Polyclonal HIV envelope-specific breast milk antibodies limit founder SHIV acquisition and cell-associated virus loads in infant rhesus monkeys.
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Breast milk HIV-1 transmission is currently the predominant contributor to pediatric HIV infections. Yet, only ~10% of breastfeeding infants born to untreated HIV-infected mothers become infected. This study assessed the protective capacity of natural HIV envelope-specific antibodies isolated from the milk of HIV-infected women in an infant rhesus monkey (RM), tier 2 SHIV oral challenge model. To mimic placental and milk maternal antibody transfer, infant RMs were i.v. infused and orally treated at the time of challenge with a single weakly neutralizing milk monoclonal antibody (mAb), a tri-mAb cocktail with weakly neutralizing and ADCC functionalities, or an anti-influenza control mAb. Of these groups, the fewest tri-mAb-treated infants had SHIV detectable in plasma or tissues (2/6, 5/6, and 7/8 animals infected in tri-mAb, single-mAb, and control-mAb groups, respectively). Tri-mAb-treated infants demonstrated significantly fewer plasma transmitted/founder variants and reduced peripheral CD4+ T cell proviral loads at 8 weeks post-challenge compared to control mAb-treated infants. Abortive infection was observed as detectable CD4+ T cell provirus in non-viremic control mAb- and single mAb-, but not in tri-mAb-treated animals. These results suggest that polyfunctional milk antibodies contribute to the natural inefficiency of HIV-1 transmission through breastfeeding and infant vaccinations eliciting non-neutralizing antibody responses could reduce postnatal HIV transmission.
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Cited Authors
- Himes, JE; Goswami, R; Mangan, RJ; Kumar, A; Jeffries, TL; Eudailey, JA; Heimsath, H; Nguyen, QN; Pollara, J; LaBranche, C; Chen, M; Vandergrift, NA; Peacock, JW; Schiro, F; Midkiff, C; Ferrari, G; Montefiori, DC; Hernandez, XA; Aye, PP; Permar, SR
Published Date
- November 2018
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 11 / 6
Start / End Page
- 1716 - 1726
PubMed ID
- 30115994
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC6420805
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1935-3456
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1038/s41385-018-0067-7
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States