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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
卷 78, 期 2, 页码 568-575出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.2.568-575.2004
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- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [R01GM054787] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM054787] Funding Source: Medline
As the limitations of antiretroviral drug therapy, such as toxicity and resistance, become evident, interest in alternative therapeutic approaches for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is growing. We developed the first gene therapeutic strategy targeting entry of a broad range of HIV type 1 (HIV-1) variants. Infection was inhibited at the level of membrane fusion by retroviral expression of a membrane-anchored peptide derived from the second heptad repeat of the HIV-1 gp41 transmembrane glycoprotein. To achieve maximal expression and antiviral activity, the peptide itself, the scaffold for presentation of the peptide on the cell surface, and the retroviral vector backbone were optimized. This optimized construct effectively inhibited virus replication in cell lines and primary blood lymphocytes. The membrane-anchored C-peptide was also shown to bind to free gp41 N peptides, suggesting that membrane-anchored antiviral C peptides have a mode of action similar to that of free gp41 C peptides. Preclinical toxicity and efficacy studies of this antiviral vector have been completed, and clinical trials are in preparation.
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