Cell Reports (Mar 2023)

Neonatal SHIV infection in rhesus macaques elicited heterologous HIV-1-neutralizing antibodies

  • Bhavna Hora,
  • Hui Li,
  • Xiaoying Shen,
  • Mitchell Martin,
  • Yue Chen,
  • Madison Berry,
  • Tyler Evangelous,
  • Andrew N. Macintyre,
  • Aria Arus-Altuz,
  • Shuyi Wang,
  • Ajay Singh,
  • Chengyan Zhao,
  • Nicole De Naeyer,
  • Todd DeMarco,
  • Cindy Kuykendall,
  • Thaddeus Gurley,
  • Kevin O. Saunders,
  • Thomas Denny,
  • M. Anthony Moody,
  • John Misamore,
  • Mark G. Lewis,
  • Kevin Wiehe,
  • Derek W. Cain,
  • David C. Montefiori,
  • George M. Shaw,
  • Wilton B. Williams

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 42, no. 3
p. 112255

Abstract

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Summary: Infants and children infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 have been shown to develop neutralizing antibodies (nAbs) against heterologous HIV-1 strains, characteristic of broadly nAbs (bnAbs). Thus, having a neonatal model for the induction of heterologous HIV-1 nAbs may provide insights into the mechanisms of neonatal bnAb development. Here, we describe a neonatal model for heterologous HIV-1 nAb induction in pathogenic simian-HIV (SHIV)-infected rhesus macaques (RMs). Viral envelope (env) evolution showed mutations at multiple sites, including nAb epitopes. All 13 RMs generated plasma autologous HIV-1 nAbs. However, 8/13 (62%) RMs generated heterologous HIV-1 nAbs with increasing potency over time, albeit with limited breadth, and mapped to multiple nAb epitopes, suggestive of a polyclonal response. Moreover, plasma heterologous HIV-1 nAb development was associated with antigen-specific, lymph-node-derived germinal center activity. We define a neonatal model for heterologous HIV-1 nAb induction that may inform future pediatric HIV-1 vaccines for bnAb induction in infants and children.

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