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Title: Structural Basis for Inhibitor-Induced Aggregation of HIV Integrase

Journal Article · · PLoS Biology (Online)
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  1. Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
  2. GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
  3. GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA (United States)
  4. Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford (England)

The allosteric inhibitors of integrase (termed ALLINIs) interfere with HIV replication by binding to the viral-encoded integrase (IN) protein. Surprisingly, ALLINIs interfere not with DNA integration but with viral particle assembly late during HIV replication. To investigate the ALLINI inhibitory mechanism, we crystallized full-length HIV-1 IN bound to the ALLINI GSK1264 and determined the structure of the complex at 4.4 Å resolution. The structure shows GSK1264 buried between the IN C-terminal domain (CTD) and the catalytic core domain. In the crystal lattice, the interacting domains are contributed by two different dimers so that IN forms an open polymer mediated by inhibitor-bridged contacts; the N-terminal domains do not participate and are structurally disordered. Engineered amino acid substitutions at the inhibitor interface blocked ALLINI-induced multimerization. HIV escape mutants with reduced sensitivity to ALLINIs commonly altered amino acids at or near the inhibitor-bound interface, and these substitutions also diminished IN multimerization. We propose that ALLINIs inhibit particle assembly by stimulating inappropriate polymerization of IN via interactions between the catalytic core domain and the CTD and that understanding the interface involved offers new routes to inhibitor optimization.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; National Institutes of Health (NIH); NIGMS
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; R01 AI 052845; P30 AI 045008
OSTI ID:
1419080
Journal Information:
PLoS Biology (Online), Vol. 14, Issue 12; ISSN 1545-7885
Publisher:
Public Library of ScienceCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
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