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| Title | Vaccine elicitation of HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies against both V2 apex and fusion peptide in rhesus macaques. |
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| Journal, issue, pages | Cell Rep, Vol. 45, Issue 2, Page 116905, Year 2026 |
| Publish date | Jan 28, 2026 |
Authors | Hongying Duan / Joseph P Nkolola / Shuishu Wang / Jayeshbhai Chaudhari / I-Ting Teng / Christy Lavine / Danealle K Parchment / George S Sellers / Krisha McKee / Sijy O'Dell / Misook Choe / Haijuan Du / Baoshan Zhang / Alejandro A Espinosa Perez / Annika Rossler / Ninaad Lasrado / Andrea Biju / Jordan E Becker / Robin Carroll / Audrey S Carson / Amy R Henry / Nicholas C Morano / Madeeha Mughal / Reda Rawi / Ryan S Roark / Chaim A Schramm / Chen-Hsiang Shen / Sarah C Smith / Tyler Stephens / Yaroslav Tsybovsky / David J Van Wazer / Hua Wang / Yongping Yang / Lucy Rutten / Johannes P M Langedijk / Cheng Cheng / Lingshu Wang / Daniel C Douek / Richard A Koup / John R Mascola / Lawrence Shapiro / Tongqing Zhou / Nicole A Doria-Rose / Bette Korber / Michael S Seaman / Theodore C Pierson / Peter D Kwong / Dan H Barouch / ![]() |
| PubMed Abstract | Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) targeting multiple sites of HIV-1 Env vulnerability can be induced by infection, but simultaneous elicitation of bNAbs against multiple epitopes has not been ...Broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) targeting multiple sites of HIV-1 Env vulnerability can be induced by infection, but simultaneous elicitation of bNAbs against multiple epitopes has not been achieved by vaccination. In this study, we designed a dual-epitope vaccine targeting both the fusion peptide (FP) and the V2 apex and evaluated its capacity to induce bNAbs against both epitopes in rhesus macaques. This vaccine combined an FP conjugate with a cocktail of engineered Env trimers with enhanced V2 apex recognition and increased antigen retention in lymph nodes. Macaque immunization with the dual-epitope vaccine elicited >1,000-fold higher autologous tier 2-neutralizing titers than wild-type Env trimers and enhanced heterologous neutralization. Both FP- and V2 apex-monoclonal antibodies were isolated from immunized macaques and showed heterologous neutralization with genetic and structural signatures similar to well-characterized FP and V2 apex bNAbs. These results demonstrate proof of concept for simultaneous vaccine elicitation of neutralizing antibodies against multiple sites of Env vulnerability. |
External links | Cell Rep / PubMed:41615799 |
| Methods | EM (single particle) |
| Resolution | 3.01 - 3.94 Å |
| Structure data | EMDB-71766, PDB-9pni: EMDB-71767, PDB-9pnn: EMDB-71772, PDB-9pnu: EMDB-71781, PDB-9pq2: EMDB-71782, PDB-9pq3: |
| Chemicals | ![]() ChemComp-NAG: ![]() ChemComp-MAN: |
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Keywords | VIRAL PROTEIN/IMMUNE SYSTEM / antibody-antigen complex / fusion peptide directed / viral surface glycoprotein / ANTIVIRAL PROTEIN / VIRAL PROTEIN-IMMUNE SYSTEM complex / V2-directed antibody / VIRAL PROTEIN / Envelope trimer / 459C-WT / RnS DS-SOSIP immunogen / 459C-ALT |
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