UMMS Affiliation
MassBiologics
Publication Date
2021-06-07
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Immunology of Infectious Disease | Immunoprophylaxis and Therapy | Virus Diseases
Abstract
In the absence of a prophylactic vaccine, the use of antiretroviral therapy (ART) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV acquisition by uninfected individuals is a promising approach to slowing the epidemic, but its efficacy is hampered by incomplete patient adherence and ART-resistant variants. Here, we report that competitive inhibition of HIV Env-CCR5 binding via the CCR5-specific antibody Leronlimab protects rhesus macaques against infection following repeated intrarectal challenges of CCR5-tropic SHIVSF162P3. Injection of Leronlimab weekly at 10 mg/kg provides significant but partial protection, while biweekly 50 mg/kg provides complete protection from SHIV acquisition. Tissue biopsies from protected macaques post challenge show complete CCR5 receptor occupancy and an absence of viral nucleic acids. After Leronlimab washout, protected macaques remain aviremic, and adoptive transfer of hematologic cells into naive macaques does not transmit viral infection. These data identify CCR5 blockade with Leronlimab as a promising approach to HIV prophylaxis and support initiation of clinical trials.
Keywords
Antibody therapy, HIV infections
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DOI of Published Version
10.1038/s41467-021-23697-6
Source
Chang XL, Webb GM, Wu HL, Greene JM, Abdulhaqq S, Bateman KB, Reed JS, Pessoa C, Weber WC, Maier N, Chew GM, Gilbride RM, Gao L, Agnor R, Giobbi T, Torgerson J, Siess D, Burnett N, Fischer M, Shiel O, Moats C, Patterson B, Dhody K, Kelly S, Pourhassan N, Magnani DM, Smedley J, Bimber BN, Haigwood NL, Hansen SG, Brown TR, Ndhlovu LC, Sacha JB. Antibody-based CCR5 blockade protects Macaques from mucosal SHIV transmission. Nat Commun. 2021 Jun 7;12(1):3343. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23697-6. PMID: 34099693; PMCID: PMC8184841. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Nature communications
Related Resources
PubMed ID
34099693
Repository Citation
Chang XL, Magnani DM, Ndhlovu LC, Sacha JB. (2021). Antibody-based CCR5 blockade protects Macaques from mucosal SHIV transmission. Open Access Publications by UMass Chan Authors. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23697-6. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/4811
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Comments
Full author list omitted for brevity. For the full list of authors, see article.