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HIV-1 integrase tetramers are the antiviral target of pyridine-based allosteric integrase inhibitors

  1. Pratibha C Koneru
  2. Ashwanth C Francis
  3. Nanjie Deng
  4. Stephanie V Rebensburg
  5. Ashley C Hoyte
  6. Jared Lindenberger
  7. Daniel Adu-Ampratwum
  8. Ross C Larue
  9. Michael F Wempe
  10. Alan N Engelman
  11. Dmitry Lyumkis
  12. James R Fuchs
  13. Ronald M Levy
  14. Gregory B Melikyan
  15. Mamuka Kvaratskhelia  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Colorado School of Medicine, United States
  2. Emory University, United States
  3. Pace University, United States
  4. The Ohio State University, United States
  5. University of Colorado Denver, United States
  6. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States
  7. Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States
  8. Temple University, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.46344
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  1. Pratibha C Koneru
  2. Ashwanth C Francis
  3. Nanjie Deng
  4. Stephanie V Rebensburg
  5. Ashley C Hoyte
  6. Jared Lindenberger
  7. Daniel Adu-Ampratwum
  8. Ross C Larue
  9. Michael F Wempe
  10. Alan N Engelman
  11. Dmitry Lyumkis
  12. James R Fuchs
  13. Ronald M Levy
  14. Gregory B Melikyan
  15. Mamuka Kvaratskhelia
(2019)
HIV-1 integrase tetramers are the antiviral target of pyridine-based allosteric integrase inhibitors
eLife 8:e46344.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.46344
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Abstract

Allosteric HIV-1 integrase (IN) inhibitors (ALLINIs) are a promising new class of antiretroviral agents that disrupt proper viral maturation by inducing hyper-multimerization of IN. Here we show that lead pyridine-based ALLINI KF116 exhibits striking selectivity for IN tetramers versus lower order protein oligomers. IN structural features that are essential for its functional tetramerization and HIV-1 replication are also critically important for KF116 mediated higher-order IN multimerization. Live cell imaging of single viral particles revealed that KF116 treatment during virion production compromises the tight association of IN with capsid cores during subsequent infection of target cells. We have synthesized the highly active (-)-KF116 enantiomer, which displayed EC50 of ~7 nM against wild type HIV-1 and ~10-fold higher, sub-nM activity against a clinically relevant dolutegravir resistant mutant virus suggesting potential clinical benefits for complementing dolutegravir therapy with pyridine-based ALLINIs.

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  1. Pratibha C Koneru

    Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, United States
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  2. Ashwanth C Francis

    Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, United States
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  3. Nanjie Deng

    Department of Chemistry and Physical Sciences, Pace University, New York, United States
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  4. Stephanie V Rebensburg

    Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, United States
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  5. Ashley C Hoyte

    Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, United States
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  6. Jared Lindenberger

    Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, United States
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  7. Daniel Adu-Ampratwum

    College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States
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  8. Ross C Larue

    College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States
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  9. Michael F Wempe

    Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, United States
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  10. Alan N Engelman

    Department of Cancer Immunology and Virology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, United States
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  11. Dmitry Lyumkis

    Laboratory of Genetics, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, United States
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  12. James R Fuchs

    College of Pharmacy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, United States
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  13. Ronald M Levy

    Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, United States
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  14. Gregory B Melikyan

    Department of Pediatrics, Infectious Diseases, Emory University, Atlanta, United States
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  15. Mamuka Kvaratskhelia

    Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, United States
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Funding

National Institutes of Health (U54GM103368)

  • Mamuka Kvaratskhelia

National Institutes of Health (R01AI062520)

  • Mamuka Kvaratskhelia

National Institutes of Health (KL2 TR001068)

  • Ross C Larue

National Institutes of Health (R37AI039394)

  • Alan N Engelman

National Institutes of Health (R01AI143649)

  • Mamuka Kvaratskhelia

National Institutes of Health (R01AI129862)

  • Gregory B Melikyan

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2019, Koneru et al.

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  1. Pratibha C Koneru
  2. Ashwanth C Francis
  3. Nanjie Deng
  4. Stephanie V Rebensburg
  5. Ashley C Hoyte
  6. Jared Lindenberger
  7. Daniel Adu-Ampratwum
  8. Ross C Larue
  9. Michael F Wempe
  10. Alan N Engelman
  11. Dmitry Lyumkis
  12. James R Fuchs
  13. Ronald M Levy
  14. Gregory B Melikyan
  15. Mamuka Kvaratskhelia
(2019)
HIV-1 integrase tetramers are the antiviral target of pyridine-based allosteric integrase inhibitors
eLife 8:e46344.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.46344

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