Automated Design by Structure-Based Stabilization and Consensus Repair to Achieve Prefusion-Closed Envelope Trimers in a Wide Variety of HIV Strains
Automated Design by Structure-Based Stabilization and Consensus Repair to Achieve Prefusion-Closed Envelope Trimers in a Wide Variety of HIV Strains
Soluble envelope (Env) trimers, stabilized in a prefusion-closed conformation, can elicit neutralizing responses against HIV-1 strains closely related to the immunizing trimer. However, to date such stabilization has succeeded with only a limited number of HIV-1 strains. To address this issue, here we develop ADROITrimer, an automated procedure involving structure-based stabilization and consensus repair, and generate "RnS-DS-SOSIP"-stabilized Envs from 180 diverse Env sequences. The vast majority of these RnS-DS-SOSIP Envs fold into prefusion-closed conformations as judged by antigenic analysis and size exclusion chromatography. Additionally, representative strains from clades AE, B, and C are stabilized in prefusion-closed conformations as shown by negative-stain electron microscopy, and the crystal structure of a clade A strain MI369.A5 Env trimer provides 3.5 Å resolution detail into stabilization and repair mutations. The automated procedure reported herein that yields well-behaved, soluble, prefusion-closed Env trimers from a majority of HIV-1 strains could have substantial impact on the development of an HIV-1 vaccine.
- National Cancer Institute United States
- National Institute of Health Pakistan
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases United States
- Janssen Vaccines & Prevention
- Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research United States
Consensus, HIV-1, env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Humans, HIV Antibodies, Protein Multimerization, Antibodies, Neutralizing
Consensus, HIV-1, env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Humans, HIV Antibodies, Protein Multimerization, Antibodies, Neutralizing
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