Three-year durability of immune responses induced by HIV-DNA and HIV-modified vaccinia virus Ankara and effect of a late HIV-modified vaccinia virus Ankara boost …

A Joachim, PJ Munseri, C Nilsson, M Bakari… - AIDS Research and …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
A Joachim, PJ Munseri, C Nilsson, M Bakari, S Aboud, EF Lyamuya, T Tecleab, V Liakina…
AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 2017liebertpub.com
We explored the duration of immune responses and the effect of a late third HIV-modified
vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) boost in HIV-DNA primed and HIV-MVA boosted Tanzanian
volunteers. Twenty volunteers who had previously received three HIV-DNA and two HIV-
MVA immunizations were given a third HIV-MVA immunization 3 years after the second HIV-
MVA boost. At the time of the third HIV-MVA, 90% of the vaccinees had antibodies to HIV-1
subtype C gp140 (median titer 200) and 85% to subtype B gp160 (median titer 100). The …
Abstract
We explored the duration of immune responses and the effect of a late third HIV-modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) boost in HIV-DNA primed and HIV-MVA boosted Tanzanian volunteers. Twenty volunteers who had previously received three HIV-DNA and two HIV-MVA immunizations were given a third HIV-MVA immunization 3 years after the second HIV-MVA boost. At the time of the third HIV-MVA, 90% of the vaccinees had antibodies to HIV-1 subtype C gp140 (median titer 200) and 85% to subtype B gp160 (median titer 100). The majority of vaccinees had detectable antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC)–mediating antibodies, 70% against CRF01_AE virus–infected cells (median titer 239) and 84% against CRF01_AE gp120–coated cells (median titer 499). A high proportion (74%) of vaccinees had IFN-γ ELISpot responses, 63% to Gag and 42% to Env, 3 years after the second HIV-MVA boost. After the third HIV-MVA, there was an increase in Env-binding antibodies and ADCC-mediating antibodies relative to the response seen at the time of the third HIV-MVA vaccination, p < .0001 and p < .05, respectively. The frequency of IFN-γ ELISpot responses increased to 95% against Gag or Env and 90% to both Gag and Env, p = .064 and p = .002, respectively. In conclusion, the HIV-DNA prime/HIV-MVA boost regimen elicited potent antibody and cellular immune responses with remarkable durability, and a third HIV-MVA immunization significantly boosted both antibody and cellular immune responses relative to the levels detected at the time of the third HIV-MVA, but not to higher levels than after the second HIV-MVA.
Mary Ann Liebert