Strain-Specific V3 and CD4 Binding Site Autologous HIV-1 Neutralizing Antibodies Select Neutralization-Resistant Viruses

M. Anthony Moody, Feng Gao, Thaddeus C. Gurley, Joshua D. Amos, Amit Kumar, Bhavna Hora, Dawn J. Marshall, John F. Whitesides, Shi Mao Xia, Robert Parks, Krissey E. Lloyd, Kwan Ki Hwang, Xiaozhi Lu, Mattia Bonsignori, Andrés Finzi, Nathan A. Vandergrift, S. Munir Alam, Guido Ferrari, Xiaoying Shen, Georgia D. TomarasGift Kamanga, Myron S. Cohen, Noel E. Sam, Saidi Kapiga, Elin S. Gray, Nancy L. Tumba, Lynn Morris, Susan Zolla-Pazner, Miroslaw K. Gorny, John R. Mascola, Beatrice H. Hahn, George M. Shaw, Joseph G. Sodroski, Hua Xin Liao, David C. Montefiori, Peter T. Hraber, Bette T. Korber, Barton F. Haynes

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Abstract

The third variable (V3) loop and the CD4 binding site (CD4bs) of the HIV-1 envelope are frequently targeted by neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) in infected individuals. In chronic infection, HIV-1 escape mutants repopulate the plasma, and V3 and CD4bs nAbs emerge that can neutralize heterologous tier 1 easy-to-neutralize but not tier 2 difficult-to-neutralize HIV-1 isolates. However, neutralization sensitivity of autologous plasma viruses to this type of nAb response has not been studied. We describe the development and evolution in vivo of antibodies distinguished by their target specificity for V3 and CD4bs epitopes on autologous tier 2 viruses but not on heterologous tier 2 viruses. A surprisingly high fraction of autologous circulating viruses was sensitive to these antibodies. These findings demonstrate a role for V3 and CD4bs antibodies in constraining the native envelope trimer in vivo to a neutralization-resistant phenotype, explaining why HIV-1 transmission generally occurs by tier 2 neutralization-resistant viruses.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)354-362
Number of pages9
JournalCell Host and Microbe
Volume18
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 9 Sep 2015

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