title: CD4-independent infection of two CD4(-)/CCR5(-)/CXCR4(+) pre-T-cell lines by human and simian immunodeficiency viruses.
abstract: The infection of CD4-negative cells by variants of tissue culture-adapted human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) or HIV-2 strains has been shown to be mediated by the CXCR4 coreceptor. Here we show that two in vitro-established CD4(-)/CCR5(-)/CXCR4(+) human pre-T-cell lines (A3 and A5) can be productively infected by wild-type laboratory-adapted T-cell-tropic HIV-1 and HIV-2 strains in a CD4-independent, CXCR4-dependent fashion. Despite the absence of CCR5 expression, A3 and A5 cells were susceptible to infection by the simian immunodeficiency viruses SIVmac239 and SIVmac316. Thus, at least in A3 and A5 cells, one or more of the chemokine receptors can efficiently support the entry of HIV and SIV isolates in the absence of CD4. These findings suggest that to infect cells of different compartments, HIV and SIV could have evolved in vivo to bypass CD4 and to interact directly with an alternative receptor.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Virology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. borsetti@iss.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Borsetti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Parolin
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ridolfi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sernicola
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geraci
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ensoli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Titti
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120 / Q000378:metabolism; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D019713:Receptors, CCR5 / Q000378:metabolism*; D019718:Receptors, CXCR4 / Q000378:metabolism*; D015302:Simian Immunodeficiency Virus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D015704:CD4 Antigens; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120; D019713:Receptors, CCR5; D019718:Receptors, CXCR4