Broad and ultra-potent cross-clade neutralization of HIV-1 by a vaccine-induced CD4 binding site bovine antibody

Behnaz Heydarchi, Danielle S. Fong, Hongmei Gao, Natalia A. Salazar-Quiroz, Jack M. Edwards, Christopher A. Gonelli, Samantha Grimley, Turgut E. Aktepe, Charlene Mackenzie, William J. Wales, Marit J. van Gils, Albert Cupo, Isabelle Rouiller, Paul R. Gooley, John P. Moore, Rogier W. Sanders, David Montefiori, Ashish Sethi, Damian F. J. Purcell

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Abstract

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) vaccination of cows has elicited broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs). In this study, monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) are isolated from a clade A (KNH1144 and BG505) vaccinated cow using a heterologous clade B antigen (AD8). CD4 binding site (CD4bs) bNAb (MEL-1872) is more potent than a majority of CD4bs bNAbs isolated so far. MEL-1872 mAb with CDRH3 of 57 amino acids shows more potency (geometric mean half-maximal inhibitory concentration [IC50]: 0.009 μg/mL; breadth: 66%) than VRC01 against clade B viruses (29-fold) and than CHO1-31 against tested clade A viruses (21-fold). It also shows more breadth and potency than NC-Cow1, the only other reported anti-HIV-1 bovine bNAb, which has 60% breadth with geometric mean IC50 of 0.090 μg/mL in this study. Using successive different stable-structured SOSIP trimers in bovines can elicit bNAbs focusing on epitopes ubiquitous across subtypes. Furthermore, the cross-clade selection strategy also results in ultra-potent bNAbs.
Original languageEnglish
Article number100635
JournalCell Reports Medicine
Volume3
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 May 2022

Keywords

  • CDRH3
  • HIV-1
  • antibody
  • antiretroviral
  • cows
  • envelope glycoprotein
  • neutralization
  • vaccine

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