotinylated CCR5 Nt sulfopeptide.
This work was supported by NIH grant AI43847 to T.D.

FOOTNOTES
* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology Department, 1300 Morris Park Ave., Bronx, NY 10461. Phone: (718) 430-3282. Fax: (718) 430-8711. E-mail:
tdragic{at}aecom.yu.edu.


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