title: Amphotericin B derivative blocks human immunodeficiency virus type 1 entry after CD4 binding: effect on virus-cell fusion but not on cell-cell fusion.
abstract: The antiviral effect of MS8209, an amphotericin B derivative, was studied in CD4+ cells transfected with a lacZ gene inducible upon human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection. MS8209 was shown to block virus entry after receptor binding and probably before virus-cell membrane fusion, but it had no effect on syncytium formation, although both processes are mediated by HIV-1 envelope proteins and CD4.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U.332, Institut Cochin de Génétique Moléculaire, Paris, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Pleskoff
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alizon
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120 / Q000378:metabolism; D015700:HIV Envelope Protein gp41 / Q000378:metabolism; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008561:Membrane Fusion / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D015704:CD4 Antigens; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120; D015700:HIV Envelope Protein gp41; D000666:Amphotericin B