Journal of General Virology, Vol 79, 1793-1799, Copyright © 1998 by Society for General Microbiology

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The second extracellular loop of CXCR4 is involved in CD4-independent entry of human immunodeficiency virus type 2

JD Reeves, N Heveker, A Brelot, M Alizon, PR Clapham and L Picard
Section of Virology, Chester Beatty Laboratories, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.

Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) strains that infect cells in the absence of cellular CD4 emerge spontaneously in vitro after culture in CD4+ T-cell lines. The HIV-2ROD/B strain can use the CXCR4 chemokine receptor for efficient entry into CD4+ cells. Here we have shown that the rat homologue of CXCR4, in the absence of CD4, failed to mediate CD4-independent entry by ROD/B. Furthermore, using rat-human chimeric CXCR4 receptors we have demonstrated that the second extracellular loop (E2) of human CXCR4 is critical for HIV-2 infection of CD4+ cells. E2 is also important for HIV-1 infection of CD4+ cells. Our results therefore indicate that the role of E2 in HIV entry is conserved for HIV-1 and HIV-2 and for infection in the presence or absence of CD4.

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