Focusing antibody responses to the fusion peptide in rhesus macaques.
Journal
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
Titre abrégé: bioRxiv
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101680187
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
27 Jun 2023
27 Jun 2023
Historique:
pubmed:
10
7
2023
medline:
10
7
2023
entrez:
10
7
2023
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Immunodominance of antibodies targeting non-neutralizing epitopes and the high level of somatic hypermutation within germinal centers (GCs) required for most HIV broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) are major impediments to the development of an effective HIV vaccine. Rational protein vaccine design and non-conventional immunization strategies are potential avenues to overcome these hurdles. Here, we report using implantable osmotic pumps to continuously deliver a series of epitope-targeted immunogens to rhesus macaques over the course of six months to elicit immune responses against the conserved fusion peptide. Antibody specificities and GC responses were tracked longitudinally using electron microscopy polyclonal epitope mapping (EMPEM) and lymph node fine-needle aspirates, respectively. Application of cryoEMPEM delineated key residues for on-target and off-target responses that can drive the next round of structure-based vaccine design.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37425865
doi: 10.1101/2023.06.26.545779
pmc: PMC10327030
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Preprint
Langues
eng
Subventions
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : UM1 AI144462
Pays : United States
Organisme : Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
ID : INV-007368
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : P01 AI048240
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIGMS NIH HHS
ID : U24 GM129547
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIAID NIH HHS
ID : R01 AI145629
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIH HHS
ID : P51 OD011132
Pays : United States
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflicts of Interest None.