Abstract

The Thai Phase III clinical trial (RV144) showed modest efficacy in preventing HIV-1 acquisition. Plasma collected from HIV-1-uninfected trial participants completing all injections with ALVAC-HIV (vCP1521) prime and AIDSVAX B/E boost were tested for antibody responses against HIV-1 gp120 envelope (Env). Peptide microarray analysis from six HIV-1 subtypes and group M consensus showed that vaccination induced antibody responses to the second variable (V2) loop of gp120 of multiple subtypes. We further evaluated V2 responses by ELISA and surface plasmon resonance using cyclic (Cyc) and linear V2 loop peptides. Thirty-one of 32 vaccine recipients tested (97%) had antibody responses against Cyc V2 at 2 weeks postimmunization with a reciprocal geometric mean titer (GMT) of 1100 (range: 200–3200). The frequency of detecting plasma V2 antibodies declined to 19% at 28 weeks post-last injection (GMT: 110, range: 100–200). Antibody responses targeted the mid-region of the V2 loop that contains conserved epitopes and has the amino acid sequence KQKVHALFYKLDIVPI (HXB2 Numbering sequence 169–184). Valine at position 172 was critical for antibody binding. The frequency of V3 responses at 2 weeks postimmunization was modest (18/32, 56%) with a GMT of 185 (range: 100–800). In contrast, naturally infected HIV-1 individuals had a lower frequency of antibody responses to V2 (10/20, 50%; p=0.003) and a higher frequency of responses to V3 (19/20, 95%), with GMTs of 400 (range: 100–3200) and 3570 (range: 200–12,800), respectively. RV144 vaccination induced antibodies that targeted a region of the V2 loop that contains conserved epitopes. Early HIV-1 transmission events involve V2 loop interactions, raising the possibility that anti-V2 antibodies in RV144 may have contributed to viral inhibition.

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cover image AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
Volume 28Issue Number 11November 2012
Pages: 1444 - 1457
PubMed: 23035746

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Published online: 5 November 2012
Published in print: November 2012
Published ahead of print: 4 October 2012

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Nicos Karasavvas
Department of Retrovirology, U.S. Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (USAMC-AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand.
Erik Billings
U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Rockville, Maryland.
Mangala Rao
USMHRP, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Constance Williams
Department of Pathology and Pharmacology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York.
Susan Zolla-Pazner
Department of Pathology and Pharmacology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York.
Veterans Affairs Harbor Healthcare System, New York, New York.
Robert T. Bailer
Immunology Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Richard A. Koup
Immunology Laboratory, Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
Sirinan Madnote
Department of Retrovirology, U.S. Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (USAMC-AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand.
Duangnapa Arworn
Department of Retrovirology, U.S. Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (USAMC-AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand.
Xiaoying Shen
Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Georgia D. Tomaras
Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Jeffrey R. Currier
U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Rockville, Maryland.
Mike Jiang
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington.
Craig Magaret
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington.
Charla Andrews
U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Rockville, Maryland.
Raphael Gottardo
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington.
Peter Gilbert
Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington.
Timothy J. Cardozo
Department of Pathology and Pharmacology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, New York.
Supachai Rerks-Ngarm
Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand.
Sorachai Nitayaphan
Royal Thai Army Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok Thailand.
Punnee Pitisuttithum
Vaccine Trial Center and Department of Clinical Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Jaranit Kaewkungwal
Center of Excellence for Biomedical and Public Health Informatics (BIOPHICS), Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Robert Paris
USMHRP, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
Kelli Greene
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Hongmei Gao
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Sanjay Gurunathan
Sanofi Pasteur, Swiftwater, Pennsylvania.
Jim Tartaglia
Sanofi Pasteur, Swiftwater, Pennsylvania.
Faruk Sinangil
Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases, South San Francisco, California.
Bette T. Korber
Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
David C. Montefiori
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
John R. Mascola
Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Merlin L. Robb
U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Rockville, Maryland.
Barton F. Haynes
Duke Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
Viseth Ngauy
Department of Retrovirology, U.S. Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (USAMC-AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand.
Nelson L. Michael
USMHRP, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Jerome H. Kim
USMHRP, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Mark S. de Souza, for the MOPH TAVEG Collaboration
Department of Retrovirology, U.S. Army Medical Component, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (USAMC-AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand.

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Address correspondence to:Nicos KarasavvasDepartment of RetrovirologyUSAMC-AFRIMS315/6 Rajvithi RoadBangkok 10400Thailand
E-mail: [email protected]

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