SIV-specific neutralizing antibody induction following selection of a PI3K drive-attenuated nef variant

  1. Hiroyuki Yamamoto  Is a corresponding author
  2. Tetsuro Matano  Is a corresponding author
  1. AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan
  2. Department of Biomedicine, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
  3. Joint Research Center for Human Retrovirus Infection, Kumamoto University, Japan
  4. The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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Figure 1 with 4 supplements
Neutralizing antibody (NAb) induction against NAb-resistant SIVmac239.

(A) Study design. (B) Plasma viral loads (simian immunodeficiency virus [SIV] gag RNA copies/ml plasma) in NAb non-inducers (left) and inducers (right). (C) Plasma SIVmac239 100% neutralizing end …

Figure 1—figure supplement 1
Profile of SIVmac239-NAb non-inducer subgroup cohort.

Summary of a SIVmac239-NAb non-inducer subgroup cohort (n = 19), composed from previously partially characterized, major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) haplotype-balanced naïve animals. …

Figure 1—figure supplement 2
IgG class-switched neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) in the inducers.

Titration of SIVmac239-neutralizing IgGs in the NAb inducers. SIVmac239-specific IgGs, purified from pools of plasma with SIVmac239-specific NAb titers, were obtained from each animal as described (Y…

Figure 1—figure supplement 3
Anti-SIV binding IgG profiles in neutralizing antibody (NAb) inducers and non-inducers.

(A) Temporal changes in SIVmac251 Env gp120-specific antibody titers in the NAb non-inducers without rapid progression [NAb-negative non-rapid progressors, NAb(-) non-RPs] (left, n = 11) and NAb …

Figure 1—figure supplement 3—source data 1

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Figure 1—figure supplement 3—source data 2

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Figure 1—figure supplement 4
Env sequence variation pattern is not a major characteristic of neutralizing antibody (NAb) induction.

SIVmac239 Env sequence variations before and after NAb induction. For each animal, the upper time point shows pre-induction and the lower time point (in purple) shows post-induction (first or second …

Selection of a viral nef mutation (Nef-G63E) before neutralizing antibody (NAb) induction.

(A) Viral nef mutations in NAb inducers. A linear schema indicating Nef functional domains is aligned above. Mutations at time points with NAb- (indicated by white wedge; mostly before 6 months …

Figure 3 with 1 supplement
Nef-G63E is a CD8+ T-cell escape mutation.

(A) Nef62–70 QW9-specific CD8+ T-cell frequencies and related major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) alleles in seven neutralizing antibody (NAb) inducers selecting Nef-G63E. Mamu-B*039:01 …

Figure 3—figure supplement 1
Selection of Nef-G63E mutant simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) is linked with Nef62-70-specific CD8+ T-cell response positivity.

(A) Nef62-70-specific CD8+ T cell responses around week 20 post-SIV challenge in seven viremic NAb non-inducers possessing either of the major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I) alleles …

Figure 4 with 2 supplements
Nef-G63E mutation reduces PI3K/mTORC2 binding and pAkt drive.

(A) Representative surface expression level histograms of CD3, CD4, major histocompatibility complex class I (MHC-I), CXCR4, and BST-2 in CD4loNef+ subpopulations after wild-type (WT) or Nef-G63E …

Figure 4—source data 1

Original western blots for Figure 4E indicating the relevant bands and treatments.

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Figure 4—source data 2

Original file for the western blot analysis displayed in Figure 4E.

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Figure 4—figure supplement 1
Decreased Akt hyperactivation properties of Nef-G63E mutant simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV).

(A) Plasma ferritin levels (ng/ml) in examined neutralizing antibody (NAb) non-inducers versus Nef-G63E mutant SIV-selecting NAb inducers around year 1 post-infection (p.i.). Bars represent mean in …

Figure 4—figure supplement 2
Nef-G63R mutant simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) properties.

(A) Comparison of frequencies of macaques selecting for Nef-G63R mutant in plasma between neutralizing antibody (NAb) non-inducers and inducers. Compared by Fisher’s exact test. (B) Temporal …

Figure 5 with 1 supplement
Preferential targeting of lymph node Env-specific B cells by Nef in vivo.

(A) Representative gating of triple noise cancellation in vivo Nef staining in B cells analyzed using ImageStreamX MKII. Pre-experimental damaged cells are first excluded with Live/Dead from …

Figure 5—figure supplement 1
Machine learning-verified morphological gating of Nef-invaded B cells in vivo.

(A) Representative gating strategy plus schematic of inguinal lymph node Nef+CD19+ B cells of an SIVmac239-infected rhesus macaque analyzed using ImageStreamX MK II imaging flow cytometry (R10-012, …

Contact-dependent enhancement of B-cell Nef acquisition in reconstitution.

(A) Imaging flow cytometric analyses of stimuli-dependent enhancement of infected HSC-F cell adhesion to non-permissive CD19+ Ramos B cells with the indicated gating (left). Cocultured doublet cells …

Figure 7 with 1 supplement
Enhanced simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) Env-specific B-cell output up to neutralizing antibody (NAb) induction following Nef-G63E selection.

(A) Representative gating (R02-004, week 32 post-infection [p.i.]) of SIV Env gp140-specific memory B cells (Bmem) and plasmablasts (PBs). Two panels for PB gating are shown in lower resolution for …

Figure 7—figure supplement 1
Full gating strategy of SIVmac239 Env gp140-specific B-cell responses.

Full gating (R02-004, week 32 p.i.) of SIV Env gp140-specific memory B cells (Bmem) and plasmablasts (PBs) shown in Figure 7. For lineage-specific exclusion, CD10 was stained independently for Bmem.

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