Arnold Gail Ferstandig, Velasco Paola K, Holmes Andrew K, Wrin Terri, Geisler Sheila C, Phung Pham, Tian Yu, Resnick Dawn A, Ma Xuejun, Mariano Thomas M, Petropoulos Christos J, Taylor John W, Katinger Hermann, Arnold Eddy
Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, 679 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854-5638, USA.
J Virol. 2009 May;83(10):5087-100. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00184-09. Epub 2009 Mar 11.
In efforts to develop AIDS vaccine components, we generated combinatorial libraries of recombinant human rhinoviruses that display the well-conserved ELDKWA epitope of the membrane-proximal external region of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gp41. The broadly neutralizing human monoclonal antibody 2F5 was used to select for viruses whose ELDKWA conformations resemble those of HIV. Immunization of guinea pigs with different chimeras, some boosted with ELDKWA-based peptides, elicited antibodies capable of neutralizing HIV-1 pseudoviruses of diverse subtypes and coreceptor usages. These recombinant immunogens are the first reported that elicit broad, albeit modest, neutralization of HIV-1 using an ELDKWA-based epitope and are among the few reported that elicit broad neutralization directed against any recombinant HIV epitope, providing a critical advance in developing effective AIDS vaccine components.
为了开发艾滋病疫苗成分,我们构建了重组人鼻病毒组合文库,这些文库展示了人类免疫缺陷病毒1型(HIV-1)gp41膜近端外部区域高度保守的ELDKWA表位。使用具有广泛中和作用的人单克隆抗体2F5来筛选其ELDKWA构象类似于HIV构象的病毒。用不同的嵌合体免疫豚鼠,其中一些用基于ELDKWA的肽进行加强免疫,可诱导出能够中和多种亚型和共受体使用情况的HIV-1假病毒的抗体。这些重组免疫原是首次报道的使用基于ELDKWA的表位诱导对HIV-1产生广泛(尽管程度有限)中和作用的免疫原,也是少数报道的诱导针对任何重组HIV表位产生广泛中和作用的免疫原之一,为开发有效的艾滋病疫苗成分提供了关键进展。