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Journal of Virology, January 2000, p. 326-333, Vol. 74, No. 1
0022-538X/0/$04.00+0
Sequential CD4-Coreceptor Interactions in Human Immunodeficiency
Virus Type 1 Env Function: Soluble CD4 Activates Env for
Coreceptor-Dependent Fusion and Reveals Blocking Activities of
Antibodies against Cryptic Conserved Epitopes on gp120
Karl
Salzwedel,
Erica D.
Smith,
Barna
Dey, and
Edward A.
Berger*
Laboratory of Viral Diseases, National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes
of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Received 14 July 1999/Accepted 27 September 1999
We devised an experimental system to examine sequential events by
which the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein (Env) interacts with CD4 and coreceptor to induce membrane
fusion. Recombinant soluble CD4 (sCD4) activated fusion between
effector cells expressing Env and target cells expressing coreceptor
(CCR5 or CXCR4) but lacking CD4. sCD4-activated fusion was dose
dependent, occurred comparably with two- and four-domain proteins, and
demonstrated Env-coreceptor specificities parallel to those reported in
conventional fusion and infectivity systems. Fusion activation occurred
upon sCD4 preincubation and washing of the Env-expressing effector
cells but not the coreceptor-bearing target cells, thereby
demonstrating that sCD4 exerts its effects by acting on Env. These
findings provide direct functional evidence for a sequential two-step
model of Env-receptor interactions, whereby gp120 binds first to CD4
and becomes activated for subsequent functional interaction with
coreceptor, leading to membrane fusion. We used the sCD4-activated
system to explore neutralization by the anti-gp120 human monoclonal
antibodies 17b and 48d. These antibodies reportedly bind conserved
CD4-induced epitopes involved in coreceptor interactions but neutralize
HIV-1 infection only weakly. We found that 17b and 48d had minimal
effects in the standard cell fusion system using target cells
expressing both CD4 and coreceptor but potently blocked sCD4-activated
fusion with target cells expressing coreceptor alone. Both antibodies
strongly inhibited sCD4-activated fusion by Envs from genetically
diverse HIV-1 isolates. Thus, the sCD4-activated system reveals
conserved Env-blocking epitopes that are masked in native Env and hence
not readily detected by conventional systems.
*
Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratory of
Viral Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Building 4, Room 236, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
20892. Phone: (301) 402-2481. Fax: (301) 480-1147. E-mail: edward_berger{at}nih.gov.

Present address: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Chicago,
Chicago, IL
60637.
Journal of Virology, January 2000, p. 326-333, Vol. 74, No. 1
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