PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Daelemans, Dirk AU - Schols, Dominique AU - Witvrouw, Myriam AU - Pannecouque, Christophe AU - Hatse, Sigrid AU - van Dooren, Sonia AU - Hamy, François AU - Klimkait, Thomas AU - de Clercq, Erik AU - VanDamme, Anne-Mieke TI - A Second Target for the Peptoid Tat/Transactivation Response Element Inhibitor CGP64222: Inhibition of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Replication by Blocking CXC-Chemokine Receptor 4-Mediated Virus Entry DP - 2000 Jan 01 TA - Molecular Pharmacology PG - 116--124 VI - 57 IP - 1 4099 - http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/57/1/116.short 4100 - http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/57/1/116.full SO - Mol Pharmacol2000 Jan 01; 57 AB - The peptoid CGP64222 has been previously demonstrated to inhibit the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Tat/transactivation response element complex formation. It has previously been shown that CGP64222 selectively inhibits HIV-1 long terminal repeat-driven gene expression and HIV-1LAV replication in lymphocytes. Here, we show that CGP64222 inhibits the replication of a wide range of laboratory strains of HIV-1 and HIV-2 in MT-4 cells. However, CGP64222 proved inactive in MT-4 cells against HIV-1 strains that are resistant to the bicyclams. The bicyclams are known to specifically interact with CXC-chemokine receptor 4, the main coreceptor used by T-tropic HIV strains to enter the cells. Mechanism of action studies revealed that CGP64222 can inhibit the HIV replicative cycle, also through a selective interaction with the CXC-chemokine receptor 4 coreceptor. The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics