HIV-1 envelope gp41 antibodies can originate from terminal ileum B cells that share cross-reactivity with commensal bacteria.
Cell Host Microbe
; 16(2): 215-226, 2014 Aug 13.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25121750
ABSTRACT
Monoclonal antibodies derived from blood plasma cells of acute HIV-1-infected individuals are predominantly targeted to the HIV Env gp41 and cross-reactive with commensal bacteria. To understand this phenomenon, we examined anti-HIV responses in ileum B cells using recombinant antibody technology and probed their relationship to commensal bacteria. The dominant ileum B cell response was to Env gp41. Remarkably, a majority (82%) of the ileum anti-gp41 antibodies cross-reacted with commensal bacteria, and of those, 43% showed non-HIV-1 antigen polyreactivity. Pyrosequencing revealed shared HIV-1 antibody clonal lineages between ileum and blood. Mutated immunoglobulin G antibodies cross-reactive with both Env gp41 and microbiota could also be isolated from the ileum of HIV-1 uninfected individuals. Thus, the gp41 commensal bacterial antigen cross-reactive antibodies originate in the intestine, and the gp41 Env response in HIV-1 infection can be derived from a preinfection memory B cell pool triggered by commensal bacteria that cross-react with Env.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
HIV Antibodies
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HIV Envelope Protein gp41
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HIV Infections
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HIV-1
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Microbiota
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Ileum
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Cell Host Microbe
Journal subject:
MICROBIOLOGIA
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article