The high-affinity immunoglobulin receptor FcγRI potentiates HIV-1 neutralization via antibodies against the gp41 N-heptad repeat

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The HIV-1 gp41 N-heptad repeat (NHR) region of the prehairpin intermediate, which is transiently exposed during HIV-1 viral membrane fusion, is a validated clinical target in humans and is inhibited by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved drug enfuvirtide. However, vaccine candidates targeting the NHR have yielded only modest neutralization activities in animals; this inhibition has been largely restricted to tier-1 viruses, which are most sensitive to neutralization by sera from HIV-1-infected individuals. Here, we show that the neutralization activity of the well-characterized NHR-targeting antibody D5 is potentiated >5,000-fold in TZM-bl cells expressing FcγRI compared with those without, resulting in neutralization of many tier-2 viruses (which are less susceptible to neutralization by sera from HIV-1-infected individuals and are the target of current antibody-based vaccine efforts). Further, antisera from guinea pigs immunized with the NHR-based vaccine candidate (ccIZN36)3 neutralized tier-2 viruses from multiple clades in an FcγRI-dependent manner. As FcγRI is expressed on macrophages and dendritic cells, which are present at mucosal surfaces and are implicated in the early establishment of HIV-1 infection following sexual transmission, these results may be important in the development of a prophylactic HIV-1 vaccine.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Feb 16;118(7):. - PMID 33504595

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:118

Enthalten in:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 118(2021), 3 vom: 19. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Montefiori, David C [VerfasserIn]
Filsinger Interrante, Maria V [VerfasserIn]
Bell, Benjamin N [VerfasserIn]
Rubio, Adonis A [VerfasserIn]
Joyce, Joseph G [VerfasserIn]
Shiver, John W [VerfasserIn]
LaBranche, Celia C [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Peter S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Fc receptor
Gp41
HIV Antibodies
HIV Envelope Protein gp41
HIV-1
Immune Sera
Immunoglobulin G
Journal Article
Prehairpin intermediate
Receptors, IgG
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Vaccine

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Date Completed 12.05.2021

Date Revised 05.10.2022

published: Print

CommentIn: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Feb 16;118(7):. - PMID 33504595

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1073/pnas.2018027118

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM319951081