Neutralization of HIV-1 by redirection of natural antibodies
- 26 August 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Vol. 105 (34), 12515-12520
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0805777105
Abstract
The great variability and high glycosylation of gp120 poses a great challenge for the design of a functional immune therapy. The binding region of the CD4 receptor to gp120, however, is well conserved and may constitute a target to limit viral entry and infectivity. Our strategy consists in using a preexisting pool of natural antibodies directed toward the gal(α1,3)gal disaccharide and to redirect it to HIV. We here show that using CD4-derived, gp120-binding, synthetic peptides chemically linked to gal(α1,3)gal can redirect these natural antibodies and improve the HIV-1 neutralizing activity of the CD4-derived peptides in vitro. Importantly, the binding of the CD4-gal(α1,3)gal peptides to HIV-1–infected cells conferred antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity after the addition of human sera. Thus, the temporary redirection of naturally occurring antibodies and their biological activities to a new antigen represents a completely new way of targeting a human disease.Keywords
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