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Negatively charged sulfated polymers were reported to have anti-HIV-1 activity and are being considered for development as topical microbicides.
Such activity was reported for dextran sulfate after 2 h incubation with HIV-1 [ 2 ] but results of other studies indicated that dextran sulfate failed to neutralize virus infectivity [ 4 10 ] . Inactivation of HIV-1 by carrageenan was reported in a review article [ 18 ] . BufferGel is virucidal against HIV-1 by providing a buffered low pH environment (pH 3.9 [ 25 ] ), but virus inactivation might be incomplete and possibly compromised by minor pH increases due to the presence of seminal fluid [ 40 ] . To be effective in preventing infection by direct virus inactivation, anti-HIV-1 microbicides must be virucidal against both X4 and R5 viruses, utilizing CXCR4 and CCR5 as coreceptors [ 39 41 ] , respectively, R5 HIV-1 being most frequently sexually transmitted.
The direct virus inactivating effect of CAP, the multiple mechanisms involved in prevention of HIV-1 infection, the broad spectrum activity against several STD pathogens, the established safety record, low cost and availability in large scale suggest that CAP has advantages over other polymeric substances considered as topical (vaginal) microbicides for prevention of STDs, including AIDS.
Such studies were expected to elucidate further the mechanisms involved in the antiviral/virucidal activity of CAP and to contribute to the potential development of microbicides combining two or more anti-HIV-1 compounds with distinct target sites.
Since elicitation of gp41 six-helix bundles might be involved in, or contribute to the virucidal activity of candidate microbicides, it was of interest to determine whether anionic polymers other than CAP also induced six-helix bundle formation in HIV-1 IIIB and BaL virus particles.
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