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Structural Basis for Inhibitor-Induced Aggregation of HIV Integrase

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Gupta, Kushol, Turkki, Vesa, Sherrill-Mix, Scott, Hwang, Young, Eilers, Grant, Taylor, Louis, McDanal, Charlene, Wang, Ping +6 more·2016·PLOS Biology

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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.

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  • ALLINI resistance maps to the integrase CCD dimer interface near the LEDGF/p75 binding site.

    “Resistance to ALLINIs maps to the IN CCD dimer interface in the vicinity of the LEDGF/p75 binding site171,173,179,182,188.”

    From Structure and function of retroviral integrase (2022) · cites this paper as [179]

    The Introduction places the LEDGF/p75 binding site at the integrase catalytic core domain (CCD) dimer interface, and the Discussion identifies some ALLINI-resistance substitutions that likely interfere with inhibitor binding there. But the Discussion also identifies resistance substitutions affecting the CCD–CTD interaction or residing in the N-terminal domain, so the claim overstates where resistance maps. Our copy provides section labels but no page numbers. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • The common biochemical consequence of ALLINI binding is aberrant HIV-1 integrase hyper-multimerization.

    “The common biochemical consequence of ALLINI binding is aberrant HIV-1 IN hyper-multimerization140,142,174–181.”

    From Structure and function of retroviral integrase (2022) · cites this paper as [179]

  • ALLINIs do not act by inhibiting integration.

    “Counterintuitively, the underlying mode of ALLINI action is not via inhibition of integration140,142,174–177,179–181.”

    From Structure and function of retroviral integrase (2022) · cites this paper as [179]

  • A co-crystal structure of full-length HIV-1 integrase with GSK1264 showed that binding at the CCD dimer interface creates a novel CTD interface, leading to linear integrase polymers.

    “A co-crystal structure of full-length HIV-1 IN with GSK1264 revealed that binding of this ALLINI at the CCD dimer interface contributes to a novel interface for the CTD, leading to formation of linear IN polymers (Fig. 6D)179.”

    From Structure and function of retroviral integrase (2022) · cites this paper as [179]

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Authors
Gupta, K., Turkki, V., Sherrill-Mix, S., Hwang, Y., Eilers, G., Taylor, L., McDanal, C., Wang, P., Temelkoff, D., Nolte, R. T., Velthuisen, E., Jeffrey, J., Van Duyne, G. D., & Bushman, F. D.
Affiliations
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
  • GlaxoSmithKline (United States) (US)
Corresponding author
Bushman, Frederic D.
Venue
PLOS Biology
Published
2016-12-09
Volume
14
Issue
12
Pages
e1002584
ISSN
  • 1544-9173 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-7885
OpenAlex
W2559832357
Cited by
68
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 10 · 2017: 6
FWCI
6.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • PLoS Biology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (01 AI 052845, P30 AI045008)
  • Instrumentarium Science Foundation
  • Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Virology › HIV Research and Treatment
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Enzyme Structure and Function
Keywords
HIV-1 integrase, integrase multimerization, protein aggregation, catalytic core domain, viral assembly, protein crystal structure
MeSH terms
Allosteric Regulation, Molecular Structure, HIV-1, HIV Integrase, HIV Integrase Inhibitors

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