TY - JOUR
T1 - Neutralization profiles of sera from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)- infected individuals
T2 - Relationship to HIV viral load and CD4 cell count
AU - Nokta, Mostafa
AU - Turk, Patricia
AU - Loesch, Kimberly
AU - Pollard, Richard B
PY - 2000/5
Y1 - 2000/5
N2 - The relationship of the neutralizing activity (NA) profile of sera from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals to the HIV viral load and the absolute CD4 count was examined. The NA of 24 serum samples against autologous isolates (AI) and HIV type 1 strain MN was examined. Three NA patterns were recognized. Nine sera neutralized both AI and MN (+/+), six sera neutralized MN but not AI (-/+), and nine sera failed to neutralize both AI and MN (-/-). The identification of the three neutralization patterns (+/+, -/+, and -/-) indicated that resistance to neutralization was progressive. A reciprocal relationship between the viral burden of the patients and the NA profiles was observed. The nine subjects with a -/- NA profile had a plasma viral load of ≥5 x 104 copies/ml and a cellular viral burden of ≥1,122 infectious units per million viable cells, which were significantly different from those of the other groups (P < 0.02). These patterns were independent of the phenotypic characteristics of the virus. Longitudinally, subjects with a -/- profile at baseline gained their HIV- specific NA by 24 weeks of antiretroviral therapy when this was associated with a ≥1-log10 decline in the plasma HIV viral load. The sera from week 24 from some patients were able to neutralize both the 24-week and the baseline dominant virus isolates. A change in CD4 cell count of 50 or more in either direction predicted a -/- or +/+ profile. The verification of the autologous NA profile might be important in selecting patients who may benefit from immune-based therapies involving neutralizing monoclonal antibodies.
AB - The relationship of the neutralizing activity (NA) profile of sera from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals to the HIV viral load and the absolute CD4 count was examined. The NA of 24 serum samples against autologous isolates (AI) and HIV type 1 strain MN was examined. Three NA patterns were recognized. Nine sera neutralized both AI and MN (+/+), six sera neutralized MN but not AI (-/+), and nine sera failed to neutralize both AI and MN (-/-). The identification of the three neutralization patterns (+/+, -/+, and -/-) indicated that resistance to neutralization was progressive. A reciprocal relationship between the viral burden of the patients and the NA profiles was observed. The nine subjects with a -/- NA profile had a plasma viral load of ≥5 x 104 copies/ml and a cellular viral burden of ≥1,122 infectious units per million viable cells, which were significantly different from those of the other groups (P < 0.02). These patterns were independent of the phenotypic characteristics of the virus. Longitudinally, subjects with a -/- profile at baseline gained their HIV- specific NA by 24 weeks of antiretroviral therapy when this was associated with a ≥1-log10 decline in the plasma HIV viral load. The sera from week 24 from some patients were able to neutralize both the 24-week and the baseline dominant virus isolates. A change in CD4 cell count of 50 or more in either direction predicted a -/- or +/+ profile. The verification of the autologous NA profile might be important in selecting patients who may benefit from immune-based therapies involving neutralizing monoclonal antibodies.
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U2 - 10.1128/CDLI.7.3.412-416.2000
DO - 10.1128/CDLI.7.3.412-416.2000
M3 - Article
C2 - 10799454
AN - SCOPUS:0034019766
VL - 7
SP - 412
EP - 416
JO - Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
JF - Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
SN - 1556-6811
IS - 3
ER -