Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Induction of tier-2 neutralizing antibodies in mice with a DNA-encoded HIV envelope native like trimer

  • Ziyang Xu,
  • Susanne Walker,
  • Megan C. Wise,
  • Neethu Chokkalingam,
  • Mansi Purwar,
  • Alan Moore,
  • Edgar Tello-Ruiz,
  • Yuanhan Wu,
  • Sonali Majumdar,
  • Kylie M. Konrath,
  • Abhijeet Kulkarni,
  • Nicholas J. Tursi,
  • Faraz I. Zaidi,
  • Emma L. Reuschel,
  • Ishaan Patel,
  • April Obeirne,
  • Jianqiu Du,
  • Katherine Schultheis,
  • Lauren Gites,
  • Trevor Smith,
  • Janess Mendoza,
  • Kate E. Broderick,
  • Laurent Humeau,
  • Jesper Pallesen,
  • David B. Weiner,
  • Daniel W. Kulp

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28363-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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HIV envelope is a target for vaccine development, but induction of broadly neutralizing antibodies has been difficult. Here, the authors show that electroporation with a synthetic DNA vaccine construct allows in vivo production of HIV envelope native like trimers to induce autologous tier-2 neutralizing antibodies targeting a C3/V5 epitope in mice.