Crosslinked HIV-1 envelope-CD4 receptor complexes elicit broadly cross-reactive neutralizing antibodies in rhesus macaques.
The identification of HIV envelope structures that generate broadly cross-reactive neutralizing antibodies is a major goal for HIV-vaccine development. In this study, we evaluated one such structure, expressed as either a gp120-CD4 or a gp140-CD4 complex, for its ability to elicit a neutralizing antibody response. In rhesus macaques, covalently crosslinked complexes of soluble human CD4 (shCD4) and HIV-1(IIIB) envelope glycoproteins (gp120 or gp140) generated antibodies that neutralized a wide range of primary HIV-1 isolates regardless of the coreceptor usage or genetic subtype. Ig with cross-reactive neutralizing activity was recovered by affinity chromatography with a chimeric single-chain polypeptide containing sequences for HIV(BaL) gp120 and a mimetic peptide that induces a CD4-triggered envelope structure. These results suggest that covalently crosslinked complexes of the HIV-1 surface envelope glycoprotein and CD4 elicit broadly neutralizing humoral responses that, in part, may be directed against a novel epitope(s) found on the HIV-1 envelope.
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- env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- Neutralization Tests
- Macaca mulatta
- HIV-1
- HIV Envelope Protein gp120
- HIV Antibodies
- Gene Products, env
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Cross Reactions
- CD4 Antigens
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Published In
DOI
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Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
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Related Subject Headings
- env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
- Neutralization Tests
- Macaca mulatta
- HIV-1
- HIV Envelope Protein gp120
- HIV Antibodies
- Gene Products, env
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Cross Reactions
- CD4 Antigens