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Las estructuras abiertas y cerradas revelan alostería y flexibilidad en el pico de la envoltura del VIH-1

Gabriel Ozorowski¹, Jesper Pallesen¹, Natalia de Val¹

¹Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative Neutralizing Antibody Center, and Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.

|July 13, 2017

Resumen

Las estructuras de alta resolución revelan cómo el VIH

Área de la Ciencia:

Biología estructural
Virología
Inmunología

Sus antecedentes:

La glicoproteína de la envoltura del VIH (Env) media la entrada en la célula huésped.
Los trímeres de Env de SOSIP solubles imitan el Env nativo y son objetivos de la vacuna.

Objetivo del estudio:

Para aclarar el mecanismo molecular de la entrada del VIH-1.
Proporcionar información estructural sobre las interacciones de CD4 y anticuerpos con el VIH Env.

Principales métodos:

Microscopía criolectrónica de alta resolución (cryo-EM).
Análisis estructural de los trímeres de Env SOSIP para el VIH-1 B41.

Principales resultados:

Determinación de las estructuras de los Env trímeres complejos con CD4 y anticuerpos.
Cambios conformacionales inducidos por CD4 y anticuerpos en Env.
Identificó reorganizaciones en las subunidades gp41 y el enterramiento de péptidos de fusión.

Conclusiones:

Proporcionó una base molecular detallada para la entrada del VIH-1.
Ofreció nuevas plantillas estructurales para el diseño de inhibidores del VIH-1.

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