Abstract
A panel of paired primary virus isolates and envelope pseudoviruses from sixty strains representing six HIV-1 clades was tested for neutralization using pooled, clade-specific plasma in two prominently utilized neutralization platforms: a primary isolate assay using peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and a pseudovirus assay using a reporter epithelial cell line. Using the PMBC assay, pairing of the antibody pool against homologous clade viruses generated the highest geometric mean neutralizing antibody titer in 4 out of 6 clades tested, and neutralization patterns showed numerous examples of reciprocal cross-recognition between antibody and viruses of specific clade pairs. In the pseudovirus assay, cross-clade neutralization was more limited, with fewer distinct cross-clade relationships evident. The clade C antibody pool was broadly cross-reactive, neutralizing the greatest number of viruses in both assays. These data highlight the importance of the neutralization assay format employed and suggest that clade C envelopes merit further evaluation for the elicitation of broadly neutralizing antibodies.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 529-538 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Virology |
| Volume | 375 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 5 Jun 2008 |
Keywords
- Cross-clade
- HIV-1 neutralization
- Primary isolate
- Pseudovirus
- TZM-bl reporter cells