B cell repertoire sequencing of HIV-1 pediatric elite-neutralizers identifies multiple broadly neutralizing antibody clonotypes

Copyright © 2024 Kumar, Bajpai, Joyce, Kabra, Lodha, Burton, Briney and Luthra..

Introduction: A limited subset of HIV-1 infected adult individuals typically after at least 2-3 years of chronic infection, develop broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs), suggesting that highly conserved neutralizing epitopes on the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein are difficult for B cell receptors to effectively target, during natural infection. Recent studies have shown the evolution of bnAbs in HIV-1 infected infants.

Methods: We used bulk BCR sequencing (BCR-seq) to profile the B cell receptors from longitudinal samples (3 time points) collected from a rare pair of antiretroviralnaïve, HIV-1 infected pediatric monozygotic twins (AIIMS_329 and AIIMS_330) who displayed elite plasma neutralizing activity against HIV-1.

Results: BCR-seq of both twins revealed convergent antibody characteristics including V-gene use, CDRH3 lengths and somatic hypermutation (SHM). Further, antibody clonotypes with genetic features similar to highly potent bnAbs isolated from adults showed ongoing development in donor AIIMS_330 but not in AIIMS_329, corroborating our earlier findings based on plasma bnAbs responses. An increase in SHM was observed in sequences of the IgA isotype from AIIMS_330.

Discussion: This study suggests that children living with chronic HIV-1 can develop clonotypes of HIV-1 bnAbs against multiple envelope epitopes similar to those isolated from adults, highlighting that such B cells could be steered to elicit bnAbs responses through vaccines aimed to induce bnAbs against HIV-1 in a broad range of people including children.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in immunology - 15(2024) vom: 22., Seite 1272493

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kumar, Sanjeev [VerfasserIn]
Bajpai, Prashant [VerfasserIn]
Joyce, Collin [VerfasserIn]
Kabra, Sushil Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Lodha, Rakesh [VerfasserIn]
Burton, Dennis R [VerfasserIn]
Briney, Bryan [VerfasserIn]
Luthra, Kalpana [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies
Antigens, Viral
B cell repertoire sequencing
BnAbs
Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
Children
Clonotypes
Elite-neutralizers
Epitopes
HIV-1
Journal Article
Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 05.03.2024

Date Revised 25.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2024.1272493

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36923720X