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

Abstract The HIV-1 gp41 N-heptad repeat (NHR) region of the pre-hairpin intermediate, which is transiently exposed during HIV-1 viral membrane fusion, is a validated clinical target in humans and is inhibited by the 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 to 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..

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Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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bioRxiv.org - (2021) vom: 15. Dez. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2021

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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doi:

10.1101/2020.08.27.271064

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XBI018640087