Review Article

Retrovirus Entry by Endocytosis and Cathepsin Proteases

Table 3

Differential internalization pathways of HIV and MLV infections.

VirusesInternalization pathwayCell linesReference

Ecotropic MLVDynamin dependentMouse NIH3T3, human TE671, rat XC[52]
Dynamin-, clathrin independentHuman HeLa[75]

Amphotropic MLVDynamin dependentMouse NIH3T3, human TE671, rat XC[52]
Caveolin dependentMouse NIH3T3[74]

Polytropic MLVDynamin dependentMouse NIH3T3, human TE671, rat XC[52]

Xenotropic MLVDynamin dependentMouse NIH3T3, human TE671, rat XC[52]

CD4-dependent HIVDynamin dependentHuman HeLa[95]
Clathrin dependentHuman primary T lymphocyte[95ā€“97]
Dynamin-, Eps15 dependentHuman HeLa[98]
Dynamin-, Eps15 independentHuman 293T, HeLa, TE671[21]

CD4-independent HIVDynamin-, Eps15 dependentHuman 293T, HeLa, TE671[21]