Three families of CD4-induced antibodies are associated with the capacity of plasma from people living with HIV to mediate ADCC in presence of CD4-mimetics

Alexandra Tauzin, Lorie Marchitto, Étienne Bélanger, Mehdi Benlarbi, Guillaume Beaudoin-Bussières, Jérémie Prévost, Derek Yang, Ta-Jung Chiu, Hung-Ching Chen, Catherine Bourassa, Halima Medjahed, Marek K Korzeniowski, Suneetha Gottumukkala, William D Tolbert, Jonathan Richard, Amos B Smith, Marzena Pazgier, Andrés Finzi

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Abstract

CD4-mimetics (CD4mcs) are small molecule compounds that mimic the interaction of the CD4 receptor with HIV-1 envelope glycoproteins (Env). Env from primary viruses normally samples a "closed" conformation which occludes epitopes recognized by CD4-induced (CD4i) non-neutralizing antibodies (nnAbs). CD4mcs induce conformational changes on Env resulting in the exposure of these otherwise inaccessible epitopes. Here we evaluated the capacity of plasma from a cohort of 50 people living with HIV to recognize HIV-1-infected cells and eliminate them by antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) in the presence of a potent indoline CD4mc. We observed a marked heterogeneity among plasma samples. By measuring the levels of different families of CD4i Abs, we found that the levels of anti-cluster A, anti-coreceptor binding site and anti-gp41 cluster I antibodies are responsible for plasma-mediated ADCC in presence of CD4mc.

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Journalmedrxiv
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StatePublished - 4 Jun 2024

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