Antibody light-chain-restricted recognition of the site of immune pressure in the RV144 HIV-1 vaccine trial is phylogenetically conserved

Kevin Wiehe*, David Easterhoff, Kan Luo, Nathan I. Nicely, Todd Bradley, Frederick H. Jaeger, S. Moses Dennison, Ruijun Zhang, Krissey E. Lloyd, Christina Stolarchuk, Robert Parks, Laura L. Sutherland, Richard M. Scearce, Lynn Morris, Jaranit Kaewkungwal, Sorachai Nitayaphan, Punnee Pitisuttithum, Supachai Rerks-Ngarm, Faruk Sinangil, Sanjay PhogatNelson L. Michael, Jerome H. Kim, Garnett Kelsoe, David C. Montefiori, Georgia D. Tomaras, Mattia Bonsignori, Sampa Santra, Thomas B. Kepler, S. Munir Alam, M. Anthony Moody, Hua Xin Liao, Barton F. Haynes

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Abstract

In HIV-1, the ability to mount antibody responses to conserved, neutralizing epitopes is critical for protection. Here we have studied the light chain usage of human and rhesus macaque antibodies targeted to a dominant region of the HIV-1 envelope second variable (V2) region involving lysine (K) 169, the site of immune pressure in the RV144 vaccine efficacy trial. We found that humans and rhesus macaques used orthologous lambda variable gene segments encoding a glutamic acid-aspartic acid (ED) motif for K169 recognition. Structure determination of an unmutated ancestor antibody demonstrated that the V2 binding site was preconfigured for ED motif-mediated recognition prior to maturation. Thus, light chain usage for recognition of the site of immune pressure in the RV144 trial is highly conserved across species. These data indicate that the HIV-1 K169-recognizing ED motif has persisted over the diversification between rhesus macaques and humans, suggesting an evolutionary advantage of this antibody recognition mode.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)909-918
Number of pages10
JournalImmunity
Volume41
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Dec 2014
Externally publishedYes

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