HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies induced by native-like envelope trimers
Author(s) -
Rogier W. Sanders,
Marit J. van Gils,
Ronald Derking,
Devin Sok,
Thomas J. Ketas,
Judith A. Burger,
Gabriel Ozorowski,
Albert Cupo,
Cassandra A. Simonich,
Leslie Goo,
Heather Arendt,
Helen J. Kim,
Jeong Hyun Lee,
Pavel Pugach,
Melissa Williams,
Gargi Debnath,
Brian Moldt,
Mariëlle J. van Breemen,
Gözde Isik,
Max Medina-Ramírez,
Jaap Willem Back,
Wayne C. Koff,
JeanPhilippe Julien,
Eva G. Rakasz,
Michael S. Seaman,
Miklós Guttman,
Kelly K. Lee,
Per Johan Klasse,
Celia C. LaBranche,
William R. Schief,
Ian A. Wilson,
Julie Overbaugh,
Dennis R. Burton,
Andrew B. Ward,
David C. Montefiori,
Hansi J. Dean,
John P. Moore
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 12.556
H-Index - 1186
eISSN - 1095-9203
pISSN - 0036-8075
DOI - 10.1126/science.aac4223
Subject(s) - immunogen , epitope , antibody , virology , glycoprotein , biology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , neutralizing antibody , aids vaccines , virus , immunology , genetics , monoclonal antibody , vaccine trial
A challenge for HIV-1 immunogen design is the difficulty of inducing neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) against neutralization-resistant (tier 2) viruses that dominate human transmissions. We show that a soluble recombinant HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein trimer that adopts a native conformation, BG505 SOSIP.664, induced NAbs potently against the sequence-matched tier 2 virus in rabbits and similar but weaker responses in macaques. The trimer also consistently induced cross-reactive NAbs against more sensitive (tier 1) viruses. Tier 2 NAbs recognized conformational epitopes that differed between animals and in some cases overlapped with those recognized by broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs), whereas tier 1 responses targeted linear V3 epitopes. A second trimer, B41 SOSIP. 664, also induced a strong autologous tier 2 NAb response in rabbits. Thus, native-like trimers represent a promising starting point for the development of HIV-1 vaccines aimed at inducing bNAb
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