Identification of autoantigens recognized by the 2F5 and 4E10 broadly neutralizing HIV-1 antibodies

ABSTRACT: Many human monoclonal antibodies that neutralize multiple clades of HIV-1 are polyreactive and bind avidly to mammalian autoantigens. Indeed, the generation of neutralizing antibodies to the 2F5 and 4E10 epitopes of HIV-1 gp41 in man may be proscribed by immune tolerance since mice expressing the VH and VL regions of 2F5 have a block in B-cell development characteristic of central tolerance. This developmental blockade implies the presence of tolerizing autoantigens that are mimicked by the membrane-proximal external region of HIV-1 gp41. Here we identify human kynureninase (KYNU) and splicing factor 3b subunit 3 (SF3B3) as the primary conserved, vertebrate self-antigens recognized by the 2F5 and 4E10 antibodies, respectively. 2F5 binds the H4 domain of KYNU which contains the complete 2F5

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Guang Yang 

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-42673 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress