TY - JOUR
T1 - Modulating HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein conformation to decrease the HIV-1 reservoir
AU - Rajashekar, Jyothi K.
AU - Richard, Jonathan
AU - Beloor, Jagadish
AU - Prévost, Jérémie
AU - Anand, Sai Priya
AU - Beaudoin-Bussières, Guillaume
AU - Shan, Liang
AU - Herndler-Brandstetter, Dietmar
AU - Gendron-Lepage, Gabrielle
AU - Medjahed, Halima
AU - Bourassa, Catherine
AU - Gaudette, Fleur
AU - Ullah, Irfan
AU - Symmes, Kelly
AU - Peric, Andrew
AU - Lindemuth, Emily
AU - Bibollet-Ruche, Frederic
AU - Park, Jun
AU - Chen, Hung Ching
AU - Kaufmann, Daniel E.
AU - Hahn, Beatrice H.
AU - Sodroski, Joseph
AU - Pazgier, Marzena
AU - Flavell, Richard A.
AU - Smith, Amos B.
AU - Finzi, Andrés
AU - Kumar, Priti
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/6/9
Y1 - 2021/6/9
N2 - Small CD4-mimetic compounds (CD4mc) sensitize HIV-1-infected cells to antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) by facilitating antibody recognition of epitopes that are otherwise occluded on the unliganded viral envelope (Env). Combining CD4mc with two families of CD4-induced (CD4i) antibodies, which are frequently found in plasma of HIV-1-infected individuals, stabilizes Env in a conformation that is vulnerable to ADCC. We employed new-generation SRG-15 humanized mice, supporting natural killer (NK) cell and Fc-effector functions to demonstrate that brief treatment with CD4mc and CD4i-Abs significantly decreases HIV-1 replication, the virus reservoir and viral rebound after ART interruption. These effects required Fc-effector functions and NK cells, highlighting the importance of ADCC. Viral rebound was also suppressed in HIV-1+-donor cell-derived humanized mice supplemented with autologous HIV-1+-donor-derived plasma and CD4mc. These results indicate that CD4mc could have therapeutic utility in infected individuals for decreasing the size of the HIV-1 reservoir and/or achieving a functional cure.
AB - Small CD4-mimetic compounds (CD4mc) sensitize HIV-1-infected cells to antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) by facilitating antibody recognition of epitopes that are otherwise occluded on the unliganded viral envelope (Env). Combining CD4mc with two families of CD4-induced (CD4i) antibodies, which are frequently found in plasma of HIV-1-infected individuals, stabilizes Env in a conformation that is vulnerable to ADCC. We employed new-generation SRG-15 humanized mice, supporting natural killer (NK) cell and Fc-effector functions to demonstrate that brief treatment with CD4mc and CD4i-Abs significantly decreases HIV-1 replication, the virus reservoir and viral rebound after ART interruption. These effects required Fc-effector functions and NK cells, highlighting the importance of ADCC. Viral rebound was also suppressed in HIV-1+-donor cell-derived humanized mice supplemented with autologous HIV-1+-donor-derived plasma and CD4mc. These results indicate that CD4mc could have therapeutic utility in infected individuals for decreasing the size of the HIV-1 reservoir and/or achieving a functional cure.
KW - CD4i Abs
KW - HIV-1
KW - NK cell
KW - SRG-15
KW - State 2A
KW - antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity
KW - envelope glycoprotein
KW - humanized mice
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chom.2021.04.014
DO - 10.1016/j.chom.2021.04.014
M3 - Article
C2 - 34019804
AN - SCOPUS:85108124159
SN - 1931-3128
VL - 29
SP - 904-916.e6
JO - Cell Host and Microbe
JF - Cell Host and Microbe
IS - 6
ER -