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Shakya AK, Nandakumar KS. Polymer Chemistry Defines Adjuvant Properties and Determines the Immune Response against the Antigen or Vaccine. Vaccines (Basel) 2023; 11:1395. [PMID: 37766073 PMCID: PMC10537360 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11091395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Activation of the immune system is a needed for designing new antigen/drug delivery systems to develop new therapeutics and for developing animal disease models to study the disease pathogenesis. A weak antigen alone is insufficient to activate the immune system. Sometimes, assistance in the form of polymers is needed to control the release of antigens under in vivo conditions or in the form of an adjuvant to activate the immune system efficiently. Many kinds of polymers from different functional groups are suitable as microbial antigens for inducing therapeutic immune responses against infectious diseases at the preclinical level. The choice of the functionality of polymer varies as per the application type. Polymers from the acid and ester groups are the most common types investigated for protein-based antigens. However, electrostatic interaction-displaying polymers like cationic polymers are the most common type for nucleic acid-based antigens. Metal coordination chemistry is commonly used in polymers designed for cancer immunotherapeutic applications to suppress inflammation and induce a protective immune response. Amide chemistry is widely deployed in polymers used to develop antigen-specific disease models like the experimental autoimmune arthritis murine model.
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- Department of Environmental and Biosciences, School of Business, Innovation and Sustainability, Halmstad University, 30118 Halmstad, Sweden
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Wee EG, Moyo NA, Saunders KO, LaBranche C, Donati F, Capucci S, Parks R, Borthwick N, Hannoun Z, Montefiori DC, Haynes BF, Hanke T. Parallel Induction of CH505 B Cell Ontogeny-Guided Neutralizing Antibodies and tHIVconsvX Conserved Mosaic-Specific T Cells against HIV-1. Mol Ther Methods Clin Dev 2019; 14:148-160. [PMID: 31367651 PMCID: PMC6657236 DOI: 10.1016/j.omtm.2019.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 06/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
Abstract
The aim of this work was to start collecting information on rational combination of antibody (Ab) and T cell vaccines into single regimens. Two promising candidate HIV-1 vaccine strategies, sequential isolates of CH505 virus Envs developed for initiation of broadly neutralizing antibody lineages and conserved-mosaic tHIVconsvX immunogens aiming to induce effective cross-clade T cell responses, were combined to assess vaccine interactions. These immunogens were delivered in heterologous vector/modality regimens consisting of non-replicating simian (chimpanzee) adenovirus ChAdOx1 (C), non-replicating poxvirus MVA (M), and adjuvanted protein (P). Outbred CD1-SWISS mice were vaccinated intramuscularly using either parallel CM8M (tHIVconsvX)/CPPP (CH505) or sequential CM16M (tHIVconsvX)/CPPP (CH505) protocols, the latter of which delivered T cell CM prior to the CH505 Env. CM8M (tHIVconsvX) and CPPP or CMMP (CH505) vaccinations alone were included as comparators. The vaccine-elicited HIV-1-specific trimer-binding and neutralizing Abs and CD8+/CD4+ T cell responses induced by the combined and comparator regimens were not statistically separable among regimens. The Ab-lineage immunogen strategy was particularly suited for combined regimens for its likely less potent induction of Env-specific T cell responses relative to homologous epitope-based vaccine strategies. These results inform design of the first rationally combined Ab and T cell vaccine regimens in human volunteers.
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- Edmund G. Wee
- The Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- The Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA
- Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- The Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- The Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- The Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- The Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA
- Department of Medicine and Immunology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- The Jenner Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
- International Research Center for Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 860-0811, Japan
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Schiffner T, Pallesen J, Russell RA, Dodd J, de Val N, LaBranche CC, Montefiori D, Tomaras GD, Shen X, Harris SL, Moghaddam AE, Kalyuzhniy O, Sanders RW, McCoy LE, Moore JP, Ward AB, Sattentau QJ. Structural and immunologic correlates of chemically stabilized HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins. PLoS Pathog 2018; 14:e1006986. [PMID: 29746590 PMCID: PMC5944921 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Inducing broad spectrum neutralizing antibodies against challenging pathogens such as HIV-1 is a major vaccine design goal, but may be hindered by conformational instability within viral envelope glycoproteins (Env). Chemical cross-linking is widely used for vaccine antigen stabilization, but how this process affects structure, antigenicity and immunogenicity is poorly understood and its use remains entirely empirical. We have solved the first cryo-EM structure of a cross-linked vaccine antigen. The 4.2 Å structure of HIV-1 BG505 SOSIP soluble recombinant Env in complex with a CD4 binding site-specific broadly neutralizing antibody (bNAb) Fab fragment reveals how cross-linking affects key properties of the trimer. We observed density corresponding to highly specific glutaraldehyde (GLA) cross-links between gp120 monomers at the trimer apex and between gp120 and gp41 at the trimer interface that had strikingly little impact on overall trimer conformation, but critically enhanced trimer stability and improved Env antigenicity. Cross-links were also observed within gp120 at sites associated with the N241/N289 glycan hole that locally modified trimer antigenicity. In immunogenicity studies, the neutralizing antibody response to cross-linked trimers showed modest but significantly greater breadth against a global panel of difficult-to-neutralize Tier-2 heterologous viruses. Moreover, the specificity of autologous Tier-2 neutralization was modified away from the N241/N289 glycan hole, implying a novel specificity. Finally, we have investigated for the first time T helper cell responses to next-generation soluble trimers, and report on vaccine-relevant immunodominant responses to epitopes within BG505 that are modified by cross-linking. Elucidation of the structural correlates of a cross-linked viral glycoprotein will allow more rational use of this methodology for vaccine design, and reveals a strategy with promise for eliciting neutralizing antibodies needed for an effective HIV-1 vaccine.
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MESH Headings
- AIDS Vaccines/chemistry
- AIDS Vaccines/immunology
- Animals
- Antibodies, Neutralizing/immunology
- Antibody Specificity
- Antigen-Antibody Reactions/immunology
- Cross-Linking Reagents
- Cryoelectron Microscopy
- HIV Antibodies/immunology
- HIV Antigens/chemistry
- HIV Antigens/immunology
- HIV Antigens/ultrastructure
- HIV-1/chemistry
- HIV-1/immunology
- Host-Pathogen Interactions/immunology
- Humans
- Immunodominant Epitopes/chemistry
- Immunodominant Epitopes/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Models, Molecular
- Protein Conformation
- Protein Stability
- Protein Structure, Quaternary
- Rabbits
- T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer/immunology
- Vaccines, Synthetic/chemistry
- Vaccines, Synthetic/immunology
- env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/chemistry
- env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/immunology
- env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/ultrastructure
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Affiliation(s)
- Torben Schiffner
- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center, Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery and Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Center for Molecular Microscopy (CMM), National Cancer Institute (NCI), Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Departments of Immunology and Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery (CHAVI-ID), The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center and the Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery (CAVD), The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center, Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery and Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- The Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, The University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Pankrac J, Klein K, McKay PF, King DFL, Bain K, Knapp J, Biru T, Wijewardhana CN, Pawa R, Canaday DH, Gao Y, Fidler S, Shattock RJ, Arts EJ, Mann JFS. A heterogeneous human immunodeficiency virus-like particle (VLP) formulation produced by a novel vector system. NPJ Vaccines 2018; 3:2. [PMID: 29367885 PMCID: PMC5775397 DOI: 10.1038/s41541-017-0040-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Revised: 12/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
First identified as the etiological agent behind Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) in the early 1980s, HIV-1 has continued to spread into a global pandemic and major public health concern. Despite the success of antiretroviral therapy at reducing HIV-1 viremia and preventing the dramatic CD4+ T-cell collapse, infected individuals remain HIV positive for life. Unfortunately, it is increasingly clear that natural immunity is not, and may never be, protective against this pathogen. Therefore, efficacious vaccine interventions, which can either prevent infection or eradicate the latent viral reservoir and effect cure, are a major medical priority. Here we describe the development of a safe vaccine platform, currently being utilized in on-going prophylactic and therapeutic preclinical studies and consisting of highly heterogeneous virus-like particle formulations that represent the virus diversity within infected individuals. These VLPs contain no 5'LTR, no functional integrase, and have a severely mutated stem loop 1-thereby preventing any potential reverse transcription, integration, and RNA packaging. Furthermore, we demonstrate that these VLPs are morphologically identical to wild-type virus with polyvalent Env in a functional form. Finally, we show that the VLPs are antigenic and capable of generating strong immune recall responses.
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- Joshua Pankrac
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1 Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1 Canada
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
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- Division of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG UK
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- Division of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1 Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1 Canada
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1 Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1 Canada
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1 Canada
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
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- Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Division of Medicine, Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG UK
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1 Canada
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON N6A 5C1 Canada
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
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Antibody responses to prime-boost vaccination with an HIV-1 gp145 envelope protein and chimpanzee adenovirus vectors expressing HIV-1 gp140. AIDS 2016; 30:2405-2414. [PMID: 27525550 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000001224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Over 2 million individuals are infected with HIV type 1 (HIV-1) each year, yet an effective vaccine remains elusive. The most successful HIV-1 vaccine to date demonstrated 31% efficacy. Immune correlate analyses associated HIV-1 envelope (Env)-specific antibodies with protection, thus providing a path toward a more effective vaccine. We sought to test the antibody response from novel prime-boost vaccination with a chimpanzee-derived adenovirus (AdC) vector expressing a subtype C Env glycoprotein (gp)140 combined with either a serologically distinct AdC vector expressing gp140 of a different subtype C isolate or an alum-adjuvanted, partially trimeric gp145 from yet another subtype C isolate. DESIGN Three different prime-boost regimens were tested in mice: AdC prime-protein boost, protein prime-AdC boost, and AdC prime-AdC boost. Each regimen was tested at two different doses of AdC vector in a total of six experimental groups. METHODS Sera were collected at various time points and evaluated by ELISA for Env-specific antibody binding, isotype, and avidity. Antibody functionality was assessed by pseudovirus neutralization assay. RESULTS Priming with AdC followed by a protein boost or sequential immunizations with two AdC vectors induced HIV-1 Env-specific binding antibodies, including those to the variable region 2, whereas priming with protein followed by an AdC boost was relatively ineffective. Antibodies that cross-neutralized tier 1 HIV-1 from different subtypes were elicited with vaccine regimens that included immunizations with protein. CONCLUSION Our study warrants further investigation of AdC vector and gp145 protein prime-boost vaccines and their ability to protect against acquisition in animal challenge studies.
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Induction of Heterologous Tier 2 HIV-1-Neutralizing and Cross-Reactive V1/V2-Specific Antibodies in Rabbits by Prime-Boost Immunization. J Virol 2016; 90:8644-60. [PMID: 27440894 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00853-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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UNLABELLED Poxvirus prime-protein boost used in the RV144 trial remains the only immunization strategy shown to elicit a modest level of protection against HIV-1 acquisition in humans. Although neutralizing antibodies (NAb) were generated, they were against sensitive viruses, not the more resistant "tier 2" isolates that dominate circulating strains. Instead, risk reduction correlated with antibodies recognizing epitopes in the V1/V2 region of HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env). Here, we examined whether tier 2 virus NAb and V1/V2-specific non-NAb could be elicited by a poxvirus prime-gp120 boost strategy in a rabbit model. We studied two clade B Envs that differ in multiple parameters, including tissue origin, neutralization sensitivity, and presence of the N197 (N7) glycan that was previously shown to modulate the exposure of conserved epitopes on Env. We demonstrate that immunized rabbits generated cross-reactive neutralizing activities against >50% of the tier 2 global HIV-1 isolates tested. Some of these activities were directed against the CD4 binding site (CD4bs). These rabbits also generated antibodies that recognized protein scaffolds bearing V1/V2 sequences from diverse HIV-1 isolates and mediated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. However, there are subtle differences in the specificities and the response rates of V1/V2-specific antibodies between animals immunized with different Envs, with or without the N7 glycan. These findings demonstrate that antibody responses that have been correlated with protection against HIV-1 acquisition in humans can be elicited in a preclinical model by a poxvirus prime-gp120 boost strategy and that improvements may be achievable by optimizing the nature of the priming and boosting immunogens. IMPORTANCE The only vaccine approach shown to elicit any protective efficacy against HIV-1 acquisition is based on a poxvirus prime-protein boost regimen (RV144 Thai trial). Reduction of risk was associated with nonneutralizing antibodies targeting the V1/V2 loops of the envelope protein gp120. However, the modest efficacy (31.2%) achieved in this trial highlights the need to examine approaches and factors that may improve vaccine-induced responses, including cross-reactive neutralizing activities. We show here that rabbits immunized with a novel recombinant vaccinia virus prime-gp120 protein boost regimen generated antibodies that recognize protein scaffolds bearing V1/V2 sequences from diverse HIV-1 isolates and mediated antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. Importantly, immunized rabbits also showed neutralizing activities against heterologous tier 2 HIV-1 isolates. These findings may inform the design of prime-boost immunization approaches and help improve the protective efficacy of candidate HIV-1 vaccines.
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Liu CC, Zhai C, Zheng XJ, Ye XS. Altering the Specificity of the Antibody Response to HIV gp120 with a Glycoconjugate Antigen. ACS Chem Biol 2016; 11:1702-9. [PMID: 27088577 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.6b00224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
Some conserved glycans on the HIV envelope protein are targets of broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) of HIV. BnAbs provide a precise definition of broadly neutralizing epitopes on the envelope protein of HIV. These epitopes are promising for vaccine design. Many glycan-related antigens with high affinity to bnAbs have been tested as immunogens in vivo. However, it was found that no bnAb-like antibodies were induced. Vaccination with different immunogens containing the same neutralizing epitope may enhance the affinity maturation of antibodies which focus on the shared epitope. This combined immunization strategy showed great potential in peptide epitope-based vaccine design. However, it has not yet been explored on glycan-related epitopes to date. Herein, we take 2G12 as a model to validate this strategy on glycan-related epitopes. A high-affinity antigen of 2G12 was constructed by conjugating the D1 arm tetramannoside to bovine serum albumin. Then, the glycoconjugate was coimmunized with a recombinant gp120, which was expected to selectively benefit the induction of antibodies recognizing the neutralizing epitope of 2G12 on gp120. Mice were inoculated with the two antigens simultaneously or alternately to determine the suitable regimen for this strategy. The serological assays demonstrated that the antibody titers and subtypes responded to the whole gp120 were not improved, and the proportion of antibodies competitively bound to the 2G12 epitope was not enhanced significantly either. However, the coimmunized glycoconjugate selectively raised the proportion of antibodies recognizing D1 arm tetramannoside-related structures on gp120. These results provide important experience for the design of glycan-dependent bnAb-based vaccines.
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- Chang-Cheng Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs,
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Xue Yuan
Rd No. 38, Beijing 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs,
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Xue Yuan
Rd No. 38, Beijing 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs,
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Xue Yuan
Rd No. 38, Beijing 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Natural and Biomimetic Drugs,
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University, Xue Yuan
Rd No. 38, Beijing 100191, China
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Gartlan KH, Krashias G, Wegmann F, Hillson WR, Scherer EM, Greenberg PD, Eisenbarth SC, Moghaddam AE, Sattentau QJ. Sterile inflammation induced by Carbopol elicits robust adaptive immune responses in the absence of pathogen-associated molecular patterns. Vaccine 2016; 34:2188-96. [PMID: 27005810 PMCID: PMC4850248 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.03.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2015] [Revised: 03/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
Carbopol induces Th1/IgG2a responses without PRR activation. Carbopol polymer morphology is changed by APC phagocytosis leading to ROS induction. This study highlights a potentially novel mechanism for in vivo cellular activation.
Carbopol is a polyanionic carbomer used in man for topical application and drug delivery purposes. However parenteral administration of Carbopol in animal models results in systemic adjuvant activity including strong pro-inflammatory type-1 T-cell (Th1) polarization. Here we investigated potential pathways of immune activation by Carbopol by comparison with other well-characterized adjuvants. Carbopol administration triggered rapid and robust leukocyte recruitment, pro-inflammatory cytokine secretion and antigen capture largely by inflammatory monocytes. The induction of antigen specific Th1 cells by Carbopol was found to occur via a non-canonical pathway, independent of MyD88/TRIF signaling and in the absence of pattern-recognition-receptor (PRR) activation typically associated with Th1/Ig2a induction. Using multispectral fluorescence imaging (Imagestream) and electron microscopy we demonstrated that phagocytic uptake of Carbopol particles followed by entry into the phagosomal/lysosomal pathway elicited conformational changes to the polymer and reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. We therefore conclude that Carbopol may mediate its adjuvant activity via novel mechanisms of antigen presenting cell activation and Th1 induction, leading to enhanced IgG2a responses independent of microbial pattern recognition.
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- Kate H Gartlan
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK.
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK
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Dunkel A, Shen S, LaBranche CC, Montefiori D, McGettigan JP. A Bivalent, Chimeric Rabies Virus Expressing Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Envelope Induces Multifunctional Antibody Responses. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2015; 31:1126-38. [PMID: 25848984 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2014.0319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
We previously showed that a matrix (M) gene-deleted rabies virus (RABV)-based vaccine (RABV-ΔM) is highly immunogenic and induces potent B cell responses in the context of RABV infection. We speculated that RABV-ΔM expressing HIV proteins would also induce potent B cell responses against HIV antigens. As a prerequisite to future studies in nonhuman primates, we completed immunogenicity studies in mice to confirm the ability of RABV-ΔM to induce polyfunctional B cell responses in the context of HIV. To that end, the envelope protein from the mac239 strain of SIV (SIVmac239Env) was cloned into RABV-ΔM, resulting in RABV-ΔM-Env. Infectious virus was recovered following standard methods and propagated on baby hamster kidney cells stably expressing RABV M [>10(7) focus forming units (ffu)/ml]. Western blot analysis of cell lysates or of purified virions confirmed Env expression on the surface of infected cells and within virus particles, respectively. Positive neutralization activity against a neutralization-sensitive SIV strain and to a lesser extent against a neutralization-resistant SIV strain was detected in mice after a single intramuscular inoculation with RABV-ΔM-Env. The quality, but not quantity, of the antibody response was enhanced via boosting with recombinant gp130 or RABV-ΔM-Env as measured by an increase in antibody avidity and a skewing toward a Th1-type antibody response. We also show that an intradermal inoculation induces higher antibodies than an intramuscular or intranasal inoculation. An intradermal inoculation of RABV-ΔM-Env followed by a boost inoculation with recombinant gp130 produced anti-SIV antibodies with neutralizing and nonneutralizing antibody (nNAb) effector functions. Together, RABV-ΔM-Env induces B cells to secrete antibodies against SIV with the potential to clear both "free" and cell-associated virus. Strategies capable of eliciting both NAbs as well as nNAbs might help to improve the efficacy of HIV-1 vaccines.
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- Amber Dunkel
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Jefferson Vaccine Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Chemical Cross-Linking Stabilizes Native-Like HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein Trimer Antigens. J Virol 2015; 90:813-28. [PMID: 26512083 PMCID: PMC4702668 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01942-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 10/21/2015] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
Abstract
Major neutralizing antibody immune evasion strategies of the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) trimer include conformational and structural instability. Stabilized soluble trimers such as BG505 SOSIP.664 mimic the structure of virion-associated Env but nevertheless sample different conformational states. Here we demonstrate that treating BG505 SOSIP.664 trimers with glutaraldehyde or a heterobifunctional cross-linker introduces additional stability with relatively modest effects on antigenicity. Thus, most broadly neutralizing antibody (bNAb) epitopes were preserved after cross-linking, whereas the binding of most weakly or nonneutralizing antibodies (non-NAb) was reduced. Cross-linking stabilized all Env conformers present within a mixed population, and individual conformers could be isolated by bNAb affinity chromatography. Both positive selection of cross-linked conformers using the quaternary epitope-specific bNAbs PGT145, PGT151, and 3BC315 and negative selection with non-NAbs against the V3 region enriched for trimer populations with improved antigenicity for bNAbs. Similar results were obtained using the clade B B41 SOSIP.664 trimer. The cross-linking method may, therefore, be useful for countering the natural conformational heterogeneity of some HIV-1 Env proteins and, by extrapolation, also vaccine immunogens from other pathogens. IMPORTANCE The development of a vaccine to induce protective antibodies against HIV-1 is of primary public health importance. Recent advances in immunogen design have provided soluble recombinant envelope glycoprotein trimers with near-native morphology and antigenicity. However, these trimers are conformationally flexible, potentially reducing B-cell recognition of neutralizing antibody epitopes. Here we show that chemical cross-linking increases trimer stability, reducing binding of nonneutralizing antibodies while largely maintaining neutralizing antibody binding. Cross-linking followed by positive or negative antibody affinity selection of individual stable conformational variants further improved the antigenic and morphological characteristics of the trimers. This approach may be generally applicable to HIV-1 Env and also to other conformationally flexible pathogen antigens.
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