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AuthorsM.J. van Gils, Z. Euler, B. Schweighardt, T. Wrin, H. Schuitemaker
TitlePrevalence of cross-reactive HIV-1-neutralizing activity in HIV-1-infected patients with rapid or slow disease progression
JournalAIDS
Volume23
Year2009
Issue18
Pages2405-2414
ISSN02699370
FacultyAMC-UvA
AbstractObjective: The native envelope gp160 trimer of HIV-1 is thought to shield vulnerable epitopes that could otherwise elicit effectively neutralizing antibodies. However, little is known about the prevalence of naturally occurring broadly neutralizing activity in serum of HIV-1-infected individuals. Methods: Here, we studied 35 participants of the Amsterdam Cohort Studies on HIV-1 infection (20 long-term nonprogressors and 15 progressors) for the presence of cross-reactive neutralizing activity in their sera at 2 and 4 years after seroconversion. Neutralizing activity was tested in a pseudovirus assay, against a panel of HIV-1 envelope variants from subtypes A, 13, C, and D. Results: Already at year 2 after seroconversion, seven out of 35 individuals (20%) had cross-reactive neutralizing activity, which increased to 11 individuals (31%) at 4 years after seroconversion. There was no difference in the prevalence of cross-reactive neutralizing serum activity between long-term nonprogressors and progressors. Interestingly, high plasma viral RNA load and low CD4(+) cell count at set-point were associated with early development of cross-reactive neutralizing activity. Neutralization titers in serum increased during the course of infection for 91% of individuals studied here, although less rapidly for those who did not develop cross-reactive neutralizing activity. Conclusion: Overall, we here demonstrate a relatively high prevalence of cross-reactive neutralizing serum activity in HIV-1-infected patients, which increased with duration of infection. These data may imply that immunogenicity of the native envelope spike of HIV-1 for eliciting cross-reactive humoral immune responses may be better than previously anticipated. (C) 2009 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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