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Identification and characterization of transmitted and early founder virus envelopes in primary HIV-1 infection.

Keele BF, Giorgi EE, Salazar-Gonzalez JF, Decker JM, Pham KT, Salazar MG, Sun C, Grayson T, Wang S, Li H, Wei X, Jiang C, Kirchherr JL, Gao F, Anderson JA, Ping LH, Swanstrom R, Tomaras GD, Blattner WA, Goepfert PA, Kilby JM, Saag MS, Delwart EL, Busch MP, Cohen MS, Montefiori DC, Haynes BF, Gaschen B, Athreya GS, Lee HY, Wood N, Seoighe C, Perelson AS, Bhattacharya T, Korber BT, Hahn BH, Shaw GM

Abstract

The precise identification of the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env) responsible for productive clinical infection could be instrumental in elucidating the molecular basis of HIV-1 transmission and in designing effective vaccines. Here, we developed a mathematical model of random viral evolution and, together with phylogenetic tree construction, used it to analyze 3,449 complete env sequences derived by single genome amplification from 102 subjects with acute HIV-1 (clade B) infection. Viral env genes evolving from individual transmitted or founder viruses generally exhibited a Poisson distribution of mutations and star-like phylogeny, which coalesced to an inferred consensus sequence at or near the estimated time of virus transmission. Overall, 78 of 102 subjects had evidence of productive clinical infection by a single virus, and 24 others had evidence of productive clinical infection by a minimum of two to five viruses. Phenotypic analysis of transmitted or early founder Envs revealed a consistent pattern of CCR5 dependence, masking of coreceptor binding regions, and equivalent or modestly enhanced resistance to the fusion inhibitor T1249 and broadly neutralizing antibodies compared with Envs from chronically infected subjects. Low multiplicity infection and limited viral evolution preceding peak viremia suggest a finite window of potential vulnerability of HIV-1 to vaccine-elicited immune responses, although phenotypic properties of transmitted Envs pose a formidable defense.

MeSH Terms
AIDS Vaccines/immunology Base Sequence Disease Transmission, Infectious Evolution, Molecular Genetic Variation HIV Antibodies/immunology HIV Infections/immunology,transmission,virology HIV-1/genetics,isolation & purification,physiology Humans Models, Biological Molecular Sequence Data Mutation Phylogeny RNA, Viral/blood,genetics Receptors, CCR5/metabolism Sequence Analysis, RNA env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus/genetics,immunology
Chemicals
AIDS Vaccines HIV Antibodies RNA, Viral Receptors, CCR5 env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Authors & Affiliations
37 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Keele Brandon F
Departments of Medicine and Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35223, USA.
Giorgi Elena E
Salazar-Gonzalez Jesus F
Decker Julie M
Pham Kimmy T
Salazar Maria G
Sun Chuanxi
Grayson Truman
Wang Shuyi
Li Hui
Wei Xiping
Jiang Chunlai
Kirchherr Jennifer L
Gao Feng
Anderson Jeffery A
Ping Li-Hua
Swanstrom Ronald
Tomaras Georgia D
Blattner William A
Goepfert Paul A
Kilby J Michael
Saag Michael S
Delwart Eric L
Busch Michael P
Cohen Myron S
Montefiori David C
Haynes Barton F
Gaschen Brian
Athreya Gayathri S
Lee Ha Y
Wood Natasha
Seoighe Cathal
Perelson Alan S
Bhattacharya Tanmoy
Korber Bette T
Hahn Beatrice H
Shaw George M
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Article Info
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abbr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN
1091-6490
Published
2008-05-27
Epub
2008-00-19
Pages
7552-7
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505876
PMCID
PMC2387184
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