HIV Capsid is a Tractable Target for Small Molecule Therapeutic Intervention

Luban, Jeremy, Blair, Wade S., Pickford, Chris, Irving, Stephen L., Brown, David G., Anderson, Marie, Bazin, Richard, Cao, Joan, Ciaramella, Giuseppe, Isaacson, Jason, and others. (2010) HIV Capsid is a Tractable Target for Small Molecule Therapeutic Intervention. PLoS Pathogens, 6 (12). e1001220. ISSN 1553-7374. (doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1001220) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:31353)

The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided.
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1001220

Abstract

Despite a high current standard of care in antiretroviral therapy for HIV, multidrug-resistant strains continue to emerge, underscoring the need for additional novel mechanism inhibitors that will offer expanded therapeutic options in the clinic. We report a new class of small molecule antiretroviral compounds that directly target HIV-1 capsid (CA) via a novel mechanism of action. The compounds exhibit potent antiviral activity against HIV-1 laboratory strains, clinical isolates, and HIV-2, and inhibit both early and late events in the viral replication cycle. We present mechanistic studies indicating that these early and late activities result from the compound affecting viral uncoating and assembly, respectively. We show that amino acid substitutions in the N-terminal domain of HIV-1 CA are sufficient to confer resistance to this class of compounds, identifying CA as the target in infected cells. A high-resolution co-crystal structure of the compound bound to HIV-1 CA reveals a novel binding pocket in the N-terminal domain of the protein. Our data demonstrate that broad-spectrum antiviral activity can be achieved by targeting this new binding site and reveal HIV CA as a tractable drug target for HIV therapy.

Item Type:	Article
DOI/Identification number:	10.1371/journal.ppat.1001220
Subjects:	Q Science
Divisions:	Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences
Depositing User:	Susan Davies
Date Deposited:	08 Oct 2012 11:04 UTC
Last Modified:	05 Nov 2024 10:13 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/31353 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Brown, David G..

Creator's ORCID:
CReDIT Contributor Roles:

Depositors only (login required):

Altmetric

Download Statistics

Total unique views for this document in KAR since July 2020. For more details click on the image.