[HTML][HTML] Definition of the viral targets of protective HIV-1-specific T cell responses
Journal of translational medicine, 2011•Springer
Background The efficacy of the CTL component of a future HIV-1 vaccine will depend on the
induction of responses with the most potent antiviral activity and broad HLA class I
restriction. However, current HIV vaccine designs are largely based on viral sequence
alignments only, not incorporating experimental data on T cell function and specificity.
Methods Here, 950 untreated HIV-1 clade B or-C infected individuals were tested for
responses to sets of 410 overlapping peptides (OLP) spanning the entire HIV-1 proteome …
induction of responses with the most potent antiviral activity and broad HLA class I
restriction. However, current HIV vaccine designs are largely based on viral sequence
alignments only, not incorporating experimental data on T cell function and specificity.
Methods Here, 950 untreated HIV-1 clade B or-C infected individuals were tested for
responses to sets of 410 overlapping peptides (OLP) spanning the entire HIV-1 proteome …
Background
The efficacy of the CTL component of a future HIV-1 vaccine will depend on the induction of responses with the most potent antiviral activity and broad HLA class I restriction. However, current HIV vaccine designs are largely based on viral sequence alignments only, not incorporating experimental data on T cell function and specificity.
Methods
Here, 950 untreated HIV-1 clade B or -C infected individuals were tested for responses to sets of 410 overlapping peptides (OLP) spanning the entire HIV-1 proteome. For each OLP, a "protective ratio" (PR) was calculated as the ratio of median viral loads (VL) between OLP non-responders and responders.
Results
For both clades, there was a negative relationship between the PR and the entropy of the OLP sequence. There was also a significant additive effect of multiple responses to beneficial OLP. Responses to beneficial OLP were of significantly higher functional avidity than responses to non-beneficial OLP. They also had superior in-vitro antiviral activities and, importantly, were at least as predictive of individuals' viral loads than their HLA class I genotypes.
Conclusions
The data thus identify immunogen sequence candidates for HIV and provide an approach for T cell immunogen design applicable to other viral infections.
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