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ArticleRetrovirology2009

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

Samir Abdurahman, Akos Végvári, Michael Levi, Stefan Höglund, Marita Högberg, Weimin Tong, Ivan Romero, Jan Balzarini, Anders Vahlne

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Article in Retrovirology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Samir AbdurahmanDivision of Clinical Microbiology, Karolinska Institutet, F68 Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, SE-141 86 Stockholm, Sweden. Samir.abdurahman@ki.se
Akos Végvári
Michael Levi
Stefan Höglund
Marita Högberg
Weimin Tong
Ivan Romero
Jan Balzarini
Anders Vahlne
Karolinska Institutet · SEKarolinska University Hospital · SEKU Leuven · BELund University · SEUppsala University · SE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFormation 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.

resultsHere we demonstrate that it is not G-NH2 itself but a metabolite thereof that displays antiviral activity. We show that 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 alpha-hydroxy-glycineamide (alpha-HGA). Chemically synthesized alpha-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 alpha-HGA further confirmed that the antiviral G-NH2-metabolite indeed was alpha-HGA.

conclusionalpha-HGA has an unusually simple structure and a novel mechanism of antiviral action. Thus, alpha-HGA could be a lead for new antiviral substances belonging to a new class of anti-HIV drugs, i.e. capsid assembly inhibitors.

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Anti-HIV AgentsAnimalsCapsidCapsid ProteinsCattleCell LineGlycineHIV-1HumansSerumStructure-Activity RelationshipSwineVirionVirus ReplicationAnti-HIV AgentsCapsid ProteinsGlycineglycine amide

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PMID19356241
PMCPMC2670814
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