PMID- 21084994 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110404 LR - 20211020 IS - 1944-7884 (Electronic) IS - 1525-4135 (Print) IS - 1525-4135 (Linking) VI - 56 IP - 3 DP - 2011 Mar 1 TI - Attachment and fusion inhibitors potently prevent dendritic cell-driven HIV infection. PG - 204-12 LID - 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181ff2aa5 [doi] AB - Dendritic cells (DCs) efficiently transfer captured (trans) or de novo-produced (cis) virus to CD4 T cells. Using monocyte-derived DCs, we evaluated entry inhibitors targeting HIV envelope (BMS-C, T-1249) or CCR5 (CMPD167) for their potency to prevent DC infection, DC-driven infection in T cells in trans and cis, and direct infection of DC-T-cell mixtures. Immature DC-T-cell cultures with distinct mechanisms of viral transfer yielded similar levels of infection and produced more proviral DNA compared with matched mature DC-T-cell cultures or infected immature DCs. Although all compounds completely blocked HIV replication, 16 times more of each inhibitor (250 vs 15.6 nM) was required to prevent low-level infection of DCs compared with the productive DC-T-cell cocultures. Across all cell systems tested, BMS-C blocked infection most potently. BMS-C was significantly more effective than CMPD167 at preventing DC infection. In fact, low doses of CMPD167 significantly enhanced DC infection. Elevated levels of CCL4 were observed when immature DCs were cultured with CMPD167. Viral entry inhibitors did not interfere with Candida albicans-specific DC cytokine/chemokine responses. These findings indicate that an envelope-binding small molecule is a promising tool for topical microbicide design to prevent the infection of early targets needed to establish and disseminate HIV infection. FAU - Frank, Ines AU - Frank I AD - Center for Biomedical Research, Population Council, New York, NY 10065, USA. FAU - Robbiani, Melissa AU - Robbiani M LA - eng GR - P01 AI052048-01/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R37 AI040877/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - P01 AI052048/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - AI052048/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - U19 AI076982/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - N01CO12400/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - N01-CO-12400/CO/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr JT - Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) JID - 100892005 RN - 0 (Anti-HIV Agents) RN - 0 (CMPD 167) RN - 0 (HIV Envelope Protein gp41) RN - 0 (HIV Fusion Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (Pyrazoles) RN - 0 (peptide T1249) RN - HG18B9YRS7 (Valine) SB - IM MH - Anti-HIV Agents/*pharmacology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Dendritic Cells/*drug effects/*virology MH - HIV/*drug effects/*growth & development MH - HIV Envelope Protein gp41/pharmacology MH - HIV Fusion Inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - HIV Infections/*virology MH - Humans MH - Peptide Fragments/pharmacology MH - Pyrazoles/pharmacology MH - T-Lymphocytes/drug effects/virology MH - Valine/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Virus Replication/drug effects PMC - PMC3039069 MID - NIHMS253010 EDAT- 2010/11/19 06:00 MHDA- 2011/04/05 06:00 PMCR- 2012/03/01 CRDT- 2010/11/19 06:00 PHST- 2010/11/19 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/11/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/04/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2012/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181ff2aa5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2011 Mar 1;56(3):204-12. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181ff2aa5.