Carbohydr Res. 1991 Jun 25;213:79-93. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
The effect of carbohydrate structures on the adsorption of HIV-1 or of
recombinant envelope glycoprotein gp 160 (rgp 160) to cells of the CEM
line was investigated with an indirect immunofluorescence assay using gp
120-specific mouse monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) directed to envelope gp
120. The beta-D-galactosyl, alpha-D-mannosyl, beta-D-glucosyl,
N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl, sialosyl, and L-fucosyl derivatives tested
had no effect on this binding. However, preincubation of HIV-1 (or rgp
160) with the neoglycoprotein, beta-D-GlcNAc47-BSA, specifically
inhibited the labeling, by some of the mAb used, of HIV-1 (or rgp 160)
bound at the cell membrane. This inhibition occurred only with mAbs that
were specific for the immunodominant neutralizing third variable region
(V3) of gp 120. Competition for the binding to rgp 160 between
beta-D-GlcNAc47-BSA and mAb was further demonstrated by use of affinity
matrices substituted with one of the relevant mAb (110-4), or with
beta-D-GlcNAc47-BSA. Besides beta-D-GlcNAc47-BSA-Sepharose, rgp 160 also
bound with low affinity, but high specificity, to two other
N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl affinity matrices,
beta-D-GlcNAc-divinylsulfone-agarose and
asialoagalactothyroglobulin-agarose. Conversely,
beta-D-[125I]GlcNAc47-BSA bound specifically to gp 160-Sepharose. These
results indicated that rgp 160 behaves as a
N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl-binding protein for GlcNAc residues
presented at high density on a carrier, the carbohydrate-binding site of
which is close to, or located on the V3 region of gp 120.
Acetylglucosamine/*METABOLISM Antibodies, Monoclonal/METABOLISM
Binding Sites Binding, Competitive Carbohydrates/METABOLISM Cell Line
Cell Membrane/METABOLISM CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/METABOLISM Gene
Products, env/*METABOLISM Human HIV Antibodies/METABOLISM
HIV-1/*METABOLISM Lectins/METABOLISM Protein Precursors/*METABOLISM
Receptors, HIV/METABOLISM Serum Albumin, Bovine/METABOLISM Support,
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