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ReportsRational Design of Envelope Identifies Broadly Neutralizing Human Monoclonal Antibodies to HIV-1![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
Cross-reactive neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) are found in the sera of many HIV-1–infected subjects, but the virologic basis of their neutralization remains poorly understood. We used knowledge of HIV-1 envelope (Env) structure to develop antigenically resurfaced glycoproteins specific for the structurally conserved site of CD4 receptor binding. These probes were used to identify sera with NAbs to the CD4-binding site (CD4bs) and to isolate individual B cells from such an HIV-1–infected donor. By expressing immunoglobulin genes from individual cells, we identified three monoclonal antibodies, including a pair of somatic variants that neutralized over 90% of circulating HIV-1 isolates. Exceptionally broad HIV-1 neutralization can be achieved with individual antibodies targeted to the functionally conserved CD4bs of gp120, an important insight for future HIV-1 vaccine design.
1 Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
2 Biostatistics Research Branch, Division of Clinical Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. 3 Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. 4 Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. 5 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA. * These authors contributed equally to this work.
Received for publication 28 January 2010. Accepted for publication 4 May 2010.
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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)