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Isolation and characterization of a small antiretroviral molecule affecting HIV-1 capsid morphology

Abdurahman, Samir ; Végvári, Ákos LU ; Levi, Micheal ; Höglund, Stefan ; Högberg, Marita ; Tong, Weimin ; Romero, Ivan ; Balzarini, Jan and Vahlne, Anders (2009) In Retrovirology 6(34).
Abstract
Background

Formation of an HIV-1 particle with a conical core structure is a prerequisite for the subsequent infectivity of the virus particle. We have previously described that glycineamide (G-NH2) when added to the culture medium of infected cells induces non-infectious HIV-1 particles with aberrant core structures.

Results

Here we demonstrate that it is not G-NH2 itself but a metabolite thereof that affects HIV-1 infectivity and capsid assembly. The conversion of G-NH2 to its antiviral metabolite is catalyzed by an enzyme present in bovine and porcine but surprisingly not in human serum. Structure determination by NMR suggested that the active G-NH2 metabolite was α-hydroxyglycineamide (α-HGA). Chemically... (More)
Background

Formation of an HIV-1 particle with a conical core structure is a prerequisite for the subsequent infectivity of the virus particle. We have previously described that glycineamide (G-NH2) when added to the culture medium of infected cells induces non-infectious HIV-1 particles with aberrant core structures.

Results

Here we demonstrate that it is not G-NH2 itself but a metabolite thereof that affects HIV-1 infectivity and capsid assembly. The conversion of G-NH2 to its antiviral metabolite is catalyzed by an enzyme present in bovine and porcine but surprisingly not in human serum. Structure determination by NMR suggested that the active G-NH2 metabolite was α-hydroxyglycineamide (α-HGA). Chemically synthesized α-HGA inhibited HIV-1 replication to the same degree as G-NH2, unlike a number of other synthesized analogues of G-NH2 which had

no effect on HIV-1 replication. Comparisons by capillary electrophoresis and HPLC of the metabolite with the chemically synthesized α-HGA further confirmed that the antiviral GNH2-metabolite indeed was α-HGA.

Conclusions

α-HGA has an unusually simple structure and a novel mechanism of antiviral action. Thus, α-HGA could be a lead for new antiviral substances belonging to a new class of anti-HIV drugs, i.e. capsid assembly inhibitors. (Less)
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10.1186/1742-4690-6-34
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  abstract     = {{Background <br/><br>
Formation of an HIV-1 particle with a conical core structure is a prerequisite for the subsequent infectivity of the virus particle. We have previously described that glycineamide (G-NH2) when added to the culture medium of infected cells induces non-infectious HIV-1 particles with aberrant core structures. <br/><br>
Results <br/><br>
Here we demonstrate that it is not G-NH2 itself but a metabolite thereof that affects HIV-1 infectivity and capsid assembly. The conversion of G-NH2 to its antiviral metabolite is catalyzed by an enzyme present in bovine and porcine but surprisingly not in human serum. Structure determination by NMR suggested that the active G-NH2 metabolite was α-hydroxyglycineamide (α-HGA). Chemically synthesized α-HGA inhibited HIV-1 replication to the same degree as G-NH2, unlike a number of other synthesized analogues of G-NH2 which had <br/><br>
no effect on HIV-1 replication. Comparisons by capillary electrophoresis and HPLC of the metabolite with the chemically synthesized α-HGA further confirmed that the antiviral GNH2-metabolite indeed was α-HGA. <br/><br>
Conclusions <br/><br>
 α-HGA has an unusually simple structure and a novel mechanism of antiviral action. Thus, α-HGA could be a lead for new antiviral substances belonging to a new class of anti-HIV drugs, i.e. capsid assembly inhibitors.}},
  author       = {{Abdurahman, Samir and Végvári, Ákos and Levi, Micheal and Höglund, Stefan and Högberg, Marita and Tong, Weimin and Romero, Ivan and Balzarini, Jan and Vahlne, Anders}},
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  series       = {{Retrovirology}},
  title        = {{Isolation and characterization of a small antiretroviral molecule affecting HIV-1 capsid morphology}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/6026185/1369810.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1186/1742-4690-6-34}},
  volume       = {{6}},
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