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We monitored the primary humoral response to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infection and showed that, in addition to antibodies to p24 and gp41, antigens which form the basis of most diagnostic assays, the response included a significant antibody response directed to the gp120 region of the infecting viral quasispecies. When tested in a recombinant virus neutralization assay, these antibodies were capable of inhibiting viral growth. We found the primary viral quasispecies to solely utilize the CCR-5 chemokine receptor; however, recombinant viruses differed in their cytopathology and in their sensitivity to beta-chemokine inhibition of viral growth. Sequence analysis of the gp120 open reading frames showed that amino acid changes in the C1 (D-->G at position 62) and C4 (V-->A at position 430) regions accounted for the phenotypic differences. These data demonstrate that early in infection, polymorphism exists in envelope glycoprotein coreceptor interactions and imply that therapeutic strategies targeted at this step in the viral life cycle may lead to rapid resistance.

Original publication

DOI

10.1128/jvi.72.11.8943-8951.1998

Type

Journal article

Journal

Journal of virology

Publication Date

11/1998

Volume

72

Pages

8943 - 8951

Addresses

School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, University of Reading, Reading RG6 2AJ, United Kingdom.

Keywords

Chimera, Humans, HIV-1, Viremia, HIV Seropositivity, Receptors, CCR5, HIV Envelope Protein gp120, HIV Core Protein p24, HIV Antibodies, HIV Antigens, Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral, Neutralization Tests, Antigenic Variation, Amino Acid Sequence, Phenotype, Open Reading Frames, Time Factors, Molecular Sequence Data