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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 194, Issue 11, Pages 5320-5328Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1402918
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- National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Grant [510448]
- Medical Research Foundation of Royal Perth Hospital Grant [2011/027]
- Delaney AIDS Research Enterprise Grant [AI096109]
- University of California San Francisco/Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology Center for AIDS Research Grant [P30 AI027763]
- Center for AIDS Research Network of Integrated Systems Grant [R24 AI067039]
- Raine Medical Research Foundation
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Identifying the mechanisms of natural control of HIV-1 infection could lead to novel approaches to prevent or cure HIV infection. Several studies have associated natural control of HIV-1 infection with IgG Abs against HIV-1 Gag proteins (e.g., p24) and/or production of IgG2 Abs against HIV-1 proteins. These Abs likely exert their effect by activating antiviral effector cell responses rather than virus neutralization. We hypothesized that an opsonophagocytic IgG Ab response against HIV-1 p24 that activates plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) through Fc gamma RIIa would be associated with control of HIV and that this would be enhanced by Ab isotype diversification. Using the Gen2.2 pDC cell line, we demonstrated that pDC-reactive opsonophagocytic IgG Ab responses against HIV-1 p24 were higher in HIV controllers (HIV RNA < 2000 copies/ml) than noncontrollers (HIV RNA > 10,000 copies/ml), particularly in controllers with low but detectable viremia (HIV RNA 75-2000 copies/ml). Opsonophagocytic Ab responses correlated with plasma levels of IgG1 and IgG2 anti-HIV-1 p24 and, notably, correlated inversely with plasma HIV RNA levels in viremic HIV patients. Phagocytosis of these Abs was mediated via FcgRIIa. Isotype diversification (toward IgG2) was greatest in HIV controllers, and depletion of IgG2 from Ig preparations indicated that IgG2 Abs to HIV-1 p24 do not enhance phagocytosis, suggesting that they enhance other aspects of Ab function, such as Ag opsonization. Our findings emulate those for pDC-reactive opsonophagocytic Ab responses against coxsackie, picorna, and influenza viruses and demonstrate a previously undefined immune correlate of HIV-1 control that may be relevant to HIV vaccine development.
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