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J. Exp. Med.,
Volume 187, Number 8, April 20, 1998 1215-1224
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From the * Medizinische Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, 80336 Munich,
Germany; the CCR5, a chemokine receptor expressed on T cells and macrophages, is the principal coreceptor for M-tropic HIV-1 strains. Recently, we described an NH2-terminal modification of the
CCR5 ligand regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES), aminooxypentane-RANTES (AOP-RANTES), that showed potent inhibition of macrophage infection by HIV-1 under conditions where RANTES was barely effective. To investigate the
mechanism of AOP-RANTES inhibition of HIV infectivity we examined the surface expression of CCR5 using a monoclonal anti-CCR5 antibody, MC-1. We demonstrate that AOP-RANTES
rapidly caused >90% decrease in cell surface expression of CCR5 on lymphocytes, monocytes/
macrophages, and CCR5 transfected Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. RANTES also caused
a loss of cell surface CCR5, although its effect was less than with AOP-RANTES. Significantly, AOP-RANTES inhibited recycling of internalized CCR5 to the cell surface, whereas
RANTES did not. When peripheral blood mononuclear cells are cultured for prolonged periods of time in the presence of RANTES, CCR5 expression is comparable to that seen on cells
treated with control medium, whereas there is no CCR5 surface expression on cells cultured in
the presence of AOP-RANTES. Immunofluorescence indicated that both AOP-RANTES and
RANTES induced downmodulation of cell surface CCR5, and that the receptor was redistributed into endocytic organelles containing the transferrin receptor. When RANTES was removed,
the internalized receptor was recycled to the cell surface; however, the receptor internalized in
the presence of AOP-RANTES was retained in endosomes. Using human osteosarcoma
(GHOST) 34/CCR5 cells, the potency of AOP-RANTES and RANTES to inhibit infection
by the M-tropic HIV-1 strain, SF 162, correlated with the degree of downregulation of CCR5
induced by the two chemokines. These differences between AOP-RANTES and RANTES in
their effect on receptor downregulation and recycling suggest a mechanism for the potent inhibition of HIV infection by AOP-RANTES. Moreover, these results support the notion that
receptor internalization and inhibition of receptor recycling present new targets for therapeutic
agents to prevent HIV infection.
Institute for Animal Physiology, University of Munich, 80539 Munich, Germany;
the § Section of Virology, Chester Beatty Laboratories, Institute of Cancer Research, London SW3 6JB,
United Kingdom; the
Medical Research Council Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University
College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; and the ¶ Geneva Biomedical Research
Institute, Glaxo Wellcome Research and Development SA, 1228 Plan-les-Ouates,
Geneva, Switzerland
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