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ArticleJournal of virology2007

Unique mutational patterns in the envelope alpha 2 amphipathic helix and acquisition of length in gp120 hypervariable domains are associated with resistance to autologous neutralization of subtype C human immunodeficiency virus type 1.

Rong Rong, S Gnanakaran, Julie M Decker, Frederic Bibollet-Ruche, Jesse Taylor, Jeffrey N Sfakianos, John L Mokili, Mark Muldoon, Joseph Mulenga, Susan Allen and 6 more

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16 authors.

Rong RongDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA.
S Gnanakaran
Julie M Decker
Frederic Bibollet-Ruche
Jesse Taylor
Jeffrey N Sfakianos
John L Mokili
Mark Muldoon
Joseph Mulenga
Susan Allen
Beatrice H Hahn
George M Shaw
Jerry L Blackwell
Bette T Korber
Eric Hunter
Cynthia A Derdeyn

Funding

YNPRC NHP CLINICAL MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM - SUPPLEMENTP51RR000165 · NCRR · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI ALTMAN, JOHN DAVID · 1985 to 2011
$114.0M
Virologic Correlates of Heterosexual TransmissionR01AI051231 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ALLEN, TODD M, HUNTER, ERIC · 2002 to 2022
$9.9M
Role of V1V2 in HIV transmission and pathogenesisR01AI058706 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI DERDEYN, CYNTHIA ANN · 2004 to 2016
$6.7M
NCRR NIH HHS P51 RR000165NCRR NIH HHS RR-00165NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI051231NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI058706NIAID NIH HHS R01-AI-51231NIAID NIH HHS R01-AI-58706
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Abstract

Autologous neutralizing antibodies (NAb) against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 generate viral escape variants; however, the mechanisms of escape are not clearly defined. In a previous study, we determined the susceptibilities of 48 donor and 25 recipient envelope (Env) glycoproteins from five subtype C heterosexual transmission pairs to NAb in donor plasma by using a virus pseudotyping assay, thereby providing an ideal setting to probe the determinants of susceptibility to neutralization. In the present study, acquisition of length in the Env gp120 hypervariable domains was shown to correlate with resistance to NAb in donor plasma (P = 0.01; Kendall's tau test) but not in heterologous plasma. Sequence divergence in the gp120 V1-to-V4 region also correlated with resistance to donor (P = 0.0002) and heterologous (P = 0.001) NAb. A mutual information analysis suggested possible associations of nine amino acid positions in V1 to V4 with NAb resistance to the donor's antibodies, and five of these were located within an 18-residue amphipathic helix (alpha2) located on the gp120 outer domain. High nonsynonymous-to-synonymous substitution (dN/dS) ratios, indicative of positive selection, were also found at these five positions in subtype C sequences in the database. Nevertheless, exchange of the entire alpha2 helix between resistant donor Envs and sensitive recipient Envs did not alter the NAb phenotype. The combined mutual information and dN/dS analyses suggest that unique mutational patterns in alpha2 and insertions in the V1-to-V4 region are associated with NAb resistance during subtype C infection but that the selected positions within the alpha2 helix must be linked to still other changes in Env to confer antibody escape. These findings suggest that subtype C viruses utilize mutations in the alpha2 helix for efficient viral replication and immune avoidance.

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MutationAmino Acid SequenceHIV-1HIV AntibodiesHIV Envelope Protein gp120HumansMolecular Sequence DataNeutralization TestsProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein Structure, TertiaryHIV AntibodiesHIV Envelope Protein gp120

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PMID17360739
PMCPMC1900276

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