Studies on HIV-2 antibody mediated neutralisation, coreceptor usage and in vivo tropism
Author: Mörner, Andreas
Date: 2001-12-12
Location: Hillarpsalen, Retziuslaboratoriet, Scheeles väg 8
Time: 9.30
Department: Mikrobiologiskt och Tumörbiologiskt Centrum (MTC) / Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center (MTC)
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Abstract
Human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) is the second virus that
causes AIDS in humans. It has a genetic identity with HIV-1 of 40-60% and
similar genetic organisation and biological properties, but the two
viruses are distinguished certain features. HIV-2's geographical spread
is mainly restricted to West Africa, the clinical latency period is
significantly longer than for HIV-1, it has a reduced heterosexual and
vertical transmission rate and lower levels plasma virus are found in
infected individuals. The reasons for these differences are largely
unknown. The aim of this thesis was to characterise different biological
properties of HIV-2.
Since induction of broadly neutralising antibodies is a desirable feature
of a future HIV-2 vaccine, knowledge of neutralising epitopes in the
HIV-2 envelope proteins is important. By peptide immunisation of guinea
pigs, the central and C-terminal part of the V3 region of HIV2 gp125 was
confirmed to be an important target for neutralising antibodies. However,
subtle changes in the sequence and length of peptides resulted in major
differences in the ability to elicit HIV-2 neutralising antibodies. The
conserved F-315, H-316, W-329 and C-330 amino acid residues were
suggested to participate in a conformational neutralising epitope.
Production of recombinant human antibody Fab fragments by combinatorial
library/phage display was shown to be a suitable method to obtain
anti-HIV-2 antibodies with neutralising capacity. Six Fabs that
neutralised the homologous strain SBL6669 were obtained, of which one
also neutralised a heterologous virus isolate.
The tropism of HIV is largely determined by the coreceptor usage of the
virus. Primary HIV-2 isolates were shown to frequently use CCR5, but were
often promiscuous in coreceptor usage. Broadening of coreceptor usage was
not associated with disease progression. CXCR4 usage was observed for
some isolates recovered from patients with advanced disease, and appeared
to correlate with positively charged amino acid residues at positions 314
andlor 313 in the V3 loop. Low level BOB expression in MT-2 cells coupled
with promiscuous coreceptor usage among HIV-2 isolates was suggested to
account for difficulties in clearly distinguishing distinct phenotypic
groups in MT-2 cells. CCR5 or CXCR4 were shown to be required for
efficient infection of PBMC by primary HIV-2 isolates in vitro. However,
inefficient CCR5 and CXCR4 independent infection of PBMC was observed for
the majority of isolates tested.
Productive HIV-2 infection in the brain was shown to be restricted to
macrophages or microglia. Thus, the broad coreceptor usage and relative
CD4 independence of HIV-2 in vitro appears to have little influence on
the in vivo tropism, at least in the brain compartment. Other factors are
therefore suggested to account for the higher frequency of encephalopathy
observed in HIV-2 than in HIV-1 infection.
List of papers:
I. Morner A, Achour A, Norin M, Thorstensson R, Bjorling E (1999). "Fine characterization of a V3-region neutralizing epitope in human immunodeficiency virus type 2. " Virus Res 59(1): 49-60
Pubmed
II. Bjorling E, von Garrelts E, Morner A, Ehnlund M, Persson MA (1999). "Human neutralizing human immunodeficiency virus type 2-specific Fab molecules generated by phage display. " J Gen Virol 80 ( Pt 8): 1987-93
Pubmed
III. Morner A, Bjorndal A, Albert J, Kewalramani VN, Littman DR, Inoue R, Thorstensson R, Fenyo EM, Bjorling E (1999). "Primary human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) isolates, like HIV-1 isolates, frequently use CCR5 but show promiscuity in coreceptor usage. " J Virol 73(3): 2343-9
Pubmed
IV. Morner A, Bjorndal A, Leandersson AC, Albert J, Bjorling E, Jansson M (2001). "CCR5 or CXCR4 are required for efficient infection of peripheral blood mononuclear cells by promiscuous human immunodeficiency virus type 2 primary isolates." AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses (In Print)
V. Morner A, Lucas S, Bjorling E, Thomas A, McKnight A (2001). "Productive HIV-2 infection in the CNS is restricted to macrophages/microglia." (Manuscript)
I. Morner A, Achour A, Norin M, Thorstensson R, Bjorling E (1999). "Fine characterization of a V3-region neutralizing epitope in human immunodeficiency virus type 2. " Virus Res 59(1): 49-60
Pubmed
II. Bjorling E, von Garrelts E, Morner A, Ehnlund M, Persson MA (1999). "Human neutralizing human immunodeficiency virus type 2-specific Fab molecules generated by phage display. " J Gen Virol 80 ( Pt 8): 1987-93
Pubmed
III. Morner A, Bjorndal A, Albert J, Kewalramani VN, Littman DR, Inoue R, Thorstensson R, Fenyo EM, Bjorling E (1999). "Primary human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) isolates, like HIV-1 isolates, frequently use CCR5 but show promiscuity in coreceptor usage. " J Virol 73(3): 2343-9
Pubmed
IV. Morner A, Bjorndal A, Leandersson AC, Albert J, Bjorling E, Jansson M (2001). "CCR5 or CXCR4 are required for efficient infection of peripheral blood mononuclear cells by promiscuous human immunodeficiency virus type 2 primary isolates." AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses (In Print)
V. Morner A, Lucas S, Bjorling E, Thomas A, McKnight A (2001). "Productive HIV-2 infection in the CNS is restricted to macrophages/microglia." (Manuscript)
Issue date: 2001-11-21
Publication year: 2001
ISBN: 91-7349-056-3
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