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Journal of Virology, July 2008, p. 7089-7099, Vol. 82, No. 14
0022-538X/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.00570-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

R5X4 Viruses Are Evolutionary, Functional, and Antigenic Intermediates in the Pathway of a Simian-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coreceptor Switch{triangledown}

Silvana Tasca, Siu-Hong Ho, and Cecilia Cheng-Mayer*

Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, The Rockefeller University, 455 First Avenue, New York, New York 10016

Received 13 March 2008/ Accepted 2 May 2008

To examine the pathway of the coreceptor switching of CCR5-using (R5) virus to CXCR4-using (X4) virus in simian-human immunodeficiency virus SHIVSF162P3N-infected rhesus macaque BR24, analysis was performed on variants present at 20 weeks postinfection, the time when the signature gp120 V3 loop sequence of the X4 switch variant was first detected by PCR. Unexpectedly, circulating and tissue variants with His/Ile instead of the signature X4 V3 His/Arg insertions predominated at this time point. Phylogenetic analysis of the sequences of the C2 conserved region to the V5 variable loop of the envelope (Env) protein showed that viruses bearing HI insertions represented evolutionary intermediates between the parental SHIVSF162P3N and the final X4 HR switch variant. Functional analyses demonstrated that the HI variants were phenotypic intermediates as well, capable of using both CCR5 and CXCR4 for entry. However, the R5X4 intermediate virus entered CCR5-expressing target cells less efficiently than the parental R5 strain and was more sensitive to both CCR5 and CXCR4 inhibitors than either the parental R5 or the final X4 virus. It was also more sensitive than the parental R5 virus to antibody neutralization, especially to agents directed against the CD4 binding site, but not as sensitive as the late X4 virus. Significantly, the V3 loop sequence that determined CXCR4 use also conferred soluble CD4 neutralization sensitivity. Collectively, the data illustrate that, similar to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection in individuals, the evolution from CCR5 to CXCR4 usage in BR24 transitions through an intermediate phase with reduced virus entry and coreceptor usage efficiencies. The data further support a model linking an open envelope gp120 conformation, better CD4 binding, and expansion to CXCR4 usage.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, The Rockefeller University, 455 First Ave., New York, NY 10016. Phone: (212) 448-5080. Fax: (212) 448-5158. E-mail: cmayer{at}adarc.org

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 14 May 2008.

Journal of Virology, July 2008, p. 7089-7099, Vol. 82, No. 14
0022-538X/08/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.00570-08
Copyright © 2008, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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