Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIVmac251) membrane lipid mixing with human CD4+ and CD4- cell lines in vitro does not necessarily result in internalization of the viral core proteins and productive infection.
The cell binding site of simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is believed to be the CD4 molecule. Several CD4+ cell lines are, however, resistant to infection by SIVmac251 in vitro and additional cell membrane molecules have been implicated in SIVmac251 entry. We investigated the binding, envelope fusion and entry of the viral core proteins (p27) of SIVmac251 into two human CD4+ cell lines (H9 and Sup-T1) which are infectible, and one CD4+ (A3.01) and two CD4- cell lines (K562 and Raji) that are resistant to infection. The fusion of the viral and cellular membranes was monitored by a fluorescence assay for lipid mixing. Cell entry of the viral core was evaluated following virus-cell incubation and cell surface trypsinization. We found that SIVmac251 can bind to and fuse (membrane lipid mixing) in a temperature-dependent but pH-independent fashion with CD4+ and CD4- human-derived cell lines. In contrast, lipid mixing with CD4 expressing EL-4 mouse T cells or Mv-1-lu mink lung fibroblasts was absent or limited, suggesting that certain components of human cell membranes in addition to CD4 are involved in SIVmac envelope-cell fusion. Lipid mixing with the human cells was inhibited partially by soluble CD4. Anti-CD4 antibodies inhibited the lipid inter-mixing with H9, but not with Raji cells, whereas neutralizing anti-SIVmac sera inhibited fusion with both CD4+ and CD4- cells. Out of the five human cell lines tested, efficient entry of p27 and productive infection took place only with H9 and Sup-T1 cells. In these two cases, the amounts of p27 internalized during virus-cell fusion correlated with the extent of infection.
Department of Microbiology, University of the Pacific School of Dentistry, San Francisco, California 94115-2399.
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D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation / Q000276:immunology; D001692:Biological Transport; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000378:metabolism*; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015683:Gene Products, gag / Q000378:metabolism*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008561:Membrane Fusion; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D015302:Simian Immunodeficiency Virus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000943:Antigens, Differentiation; D015704:CD4 Antigens; C066594:Gag protein p27, Simian immunodeficiency virus; D015683:Gene Products, gag; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins