2015
Immunogenicity of Stabilized HIV-1 Envelope Trimers with Reduced Exposure of Non-neutralizing Epitopes
Abstract: Summary The envelope glycoprotein trimer mediates HIV-1 entry into cells. The trimer is flexible, fluctuating between closed and more open conformations and sometimes sampling the fully open, CD4-bound form. We hypothesized that conformational flexibility could hinder the induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs). We therefore modified soluble Env trimers to stabilize their closed, ground states. The trimer variants were indeed stabilized in the closed conformation, with a reduced ability to undergo…
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“…In agreement with our previous analysis of BG505, we confirmed that the v4 mutations in the BG505 reference trimer resulted in only minor changes in dynamics proximal to the stabilizing mutations ( Figure S6 ) ( de la Peña et al., 2017 ; de Taeye et al., 2015 ). In the context of B41, which generally exhibits greater local order relative to BG505, the v4 modifications likewise yielded minimal differences in dynamics across the three SOSIP versions ( Figure S7 ).…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 92%
“…In agreement with our previous analysis of BG505, we confirmed that the v4 mutations in the BG505 reference trimer resulted in only minor changes in dynamics proximal to the stabilizing mutations ( Figure S6 ) ( de la Peña et al., 2017 ; de Taeye et al., 2015 ). In the context of B41, which generally exhibits greater local order relative to BG505, the v4 modifications likewise yielded minimal differences in dynamics across the three SOSIP versions ( Figure S7 ).…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 92%
“…The BG505 SOSIP.v4.1 and SOSIP.v5.2 trimers induced a weak NAb response against SF162.LS (median titer, 60), consistent with previous reports on these immunogens ( Fig. 5A ) ( 3 , 11 ). The SF162.LS NAb response was ∼4-fold higher in rabbits given AMC008, B41, or ZM197M trimers ( P value of 0.0051 for the pooled data set compared with BG505).…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 92%
“…All the BG505 trimer-immunized animals had high and comparable titers of binding antibodies to the corresponding trimers, as measured in ELISA ( Figure 2 C). The sera from the SOSIP.664 trimer recipients consistently neutralized the autologous tier-2 BG505.T332N virus, which is consistent with our earlier reports ( Figure 2 D) ( Sanders et al., 2015 , de Taeye et al., 2015 ). The corresponding gp120 monomer was almost entirely ineffective in this regard, with only one of five animals responding weakly ( Figure 2 D).…”
Section: Resultssupporting
confidence: 92%
