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A gp41 MPER-specific llama VHH requires a hydrophobic CDR3 for neutralization but not for antigen recognition

  • The membrane proximal external region (MPER) of the HIV-1 glycoprotein gp41 is targeted by the broadly neutralizing antibodies 2F5 and 4E10. To date, no immunization regimen in animals or humans has produced HIV-1 neutralizing MPER-specific antibodies. We immunized llamas with gp41-MPER proteoliposomes and selected a MPER-specific single chain antibody (VHH), 2H10, whose epitope overlaps with that of mAb 2F5. Bi-2H10, a bivalent form of 2H10, which displayed an approximately 20-fold increased affinity compared to the monovalent 2H10, neutralized various sensitive and resistant HIV-1 strains, as well as SHIV strains in TZM-bl cells. X-ray and NMR analyses combined with mutagenesis and modeling revealed that 2H10 recognizes its gp41 epitope in a helical conformation. Notably, tryptophan 100 at the tip of the long CDR3 is not required for gp41 interaction but essential for neutralization. Thus bi-2H10 is an anti-MPER antibody generated by immunization that requires hydrophobic CDR3 determinants in addition to epitope recognition for neutralization similar to the mode of neutralization employed by mAbs 2F5 and 4E10.

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Author:David Lutje Hulsik, Ying-ying Liu, Nika M. Strokappe, Simone Battella, Mohamed El Khattabi, Laura E. McCoy, Charles Sabin, Andreas HinzGND, Miriam Hock, Pauline Macheboeuf, Alexandre M. J. J. Bonvin, Johannes P. M. Langedijk, David Davis, Anna Forsman Quigley, Marlén M. I. Aasa-Chapman, Michael S. Seaman, Alejandra Ramos, Pascal Poignard, Adrien Favier, Jean-Pierre Simorre, Robin A. Weiss, C. Theo Verrips, Winfried Weissenhorn, Lucy Rutten
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-290650
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003202
ISSN:1553-7374
ISSN:1553-7366
Parent Title (English):PLoS pathogens
Publisher:PLoS
Place of publication:Lawrence, Kan.
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2013/03/07
Date of first Publication:2013/03/07
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2013/03/12
Volume:9
Issue:(3): e1003202
Page Number:16
Note:
Copyright: © 2013 Lutje Hulsik et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
HeBIS-PPN:334150663
Institutes:Biochemie, Chemie und Pharmazie / Biochemie und Chemie
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0