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JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
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AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01478-23
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HIV-1; vaccine; monoclonal antibodies; LIBRA-seq; guinea pig; immunogen
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This study investigated multivalent HIV-1 Env immunization strategies and developed a novel method for screening guinea pig B cell receptor antigen specificity. The research found that immunization with a cocktail of three Env strains could provide broader neutralization effects, but a larger cocktail size may have detrimental effects.
Consistent elicitation of serum antibody responses that neutralize diverse clades of HIV-1 remains a primary goal of HIV-1 vaccine research. Prior work has defined key features of soluble HIV-1 Envelope (Env) immunogen cocktails that influence the neutralization breadth and potency of multivalent vaccine-elicited antibody responses including the number of Env strains in the regimen. We designed immunization groups that consisted of different numbers of SOSIP Env strains to be used in a cocktail immunization strategy: the smallest cocktail (group 2) consisted of a set of two Env strains, which were a subset of the three Env strains that made up group 3, which, in turn, were a subset of the six Env strains that made up group 4. Serum neutralizing titers were modestly broader in guinea pigs that were immunized with a cocktail of three Envs compared to cocktails of two and six, suggesting that multivalent Env immunization could provide a benefit but may be detrimental when the cocktail size is too large. We then adapted the LIBRA-seq platform for antibody discovery to be compatible with guinea pigs, and isolated several tier 2 neutralizing monoclonal antibodies. Three antibodies isolated from two separate guinea pigs were similar in their gene usage and CDR3s, establishing evidence for a guinea pig public clonotype elicited through vaccination. Taken together, this work investigated multivalent HIV-1 Env immunization strategies and provides a novel methodology for screening guinea pig B cell receptor antigen specificity at a high-throughput level using LIBRA-seq.
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