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ArticlemBio2016

Release of gp120 Restraints Leads to an Entry-Competent Intermediate State of the HIV-1 Envelope Glycoproteins.

Alon Herschhorn, Xiaochu Ma, Christopher Gu, John D Ventura, Luis Castillo-Menendez, Bruno Melillo, Daniel S Terry, Amos B Smith, Scott C Blanchard, James B Munro and 3 more

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Article in mBio, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 125 papers.

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125citing papers in PubMed
9.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

125 citing papers in PubMed, 169 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Alon HerschhornDepartment of Immunology Cancer and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA alon_herschhorn@dfci.harvard.edu joseph_sodroski@dfci.harvard.edu.
Xiaochu MaDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Christopher GuDepartment of Immunology Cancer and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
John D VenturaDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Luis Castillo-MenendezDepartment of Immunology Cancer and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Bruno MelilloDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Daniel S TerryDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA.
Amos B SmithDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Scott C BlanchardDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, USA.
James B MunroDepartment of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine and Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Walther MothesDepartment of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Andrés FinziCentre de Recherche du CHUM and Department of Microbiology, Infectiology and Immunology Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Joseph SodroskiDepartment of Immunology Cancer and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA alon_herschhorn@dfci.harvard.edu joseph_sodroski@dfci.harvard.edu.
Yale University · USCornell University · USDana-Farber Cancer Institute · USHarvard University · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USTufts University · USUniversité de Montréal · CA

Funding

Virus biology scientific research support componentUM1AI100645 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI MCMICHAEL, ANDREW JAMES · 2012 to 2018
$204.7M
Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Understanding Envelope Function in HIV-1 Infection: The Design, Synthesis and Validation of Small Molecule HIV-1 Env InhibitorsP01GM056550 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ABRAMS, CAMERON F · 1997 to 2018
$31.2M
HIV-1 ENVELOPE GLYCOPROTEINSR37AI024755 · NIAID · DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE · PI SODROSKI, JOSEPH G · 1996 to 2015
$11.6M
Conformational Landscape of the HIV-1 Envelope GlycoproteinsR01AI124982 · NIAID · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI SODROSKI, JOSEPH G · 2016 to 2025
$6.7M
Next-generation Fluorescent Probes for Biological ResearchR01GM098859 · NIGMS · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI BLANCHARD, SCOTT C · 2012 to 2019
$2.9M
Single-particle Reconstruction of HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein TrimersR01AI093256 · NIAID · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI SODROSKI, JOSEPH G · 2011 to 2015
$2.2M
Single molecule imaging of HIV-1 entryR01GM116654 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI MOTHES, WALTHER H · 2015 to 2018
$1.6M
HIV-1 Env antagonism by ground state stabilizationK22AI116262 · NIAID · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI MUNRO, JAMES B · 2015 to 2016
$266k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIAID NIH HHS K22 AI116262NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI093256NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI124982NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI024755NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI100645NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM056550NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM098859NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM116654
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) envelope glycoprotein (Env) trimers [(gp120/gp41) IMPORTANCE: The envelope glycoproteins (Env) of HIV-1 mediate virus entry and are the sole targets of neutralizing antibodies. Understanding the way that Env promotes HIV-1 entry can expedite drug and vaccine development. By destabilizing Env, we found that it assumes an intermediate state that is functional and obligate for transitions to entry-competent conformations. Increased sampling of this state enhances the ability of HIV-1 to infect cells that express low levels of the CD4 receptor and allows the virus to evade neutralizing antibodies and small-molecule inhibitors. These findings provide new mechanistic insights into the function and inhibition of HIV-1 Env and will contribute to ongoing therapeutic and prevention efforts to combat HIV-1.

Indexed as

Virus InternalizationCD4 AntigensCell LineHIV-1HIV Envelope Protein gp120HumansModels, BiologicalModels, MolecularMutant ProteinsProtein ConformationCD4 Antigensgp120 protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 1HIV Envelope Protein gp120Mutant Proteins

Identifiers

PMID27795397
PMCPMC5080382
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