Human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) replication is unaffected by human secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor.
Human secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor (SLPI), a serine protease inhibitor found concentrated in secretory fluids, has been postulated to participate in the body's natural defense against infection by the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 (HIV-1) by affecting trypsin-like enzymes on the surface of target cells. SLPI was evaluated for potential antiviral activity against laboratory, clinical and monocytotropic strains of HIV-1 in human T-cell lines, peripheral blood lymphocytes and monocyte/macrophage cultures. SLPI was tested in a single cycle of infection assay and under conditions in which SLPI was preincubated both with target cells and with virus and then maintained during the virus-to-cell adsorption phase and throughout the entire culture period. However, SLPI did not exert anti-HIV activity under any experimental conditions, and mechanistic studies showed SLPI to have no inhibitory activity on HIV-1 binding, reverse transcriptase or protease. Thus, SLPI exhibited no suggestive anti-HIV-1 activity.
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Laboratory of Antiviral Drug Mechanisms, SAIC Frederick, National Cancer Institute-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, MD 21702, USA.
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D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24 / Q000032:analysis; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D053491:Proteinase Inhibitory Proteins, Secretory; D011506:Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D053481:Secretory Leukocyte Peptidase Inhibitor; D015842:Serine Proteinase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000187:drug effects
D016655:HIV Core Protein p24; D053491:Proteinase Inhibitory Proteins, Secretory; D011506:Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C506814:SLPI protein, human; D053481:Secretory Leukocyte Peptidase Inhibitor; D015842:Serine Proteinase Inhibitors