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JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., EXTRAMURAL
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Short Communication: Small-Molecule CD4 Mimetics Sensitize HIV-1-Infected Cells to Antibody-Dependent Cellular Cytotoxicity by Antibodies Elicited by Multiple Envelope Glycoprotein Immunogens in Nonhuman Primates.
AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses 2017 May
Recent studies have linked antibody Fc-mediated effector functions with control of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and simian immunodeficiency virus infections. Interestingly, the presence of antibodies with potent antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) activity in RV144 vaccine trial participants correlated inversely with HIV-1 acquisition risk. These antibodies were recently found to recognize epitopes on the HIV-1 envelope (Env) glycoprotein exposed upon Env-CD4 binding. Accordingly, small-molecule CD4 mimetics (CD4mc) that induce Env to sample the CD4-bound conformation were shown to sensitize HIV-1-infected cells to ADCC mediated by sera from HIV-1-infected individuals. However, it remains unknown whether antibodies elicited through immunization can also mediate CD4mc-induced ADCC. In this study, we tested the capacity of CD4mc to sensitize HIV-1-infected cells to ADCC by sera from Env-vaccinated nonhuman primates using a FACS-based ADCC assay. In parallel, we evaluated the ability of CD4mc to sensitize HIV-1 viral particles to neutralization by sera from these immunized animals. We found that the vaccine-induced antibodies were able to mediate ADCC and viral neutralization in the presence, but not the absence, of CD4mc. Thus, CD4mc are capable of sensitizing HIV-1-infected cells to ADCC and infectious viral particles to neutralization by easy-to-elicit antibodies that are otherwise unable to mediate these activities.
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