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Science 15 January 1999:
Vol. 283. no. 5400, pp. 357 - 362
DOI: 10.1126/science.283.5400.357
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Fusion-Competent Vaccines: Broad Neutralization of Primary Isolates of HIV

Rachel A. LaCasse, Kathryn E. Follis, Meg Trahey, John D. Scarborough, * Dan R. Littman, Jack H. Nunberg dagger

Current recombinant human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) gp120 protein vaccine candidates are unable to elicit antibodies capable of neutralizing infectivity of primary isolates from patients. Here, "fusion-competent" HIV vaccine immunogens were generated that capture the transient envelope-CD4-coreceptor structures that arise during HIV binding and fusion. In a transgenic mouse immunization model, these formaldehyde-fixed whole-cell vaccines elicited antibodies capable of neutralizing infectivity of 23 of 24 primary HIV isolates from diverse geographic locations and genetic clades A to E. Development of these fusion-dependent immunogens may lead to a broadly effective HIV vaccine.

R. A. LaCasse, K. E. Follis, M. Trahey, J. H. Nunberg, The Montana Biotechnology Center and Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA. J. D. Scarborough and D. R. Littman, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University Medical Center, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA.
*   Present address: Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR 97201, USA.

dagger    To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: nunberg{at}selway.umt.edu

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