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Barrows BM, Krebs SJ, Jian N, Zemil M, Slike BM, Dussupt V, Tran U, Mendez-Rivera L, Chang D, O’Sullivan AM, Mann B, Sanders-Buell E, Shubin Z, Creegan M, Paquin-Proulx D, Ehrenberg P, Laurence-Chenine A, Srithanaviboonchai K, Thomas R, Eller MA, Ferrari G, Robb M, Rao V, Tovanabutra S, Polonis VR, Wieczorek L. Fc receptor engagement of HIV-1 Env-specific antibodies in mothers and infants predicts reduced vertical transmission. Front Immunol 2022; 13:1051501. [PMID: 36578481 PMCID: PMC9791209 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.1051501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Introduction Infants acquire maternal antibodies by Fc receptor transcytosis across the placenta during pregnancy. Fc receptors are expressed on immune cells and are important for activation of effector cell functions. Methods In this study, we evaluated Fc receptor engagement and ADCC activity of plasma binding antibodies from human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV) -infected mothers and to identify factors that may contribute to protection from HIV vertical transmission. Results HIV-specific binding and Fc receptor engagement of plasma antibodies varied between mothers by transmission status and infants by infection status. Non-transmitting (NT) mothers and HIV-uninfected infants had antibodies with higher neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) and FcγR engagement, as compared to transmitting (T) mothers and HIV+ infants, respectively. A significant inverse correlation between plasma antibody FcRn and FcγR engagement was observed for T mothers, but not NT mothers. Conversely, a significant direct correlation was observed between plasma antibody FcRn and FcγR engagement for HIV- infants, but not for HIV+ infants. Consequently, we observed significantly higher plasma antibody ADCC potency and breadth in HIV- infants, as compared to HIV+ infants. However, no differences in overall ADCC potency and breadth were observed between mothers. FcRn-engagement of HIV-specific antibodies in both mothers and infants predicted a lack of vertical transmission of HIV. Discussion This study indicates that HIV-uninfected infants acquire HIV-specific antibodies with greater Fc receptor engagement and thus, greater ADCC capacity.
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- Brittani M. Barrows
- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
- Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Department of Biology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
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- U.S. Military HIV Research Program, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, United States
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD, United States
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Nakamura KJ, Heath L, Sobrera ER, Wilkinson TA, Semrau K, Kankasa C, Tobin NH, Webb NE, Lee B, Thea DM, Kuhn L, Mullins JI, Aldrovandi GM. Breast milk and in utero transmission of HIV-1 select for envelope variants with unique molecular signatures. Retrovirology 2017; 14:6. [PMID: 28122636 PMCID: PMC5267468 DOI: 10.1186/s12977-017-0331-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Background Mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus-type 1 (HIV-1) poses a serious health threat in developing countries, and adequate interventions are as yet unrealized. HIV-1 infection is frequently initiated by a single founder viral variant, but the factors that influence particular variant selection are poorly understood. Results Our analysis of 647 full-length HIV-1 subtype C and G viral envelope sequences from 22 mother–infant pairs reveals unique genotypic and phenotypic signatures that depend upon transmission route. Relative to maternal strains, intrauterine HIV transmission selects infant variants that have shorter, less-glycosylated V1 loops that are more resistant to soluble CD4 (sCD4) neutralization. Transmission through breastfeeding selects for variants with fewer potential glycosylation sites in gp41, are more sensitive to the broadly neutralizing antibodies PG9 and PG16, and that bind sCD4 with reduced cooperativity. Furthermore, experiments with Affinofile cells indicate that infant viruses, regardless of transmission route, require increased levels of surface CD4 receptor for productive infection. Conclusions These data provide the first evidence for transmission route-specific selection of HIV-1 variants, potentially informing therapeutic strategies and vaccine designs that can be tailored to specific modes of vertical HIV transmission. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12977-017-0331-z) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Kyle J Nakamura
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Systems Biology and Disease Program, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Ariadne Labs, Boston, MA, USA
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- University Teaching Hospital, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and Ariadne Labs, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Ciccozzi M, Lo Presti A, Andreotti M, Mancinelli S, Ceffa S, Galluzzo CM, Buonomo E, Luhanga R, Jere H, Cella E, Scarcella P, Mirra M, Marazzi MC, Vella S, Palombi L, Giuliano M. Viral sequence analysis of HIV-positive women and their infected children: insight on the timing of infection and on the transmission network. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2014; 30:1010-5. [PMID: 25103792 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2014.0143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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We used high-resolution phylogenetic methods in the context of mother-to-child transmission to obtain information on the timing of the infection and on the transmission network. A total of 33 pol sequences (from maternal peripheral blood, from breast milk, and from plasma of children) belonging to five cases of HIV infant transmission were studied. Using time-scaled phylogeny we were able to estimate that in two cases the transmission occurred after the recommended duration of breastfeeding, supporting a longer, not reported, duration of breastfeeding as a significant factor associated with HIV infant acquisition in this cohort. Among the postnatal infections we were also able to demonstrate that the cell-free virus in breast milk was the most likely population associated with the event of transmission. Our study showed that a coalescent-based model within a Bayesian statistical framework can provide important information that can contribute to optimizing preventive strategies.
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- Massimo Ciccozzi
- Department of Infectious, Parasitic, and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Epidemiology Unit, Reference Centre on Phylogeny, Molecular Epidemiology, and Microbial Evolution (FEMEM), Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
- University Hospital Campus Bio-Medico, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Infectious, Parasitic, and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Epidemiology Unit, Reference Centre on Phylogeny, Molecular Epidemiology, and Microbial Evolution (FEMEM), Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- DREAM Program, Community of S. Egidio, Blantyre, Malawi
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- Department of Infectious, Parasitic, and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Epidemiology Unit, Reference Centre on Phylogeny, Molecular Epidemiology, and Microbial Evolution (FEMEM), Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biomedicine and Prevention, University of Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Therapeutic Research and Medicines Evaluation, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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Rossenkhan R, Novitsky V, Sebunya TK, Leidner J, Hagan JE, Moyo S, Smeaton L, Lockman S, Musonda R, Ndung'u T, Gaseitsiwe S, Thior I, Mmalane M, Makhema J, Essex M, Shapiro R. Infant feeding practices were not associated with breast milk HIV-1 RNA levels in a randomized clinical trial in Botswana. AIDS Behav 2012; 16:1260-4. [PMID: 21901486 DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-0035-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Exclusive breastfeeding has been associated with a reduced risk of late vertical HIV transmission as compared to an infant diet composed of breast milk mixed with supplemental foods or liquids. Hypothesized mechanisms include increased infectivity of breast milk from mothers who practice mixed breastfeeding (MBF), or mechanisms such as increased gastrointestinal permeability in the infant caused by mixed feeding. It has been proposed that MBF may result in subclinical mastitis and higher breast milk HIV titers. However, little is known about the relationship between feeding strategy and breast milk viral load. We measured the HIV-1 concentration in breast milk in a sub-cohort of women enrolled in a mother-to-child HIV transmission prevention trial (the "Mashi" study). We report no observed relationship between MBF and measured breast milk viral RNA load. Our findings suggest that the increased transmission risk associated with higher breast milk HIV-1 RNA during MBF is unlikely.
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OBJECTIVES Identifying the direction of transmission in transmission pairs is important both for forensic investigations and for the monitoring of HIV epidemics, however, reliable methods are not yet available due to the long time lag between infection and sampling in most real cases. DESIGNS Based on bottleneck effect and coreceptor switching, we aimed at identifying an estimator from sequences of viral gp120 proteins to determine transmission direction between transmission pairs. The estimator should be changed with HIV transmission but was independent of disease progression in an individual. METHODS Here, we present a novel and reliable approach for identifying transmission direction. We derived a set of conserved patterns, called common patterns, from the sequences of viruses, which differed in their coreceptor usage. The number of unique common patterns in viral sequences decreased with transmission but remained almost constant with the progress of disease in an individual. We used this number as an estimator to determine transmission direction in 73 transmission pairs for which the transmission direction was already known. RESULTS Our method predicted transmission direction with an accuracy of up to 94.5%. Of greater importance, our approach was not influenced by time lags between infection and sampling, and even transmission direction for transmission pairs with long time lags ranging from 2 years to more than 18 years were correctly determined. CONCLUSION Our approach for accurately determining transmission direction between transmission pairs is irrespective of the time lag between infection and sampling, which means a promising applications prospect.
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Duncan CJA, Sattentau QJ. Viral determinants of HIV-1 macrophage tropism. Viruses 2011; 3:2255-79. [PMID: 22163344 PMCID: PMC3230851 DOI: 10.3390/v3112255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2011] [Revised: 11/04/2011] [Accepted: 11/04/2011] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Macrophages are important target cells for HIV-1 infection that play significant roles in the maintenance of viral reservoirs and other aspects of pathogenesis. Understanding the determinants of HIV-1 tropism for macrophages will inform HIV-1 control and eradication strategies. Tropism for macrophages is both qualitative (infection or not) and quantitative (replication capacity). For example many R5 HIV-1 isolates cannot infect macrophages, but for those that can the macrophage replication capacity can vary by up to 1000-fold. Some X4 viruses are also capable of replication in macrophages, indicating that cellular tropism is partially independent of co-receptor preference. Preliminary data obtained with a small number of transmitted/founder viruses indicate inefficient macrophage infection, whereas isolates from later in disease are more frequently tropic for macrophages. Thus tropism may evolve over time, and more macrophage tropic viruses may be implicated in the pathogenesis of advanced HIV-1 infection. Compartmentalization of macrophage-tropic brain-derived envelope glycoproteins (Envs), and non-macrophage tropic non-neural tissue-derived Envs points to adaptation of HIV-1 quasi-species in distinct tissue microenvironments. Mutations within and adjacent to the Env-CD4 binding site have been identified that determine macrophage tropism at the entry level, but post-entry molecular determinants of macrophage replication capacity involving HIV-1 accessory proteins need further definition.
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Kourtis AP, Amedee AM, Bulterys M, Danner S, Van Dyke R, O'Sullivan MJ, Maupin R, Jamieson DJ. Various viral compartments in HIV-1-infected mothers contribute to in utero transmission of HIV-1. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2011; 27:421-7. [PMID: 21034247 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2010.0160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Perinatal HIV transmission occurs in utero or intrapartum. The mechanisms and timing of transmission are not clearly understood. To compare the genetic sequences of the V3 envelope region of infant's plasma HIV to that of the mother's plasma, peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and vaginal secretions, and correlate with timing of transmission. All 3 infants had a positive HIV PCR in the first days of life, thus classified as in utero infections. In the first mother-infant pair, two different variants were present in the infant, one correlating with maternal PBMC virus and highly homologous to virus from vaginal secretions and the other identical to sequences in maternal plasma. In the second pair, the infant plasma virus was similar to that of maternal PBMC. In the third pair, the cord blood and infant plasma virus were highly similar to maternal vaginal virus. The presence of more than one HIV variant from the maternal blood and from the vaginal compartment in the cord blood of infants presumably infected in utero could point to more than one episode of transmission or, alternatively, to transmission of PBMC virus.
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- Athena P. Kourtis
- Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parisitology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Global AIDS Program, Center for Global Health, CDC, Beijing, China
- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parisitology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Division of Reproductive Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Atlanta, Georgia
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Cork DJ, Lembark S, Tovanabutra S, Robb ML, Kim JH. W-curve alignments for HIV-1 genomic comparisons. PLoS One 2010; 5:e10829. [PMID: 20532248 PMCID: PMC2879897 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2010] [Accepted: 04/16/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The W-curve was originally developed as a graphical visualization technique for viewing DNA and RNA sequences. Its ability to render features of DNA also makes it suitable for computational studies. Its main advantage in this area is utilizing a single-pass algorithm for comparing the sequences. Avoiding recursion during sequence alignments offers advantages for speed and in-process resources. The graphical technique also allows for multiple models of comparison to be used depending on the nucleotide patterns embedded in similar whole genomic sequences. The W-curve approach allows us to compare large numbers of samples quickly. METHOD We are currently tuning the algorithm to accommodate quirks specific to HIV-1 genomic sequences so that it can be used to aid in diagnostic and vaccine efforts. Tracking the molecular evolution of the virus has been greatly hampered by gap associated problems predominantly embedded within the envelope gene of the virus. Gaps and hypermutation of the virus slow conventional string based alignments of the whole genome. This paper describes the W-curve algorithm itself, and how we have adapted it for comparison of similar HIV-1 genomes. A treebuilding method is developed with the W-curve that utilizes a novel Cylindrical Coordinate distance method and gap analysis method. HIV-1 C2-V5 env sequence regions from a Mother/Infant cohort study are used in the comparison. FINDINGS The output distance matrix and neighbor results produced by the W-curve are functionally equivalent to those from Clustal for C2-V5 sequences in the mother/infant pairs infected with CRF01_AE. CONCLUSIONS Significant potential exists for utilizing this method in place of conventional string based alignment of HIV-1 genomes, such as Clustal X. With W-curve heuristic alignment, it may be possible to obtain clinically useful results in a short time-short enough to affect clinical choices for acute treatment. A description of the W-curve generation process, including a comparison technique of aligning extremes of the curves to effectively phase-shift them past the HIV-1 gap problem, is presented. Besides yielding similar neighbor-joining phenogram topologies, most Mother and Infant C2-V5 sequences in the cohort pairs geometrically map closest to each other, indicating that W-curve heuristics overcame any gap problem.
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- Douglas J Cork
- United States Military HIV Research Program, Rockville, Maryland, USA.
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Arroyo MA, Phanuphak N, Krasaesub S, Sirivichayakul S, Assawadarachai V, Poltavee K, Pankam T, Ananworanich J, Paris R, Tovanabutra S, Kijak GH, McCutchan FE, Phanuphak P, Kim JH, de Souza M. HIV type 1 molecular epidemiology among high-risk clients attending the Thai Red Cross Anonymous Clinic in Bangkok, Thailand. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 2010; 26:5-12. [PMID: 20055593 DOI: 10.1089/aid.2009.0150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Several studies have reported an increasing number of non-CRF01_AE infections in high-risk groups in Thailand suggesting a more complex HIV-1 epidemic. This study assessed the complexity of the HIV epidemic among high-risk clients tested for HIV-1 at the Thai Red Cross Anonymous Clinic (TRCAC) between July 1, 2006 and February 28, 2007. HIV-1 genotypes were determined from plasma of infected subjects (n = 401) by the multiregion hybridization assay (MHAbce, v.2). Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to determine risk factors associated with HIV prevalence and non-CRF01_AE infection. The estimated overall HIV prevalence was 14.1%: 25.3% among men who have sex with men (MSM), 18.4% among heterosexual women, and 9.6% among heterosexual men. Among the risk factors found to be associated with HIV prevalence were age (25-29 years), risk behavior (MSM), marital status (not single), education (less than high school), and inconsistent condom use. Overall, non-CRF01_AE strains accounted for 18.9% of the infections: 25.3% among MSM and 14.8% and 20.4% among heterosexual women and men, respectively. Our results indicate a concentrated and genetically complex HIV epidemic among Thai MSM. These findings advocate for targeted intervention and prevention measures among high-risk populations in Thailand.
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- Miguel A. Arroyo
- Department of Retrovirology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand 10400
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- Department of Retrovirology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand 10400
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- Department of Retrovirology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand 10400
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- Department of Retrovirology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand 10400
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- The Thai Red Cross AIDS Research Centre, Bangkok, Thailand 10330
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- South East Asia Research Collaboration with Hawaii (SEARCH), Bangkok, Thailand 10330
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- Department of Retrovirology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand 10400
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- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Rockville, Maryland 20850
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- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Rockville, Maryland 20850
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- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Rockville, Maryland 20850
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington 98102
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- Division of Retrovirology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research/U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP), Rockville, Maryland 20850
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- Department of Retrovirology, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences (AFRIMS), Bangkok, Thailand 10400
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Samleerat T, Braibant M, Jourdain G, Moreau A, Ngo-Giang-Huong N, Leechanachai P, Hemvuttiphan J, Hinjiranandana T, Changchit T, Warachit B, Suraseranivong V, Lallemant M, Barin F. Characteristics of HIV type 1 (HIV-1) glycoprotein 120 env sequences in mother-infant pairs infected with HIV-1 subtype CRF01_AE. J Infect Dis 2008; 198:868-76. [PMID: 18700833 DOI: 10.1086/591251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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We analyzed the characteristics of the envelope genes of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in 17 mother-infant pairs infected with variants of the CRF01_AE clade. A total of 353 sequences covering almost the entire glycoprotein (gp) 120 region were available for analysis. We found that, even if the virus population in the mother was complex, only viruses of a restricted subset were transmitted to her infant, independently of whether transmission occurred in utero or during the intrapartum period. We did not find that shorter gp120 regions or fewer potential N-glycosylation sites (PNGS) were characteristic of viruses transmitted from mother to infant. However, our data suggest that a limited number of PNGS that seem to be conserved in all variants in infants but are not uniformly present in variants in mothers may confer an advantage for transmission of the virus, thereby highlighting the potentially important role of the "glycan shield." This finding was particularly significant for the PNGS at positions N301 and N384.
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- Tanawan Samleerat
- Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
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