Journal
CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 146, Issue 1, Pages 46-55Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2012.11.003
Keywords
IgH gene; V-H replacement; Anti-HIV antibody; gp120; CD4i antibody
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- UAB CFAR pilot grant
- NIH [K01AR048592, R21AI073174, R56 AI098576-01A1]
- NSF [DBI0844749]
- DFG [SFB/TR22 TPA17]
- Div Of Biological Infrastructure
- Direct For Biological Sciences [0844749] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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V-H replacement occurs through RAG-mediated secondary recombination to change unwanted IgH genes and diversify antibody repertoire. The biological significance of V-H replacement remains to be explored. Here, we show that V-H replacement products are highly enriched in IgH genes encoding anti-HIV antibodies, including anti-gp41, anti-V3 loop, anti-gp120, CD4i, and PGT antibodies. In particular, 73% of the CD4i antibodies and 100% of the PGT antibodies are encoded by potential VH replacement products. Such frequencies are significantly higher than those in IgH genes derived from HIV infected individuals or autoimmune patients. The identified V-H replacement products encoding anti-HIV antibodies are highly mutated; the V-H replacement footprints within CD4i antibodies preferentially encode negatively charged amino acids within the IgH CDR3; many IgH encoding PGT antibodies are likely generated from multiple rounds of V-H replacement. Taken together, these findings uncovered a potentially significant contribution of V-H replacement products to the generation of anti-HIV antibodies. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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