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Title: HIV envelope V3 region mimic embodies key features of a broadly neutralizing antibody lineage epitope

Journal Article · · Nature Communications
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  1. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (United States)
  2. Duke Univ. Medical Center, Durham, NC (United States); Duke Human Vaccine Inst., Durham, NC (United States)
  3. Duke Human Vaccine Inst., Durham, NC (United States); Duke Univ. Medical Center, Durham, NC (United States)
  4. Sloan Kettering Institute, New York, NY (United States)
  5. Swarthmore College, PA (United States)

HIV-1 envelope (Env) mimetics are candidate components of prophylactic vaccines and potential therapeutics. Here we use a synthetic V3-glycopeptide (“Man9-V3”) for structural studies of an HIV Env third variable loop (V3)-glycan directed, broadly neutralizing antibody (bnAb) lineage (“DH270”), to visualize the epitope on Env and to study how affinity maturation of the lineage proceeded. Unlike many previous V3 mimetics, Man9-V3 encompasses two key features of the V3 region recognized by V3-glycan bnAbs—the conserved GDIR motif and the N332 glycan. In our structure of an antibody fragment of a lineage member, DH270.6, in complex with the V3 glycopeptide, the conformation of the antibody-bound glycopeptide conforms closely to that of the corresponding segment in an intact HIV-1 Env trimer. An additional structure identifies roles for two critical mutations in the development of breadth. The results suggest a strategy for use of a V3 glycopeptide as a vaccine immunogen.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division; National Institutes of Health (NIH); NIH-ORIP HEI; National Inst. of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357; P41 GM103403; S10 RR029205; AI100645; T32GM007171; Al127193
OSTI ID:
1431358
Journal Information:
Nature Communications, Vol. 9, Issue 1; ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 21 works
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