Pritchard Laura K, Spencer Daniel I R, Royle Louise, Vasiljevic Snezana, Krumm Stefanie A, Doores Katie J, Crispin Max
Oxford Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Ludger Ltd., Culham Science Centre, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
J Virol. 2015 Jul;89(13):6952-9. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00230-15. Epub 2015 Apr 15.
Broadly neutralizing antibodies have been isolated that bind the glycan shield of the HIV-1 envelope spike. One such antibody, PGT135, contacts the intrinsic mannose patch of gp120 at the Asn332, Asn392, and Asn386 glycosylation sites. Here, site-specific glycosylation analysis of recombinant gp120 revealed glycan microheterogeneity sufficient to explain the existence of a minor population of virions resistant to PGT135 neutralization. Target microheterogeneity and antibody glycan specificity are therefore important parameters in HIV-1 vaccine design.
已经分离出能结合HIV-1包膜刺突聚糖屏蔽层的广泛中和抗体。其中一种抗体PGT135,在Asn332、Asn392和Asn386糖基化位点与gp120的内在甘露糖补丁接触。在此,重组gp120的位点特异性糖基化分析揭示了糖基微异质性,足以解释存在一小部分对PGT135中和具有抗性的病毒粒子。因此,靶点微异质性和抗体聚糖特异性是HIV-1疫苗设计中的重要参数。