HIV-1 neutralization tiers are not relevant for inhibitors targeting the pre-hairpin intermediate
Bell, B. N.; Bruun, T. U. J.; Friedland, N.; Kim, P. S.
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HIV-1 strains are categorized into one of three neutralization tiers based on the relative ease by which they are neutralized by plasma from HIV-1 infected donors not on antiretroviral therapy; tier-1 strains are particularly sensitive to neutralization while tier-2 and tier-3 strains are increasingly difficult to neutralize. Most broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) previously described target the native prefusion conformation of HIV-1 Envelope (Env), but the relevance of the tiered categories for inhibitors targeting another Env conformation, the pre-hairpin intermediate, is not well understood. Here we show that two inhibitors targeting distinct highly-conserved regions of the pre-hairpin intermediate have strikingly consistent neutralization potencies (within [~]100-fold for a given inhibitor) against strains in all three neutralization tiers of HIV-1; in contrast, best-in-class bnAbs targeting diverse Env epitopes vary by more than 10,000-fold in potency against these strains. Our results indicate that antisera-based HIV-1 neutralization tiers are not relevant for inhibitors targeting the pre-hairpin intermediate and highlight the potential for therapies and vaccine efforts targeting this conformation.
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