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Title: Mapping the immunogenic landscape of near-native HIV-1 envelope trimers in non-human primates

Abstract

The induction of broad and potent immunity by vaccines is the key focus of research efforts aimed at protecting against HIV-1 infection. Soluble native-like HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins have shown promise as vaccine candidates as they can induce potent autologous neutralizing responses in rabbits and non-human primates. In this study, monoclonal antibodies were isolated and characterized from rhesus macaques immunized with the BG505 SOSIP.664 trimer to better understand vaccine-induced antibody responses. Our studies reveal a diverse landscape of antibodies recognizing immunodominant strain-specific epitopes and non-neutralizing neo-epitopes. Additionally, we isolated a subset of mAbs against an epitope cluster at the gp120-gp41 interface that recognize the highly conserved fusion peptide and the glycan at position 88 and have characteristics akin to several human-derived broadly neutralizing antibodies.

Authors:
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  1. The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (United States)
  2. University of Amsterdam (Netherlands)
  3. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
  4. Duke University, Durham, NC (United States). Medical Center
  5. Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, WA (United States)
  6. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (United States)
  7. Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA (United States); Emory University, Atlanta, GA (United States)
  8. Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States
  9. The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA (United States); Emory University, Atlanta, GA (United States)
  10. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (United States)
  11. University of Amsterdam (Netherlands); Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA (United States). Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL); The Scripps Research Inst., La Jolla, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; European Union (EU); Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Award; College Scientists Foundation; Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO)
OSTI Identifier:
1903966
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515; P41GM103393; P01 AI110657; UM1 AI44462; R01 AI13082; OPP1115782; OPP1132237; OPP1084519; OPP119635; 681137; Al131873; 109718-63-RKNT; 109514-61-RKVA; S10OD021634
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
PLoS Pathogens
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 16; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 1553-7374
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; antibodies; antigens; electron microscopy; crystal structure; HIV-1; sequence databases; antibody response; HIV vaccines

Citation Formats

Cottrell, Christopher A., van Schooten, Jelle, Bowman, Charles A., Yuan, Meng, Oyen, David, Shin, Mia, Morpurgo, Robert, van der Woude, Patricia, van Breemen, Mariëlle, Torres, Jonathan L., Patel, Raj, Gross, Justin, Sewall, Leigh M., Copps, Jeffrey, Ozorowski, Gabriel, Nogal, Bartek, Sok, Devin, Rakasz, Eva G., Labranche, Celia, Vigdorovich, Vladimir, Christley, Scott, Carnathan, Diane G., Sather, D. Noah, Montefiori, David, Silvestri, Guido, Burton, Dennis R., Moore, John P., Wilson, Ian A., Sanders, Rogier W., Ward, Andrew B., and van Gils, Marit J. Mapping the immunogenic landscape of near-native HIV-1 envelope trimers in non-human primates. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1008753.
Cottrell, Christopher A., van Schooten, Jelle, Bowman, Charles A., Yuan, Meng, Oyen, David, Shin, Mia, Morpurgo, Robert, van der Woude, Patricia, van Breemen, Mariëlle, Torres, Jonathan L., Patel, Raj, Gross, Justin, Sewall, Leigh M., Copps, Jeffrey, Ozorowski, Gabriel, Nogal, Bartek, Sok, Devin, Rakasz, Eva G., Labranche, Celia, Vigdorovich, Vladimir, Christley, Scott, Carnathan, Diane G., Sather, D. Noah, Montefiori, David, Silvestri, Guido, Burton, Dennis R., Moore, John P., Wilson, Ian A., Sanders, Rogier W., Ward, Andrew B., & van Gils, Marit J. Mapping the immunogenic landscape of near-native HIV-1 envelope trimers in non-human primates. United States. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008753
Cottrell, Christopher A., van Schooten, Jelle, Bowman, Charles A., Yuan, Meng, Oyen, David, Shin, Mia, Morpurgo, Robert, van der Woude, Patricia, van Breemen, Mariëlle, Torres, Jonathan L., Patel, Raj, Gross, Justin, Sewall, Leigh M., Copps, Jeffrey, Ozorowski, Gabriel, Nogal, Bartek, Sok, Devin, Rakasz, Eva G., Labranche, Celia, Vigdorovich, Vladimir, Christley, Scott, Carnathan, Diane G., Sather, D. Noah, Montefiori, David, Silvestri, Guido, Burton, Dennis R., Moore, John P., Wilson, Ian A., Sanders, Rogier W., Ward, Andrew B., and van Gils, Marit J. Mon . "Mapping the immunogenic landscape of near-native HIV-1 envelope trimers in non-human primates". United States. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008753. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1903966.
@article{osti_1903966,
title = {Mapping the immunogenic landscape of near-native HIV-1 envelope trimers in non-human primates},
author = {Cottrell, Christopher A. and van Schooten, Jelle and Bowman, Charles A. and Yuan, Meng and Oyen, David and Shin, Mia and Morpurgo, Robert and van der Woude, Patricia and van Breemen, Mariëlle and Torres, Jonathan L. and Patel, Raj and Gross, Justin and Sewall, Leigh M. and Copps, Jeffrey and Ozorowski, Gabriel and Nogal, Bartek and Sok, Devin and Rakasz, Eva G. and Labranche, Celia and Vigdorovich, Vladimir and Christley, Scott and Carnathan, Diane G. and Sather, D. Noah and Montefiori, David and Silvestri, Guido and Burton, Dennis R. and Moore, John P. and Wilson, Ian A. and Sanders, Rogier W. and Ward, Andrew B. and van Gils, Marit J.},
abstractNote = {The induction of broad and potent immunity by vaccines is the key focus of research efforts aimed at protecting against HIV-1 infection. Soluble native-like HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins have shown promise as vaccine candidates as they can induce potent autologous neutralizing responses in rabbits and non-human primates. In this study, monoclonal antibodies were isolated and characterized from rhesus macaques immunized with the BG505 SOSIP.664 trimer to better understand vaccine-induced antibody responses. Our studies reveal a diverse landscape of antibodies recognizing immunodominant strain-specific epitopes and non-neutralizing neo-epitopes. Additionally, we isolated a subset of mAbs against an epitope cluster at the gp120-gp41 interface that recognize the highly conserved fusion peptide and the glycan at position 88 and have characteristics akin to several human-derived broadly neutralizing antibodies.},
doi = {10.1371/journal.ppat.1008753},
journal = {PLoS Pathogens},
number = 8,
volume = 16,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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