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The Relative Activity of "Function Sparing" HIV-1 Entry Inhibitors on Viral Entry and CCR5 Internalization: Is Allosteric Functional Selectivity a Valuable Therapeutic Property?

Infectious Diseases Discovery Performance Unit (V.M.M.-M., S.J., J.M.M., C.G., R.E.H., W.M.K., R.G.F., M.P.E.), Drug Development Sciences (K.E.C.), and Molecular Discovery Research (T.P.K), GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

Six allosteric HIV-1 entry inhibitor modulators of the chemokine (C-C motif) receptor 5 (CCR5) receptor are compared for their potency as inhibitors of HIV-1 entry [infection of human osteosarcoma (HOS) cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC)] and antagonists of chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 3-like 1 [CCL3L1]-mediated internalization of CCR5. This latter activity has been identified as a beneficial action of CCL3L1 in prolonging survival after HIV-1 infection ( Science 307: 1434-1440, 2005[Abstract/Free Full Text] ). The allosteric nature of these modulators was further confirmed with the finding of a 58-fold (HOS cells) and 282-fold (PBMC) difference in relative potency for blockade of CCL3L1-mediated internalization versus HIV-1 entry. For the CCR5 modulators, statistically significant differences in this ratio were found for maraviroc, vicriviroc, aplaviroc, Sch-C, TAK652, and TAK779. For instance, although TAK652 is 13-fold more potent as an HIV-1 inhibitor (over blockade of CCL3L1-mediated CCR5 internalization), this ratio of potency is reversed for Sch-C (22-fold more potent for CCR5-mediated internalization over HIV-1 entry). Quantitative analyses of the insurmountable antagonism of CCR5 internalization by these ligands suggest that all of them reduce the efficacy of CCL3L1 for CCR5 internalization. The relatively small magnitude of dextral displacement accompanying the depression of maximal responses for aplaviroc, maraviroc and vicriviroc suggests that these modulators have minimal effects on CCL3L1 affinity, although possible receptor reserve effects obscure complete interpretation of this effect. These data are discussed in terms of the possible benefits of sparing natural CCR5 chemokine function in HIV-1 entry inhibition treatment for AIDS involving allosteric inhibitors.

Received for publication October 8, 2008.

Accepted for publication November 24, 2008.

Address correspondence to: Terry Kenakin, Department of Biochemical Reagents and Assay Development, GlaxoSmithKline Research and Development, 5 Moore Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. E-mail: terry.p.kenakin{at}gsk.com