Publication Date:
1997-09-12
Description:
Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus encodes a chemokine called vMIP-II. This protein displayed a broader spectrum of receptor activities than any mammalian chemokine as it bound with high affinity to a number of both CC and CXC chemokine receptors. Binding of vMIP-II, however, was not associated with the normal, rapid mobilization of calcium from intracellular stores; instead, it blocked calcium mobilization induced by endogenous chemokines. In freshly isolated human monocytes the virally encoded vMIP-II acted as a potent and efficient antagonist of chemotaxis induced by chemokines. Because vMIP-II could inhibit cell entry of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) mediated through CCR3 and CCR5 as well as CXCR4, this protein may serve as a lead for development of broad-spectrum anti-HIV agents.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Kledal, T N -- Rosenkilde, M M -- Coulin, F -- Simmons, G -- Johnsen, A H -- Alouani, S -- Power, C A -- Luttichau, H R -- Gerstoft, J -- Clapham, P R -- Clark-Lewis, I -- Wells, T N -- Schwartz, T W -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1997 Sep 12;277(5332):1656-9.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory for Molecular Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, DK-2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9287217" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Calcium/metabolism
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Cell Line
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Chemokine CCL5/antagonists & inhibitors
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Chemokines/*antagonists & inhibitors/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism/pharmacology
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Chemotaxis, Leukocyte
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HIV-1/physiology
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Herpesvirus 8, Human/*genetics
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Humans
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Monocytes/cytology
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Receptors, Cytokine/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism
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Receptors, HIV/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism
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Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology
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Signal Transduction
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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