| A sensitive HIV-1 envelope induced fusion assay identifies fusion enhancement of thrombin. | |
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PMID: 20045672 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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To evaluate the interaction between HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) and target cell receptors, various cell-cell-fusion assays have been developed. In the present study, we established a novel fusion system. In this system, the expression of the sensitive reporter gene, firefly luciferase (FL) gene, in the target cells was used to evaluate cell fusion event. Simultaneously, constitutively expressed Renilla luciferase (RL) gene was used to monitor effector cell number and viability. FL gave a wider dynamic range than other known reporters and the introduction of RL made the assay accurate and reproducible. This system is especially beneficial for investigation of potential entry-influencing agents, for its power of ruling out the false inhibition or enhancement caused by the artificial cell-number variation. As a case study, we applied this fusion system to observe the effect of a serine protease, thrombin, on HIV Env-mediated cell-cell fusion and have found the fusion enhancement activity of thrombin over two R5-tropic HIV strains. |
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Authors:
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De-Chun Cheng; Guo-Cai Zhong; Ju-Xiang Su; Yan-Hong Liu; Yan Li; Jia-Ye Wang; Toshio Hattori; Hong Ling; Feng-Min Zhang |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2010-01-05 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Biochemical and biophysical research communications Volume: 391 ISSN: 1090-2104 ISO Abbreviation: Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. Publication Date: 2010 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-01-27 Completed Date: 2010-03-05 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372516 Medline TA: Biochem Biophys Res Commun Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1780-4 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Affiliation:
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Department of Microbiology, Harbin Medical University, 194 Xuefu Road, Harbin, Heilongjiang 150081, China. |
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Cell Fusion
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methods Cell Line HIV Envelope Protein gp160 / metabolism* HIV Fusion Inhibitors / pharmacology HIV-1 / drug effects, physiology* Humans Luciferases, Renilla / biosynthesis Membrane Fusion* Receptors, HIV / metabolism* Thrombin / metabolism* Virus Internalization* |
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0/HIV Envelope Protein gp160; 0/HIV Fusion Inhibitors; 0/Receptors, HIV; EC 1.13.12.5/Luciferases, Renilla; EC 3.4.21.5/Thrombin |
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