Abstract

Aim 1. Structural analysis of HIV gp 120 complexes with candidate small molecules identified by other components of the program.
Aim 2. Structural analysis of HIV gp 120 complexes with candidate miniproteins identified by other components of the program.
Aim 3. Structural analysis of HIV gp120 complexes with CD4 D1D2 mutants and chemically modified derivatives of these mutant proteins to provide further insight into binding site characteristics.
Aim 4. De novo design of small molecule mimetics of CD4 that can be synthesized for testing as gp120 ligands.
Aim 5. Structural analysis of other relevant complexes such as those that bind to CD4 or DCSIGN to block interactions with HIV and those that block interactions between gp120 and chemokine receptors.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Research Program Projects (P01)
Project #
7P01GM056550-07
Application #
6800730
Study Section
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
7
Fiscal Year
2002
Total Cost
$157,210
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Pennsylvania
Department
Type
DUNS #
042250712
City
Philadelphia
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
19104

  Publications

Castillo-Menendez, Luis R; Witt, Kristen; Espy, Nicole et al. (2018) Comparison of Uncleaved and Mature Human Immunodeficiency Virus Membrane Envelope Glycoprotein Trimers. J Virol 92:
Rashad, Adel A; Song, Li-Rui; Holmes, Andrew P et al. (2018) Bifunctional Chimera That Coordinately Targets Human Immunodeficiency Virus 1 Envelope gp120 and the Host-Cell CCR5 Coreceptor at the Virus-Cell Interface. J Med Chem 61:5020-5033
Moraca, Francesca; Rinaldo, David; Smith 3rd, Amos B et al. (2018) Specific Noncovalent Interactions Determine Optimal Structure of a Buried Ligand Moiety: QM/MM and Pure QM Modeling of Complexes of the Small-Molecule CD4 Mimetics and HIV-1 gp120. ChemMedChem 13:627-633
Castillo-Menendez, Luis R; Nguyen, Hanh T; Sodroski, Joseph (2018) Conformational Differences Between Functional Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV-1) Envelope Glycoprotein Trimers and Stabilized Soluble Trimers. J Virol :
Madani, Navid; Princiotto, Amy M; Mach, Linh et al. (2018) A CD4-mimetic compound enhances vaccine efficacy against stringent immunodeficiency virus challenge. Nat Commun 9:2363
Kisalu, Neville K; Idris, Azza H; Weidle, Connor et al. (2018) A human monoclonal antibody prevents malaria infection by targeting a new site of vulnerability on the parasite. Nat Med 24:408-416
Parajuli, Bibek; Acharya, Kriti; Bach, Harry C et al. (2018) Restricted HIV-1 Env glycan engagement by lectin-reengineered DAVEI protein chimera is sufficient for lytic inactivation of the virus. Biochem J 475:931-957
Ma, Xiaochu; Lu, Maolin; Gorman, Jason et al. (2018) HIV-1 Env trimer opens through an asymmetric intermediate in which individual protomers adopt distinct conformations. Elife 7:
Johnson, Jacklyn; Zhai, Yinjie; Salimi, Hamid et al. (2017) Induction of a Tier-1-Like Phenotype in Diverse Tier-2 Isolates by Agents That Guide HIV-1 Env to Perturbation-Sensitive, Nonnative States. J Virol 91:
Herschhorn, Alon; Sodroski, Joseph (2017) An entry-competent intermediate state of the HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins. Receptors Clin Investig 4:

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