AIDS pathogenesis: HIV envelope and its interaction with cell proteins
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AIDS pathogenesis: HIV envelope and its interaction with cell proteins
Abstract
The immune deficiency induced by HIV has its origin in the interaction of the outer envelope glycoprotein gp120/gp41 with receptors present on human immunocytes. Virus binding to cells, virus entry and subsequent compartmentalization resulting in productive infection depends on the interaction of gp120/gp41 with CD4 and other accessory molecules. Gp120 and HIV are markedly immunosuppressive of T-cell responses and, in addition, HIV can functionally delete antigen responsiveness of T cells. Abolition of CD4 binding, by denaturation of gp120, allows study of T-cell epitopes in gp120 and shows the denatured molecule is highly immunogenic even in naive subjects (F. Manca, unpublished). The gp120-binding site of CD4 is shared with MHC class II molecules and the reaction of antibodies within this region of CD4 induces conformational changes that may be significant for virus entry into cells or for syncytial formation. The HIV envelope contains sites of sequence homology with monomorphic human MHC class II sites that do not appear to be naturally immunogenic in humans. In addition to the properties of gp120, it is hypothesized that HIV envelope may also represent an 'alloepitope' of class II to the human T-cell repertoire, and is therefore able to induce a chronic allogeneic response not dissimilar to experimentally induced GVHD. These features are of potential importance both for primary vaccination against HIV, and for the long-term treatment of HIV seropositive patients. Induction of effective T-cell responses to gp120 require use of a denatured or otherwise modified product lacking CD4-binding capacity. The potential distortion of the TCR repertoire by the class-II-homologous and CD4-interactive sequences must be assessed.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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