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Journal of Virology, October 2009, p. 10211-10223, Vol. 83, No. 19
0022-538X/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.00571-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Stable Docking of Neutralizing Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 gp41 Membrane-Proximal External Region Monoclonal Antibodies 2F5 and 4E10 Is Dependent on the Membrane Immersion Depth of Their Epitope Regions {triangledown}

S. Moses Dennison, Shelley M. Stewart, Kathryn C. Stempel, Hua-Xin Liao, Barton F. Haynes, and S. Munir Alam*

Human Vaccine Institute, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710

Received 19 March 2009/ Accepted 21 July 2009

The binding of neutralizing antibodies 2F5 and 4E10 to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gp41 involves both the viral membrane and gp41 membrane proximal external region (MPER) epitopes. In this study, we have used several biophysical tools to examine the secondary structure, orientation, and depth of immersion of gp41 MPER peptides in liposomes and to determine how the orientation of the MPER with lipids affects the binding kinetics of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) 2F5 and 4E10. The binding of 2F5 and 4E10 both to their respective nominal epitopes and to a biepitope (includes 2F5 and 4E10 epitopes) MPER peptide-liposome conjugate was best described by a two-step encounter-docking model. Analysis of the binding kinetics and the effect of temperature on the binding stability of 2F5 and 4E10 to MPER peptide-liposome conjugates revealed that the docking of 4E10 was relatively slower and thermodynamically less favorable. The results of fluorescence-quenching and fluorescence resonance energy transfer experiments showed that the 2F5 epitope was more solvent exposed, whereas the 4E10 epitope was immersed in the polar-apolar interfacial region of the lipid bilayer. A circular dichroism spectroscopic study demonstrated that the nominal epitope and biepitope MPER peptides adopted ordered structures with differing helical contents when anchored to liposomes. Furthermore, anchoring of MPER peptides to the membrane via a hydrophobic anchor sequence was required for efficient MAb docking. These results support the model that the ability of 2F5 and 4E10 to bind to membrane lipid is required for stable docking to membrane-embedded MPER residues. These data have important implications for the design and use of peptide-liposome conjugates as immunogens for the induction of MPER-neutralizing antibodies.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Human Vaccine Institute, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, 106 Research Drive, MSRBII, Durham, NC 27710. Phone: (919) 668-6372. Fax: (919) 684-4380. E-mail: alam0004{at}mc.duke.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 29 July 2009.

Journal of Virology, October 2009, p. 10211-10223, Vol. 83, No. 19
0022-538X/09/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.00571-09
Copyright © 2009, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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