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Query: UMLS:C0021051 (immunodeficiency)
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Using a CD4-binding assay to assess the conformation of the human immunodeficiency virus envelope glycoprotein (CHO+ Env), we studied the effect of treatment with various glycosidases on the stability of Env in denaturing environments and in biological media: cleavage from Env of either high-mannose-type glycans (HMT- Env) by endoglycosidase H or sialic acid residues (Sial- Env) by sialidase did not alter Env stability whereas its complete deglycosylation (CHO- Env) by N-glycanase had a large effect. The influence of glycan removal on Env sensitivity to proteases was also studied. Thrombin cleavage within V3 was affected by N-glycanase treatment; both HMT- Env and CHO- Env displayed an increased sensitivity to other endoproteases. Thus, partial deglycosylation increases Env sensitivity to proteases but only its total deglycosylation alters its stability.
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PMID:Effect of various glycosidase treatments on the resistance of the HIV-1 envelope to degradation. 910 16

CXCR4 is a coreceptor, along with CD4, for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). Trimolecular complexes between HIV-1 glycoprotein (gp)120, CD4 and CXCR4 constitute a prerequisite for HIV entry. We studied whether CD4 is associated with CXCR4 on CD4+ CXCR4+ cells. Using the conformation-dependent anti-CXCR4 mAb 12G5, CD4 was coimmunoprecipitated with CXCR4 from the membrane of U937 cells which support HIV-1(LAI) efficient infection, and from that of peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL). CD4 association with CXCR4 increased upon PBL coculture for 5 days with autologous monocytes, decreased upon treatment of the cells or the CD4-CXCR4 complex with either N-glycanase or stromal cell derived factor-1alpha (SDF-1alpha) and was abolished by incubation of the cells with both, N-glycanase and SDF-1alpha. This indicates that glycans are partly involved in CD4 association with CXCR4 and may partly explain the inhibitory effect of SDF-1alpha on HIV infection.
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PMID:Role of N-glycans and SDF-1alpha on the coassociation of CD4 with CXCR4 at the plasma membrane of monocytic cells and blood lymphocytes. 1194 53


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