HIV
and
simian
immunodeficiency
virus
(SIV)
infections
are
known
for
impaired
neutralizing
antibody
(NAb)
responses.
While
sequential
virus-host
B
cell
interaction
appears
to
be
basally
required
NAb
induction,
driver
molecular
signatures
predisposing
induction
still
remain
largely
unknown.
Here
we
describe
SIV-specific
following
a
interplay
decreasing
aberrant
viral
drive
of
phosphoinositide
3-kinase
(PI3K).
Screening
seventy
difficult-to-neutralize
SIVmac239-infected
macaques
found
nine
NAb-inducing
animals,
with
seven
selecting
specific
CD8+
T-cell
escape
mutation
in
nef
before
induction.
This
Nef-G63E
reduced
excess
Nef
interaction-mediated
B-cell
maturation-limiting
PI3K/mammalian
target
rapamycin
complex
2
(mTORC2).
In
vivo
imaging
cytometry
depicted
preferential
perturbation
cognate
Envelope-specific
cells,
suggestive
polarized
contact-dependent
transfer
corroborating
maturation
post-mutant
selection
up
Results
collectively
exemplify
pattern
extrinsically
reciprocal
human
PI3K
gain-of-function
antibody-dysregulating
disease
indicate
that
harnessing
the
PI3K/mTORC2
axis
may
facilitate
against
viruses
including
HIV/SIV.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 21, 2023
Abstract
HIV
and
simian
immunodeficiency
virus
(SIV)
infections
are
known
for
impaired
neutralizing
antibody
(NAb)
responses.
While
sequential
virus-host
B
cell
interaction
appears
to
be
basally
required
NAb
induction,
driver
molecular
signatures
predisposing
induction
still
remain
largely
unknown.
Here
we
describe
SIV-specific
following
a
interplay
decreasing
aberrant
viral
drive
of
phosphoinositide
3-kinase
(PI3K).
Screening
seventy
difficult-to-neutralize
SIV
mac239
-infected
macaques
found
nine
NAb-inducing
animals,
with
seven
selecting
specific
CD8
+
T-cell
escape
mutation
in
nef
before
induction.
This
Nef-G63E
reduced
excess
Nef
interaction-mediated
B-cell
maturation-limiting
PI3K/mammalian
target
rapamycin
complex
2
(mTORC2).
In
vivo
imaging
cytometry
depicted
preferential
perturbation
cognate
Envelope-specific
cells,
suggestive
polarized
contact-dependent
transfer
corroborating
maturation
post-mutant
selection
up
Results
collectively
exemplify
pattern
extrinsically
reciprocal
human
PI3K
gain-of-function
antibody-dysregulating
disease,
indicate
that
harnessing
the
PI3K/mTORC2
axis
may
facilitate
against
viruses
including
HIV/SIV.
HIV
and
simian
immunodeficiency
virus
(SIV)
infections
are
known
for
impaired
neutralizing
antibody
(NAb)
responses.
While
sequential
virus-host
B
cell
interaction
appears
to
be
basally
required
NAb
induction,
driver
molecular
signatures
predisposing
induction
still
remain
largely
unknown.
Here
we
describe
SIV-specific
following
a
interplay
decreasing
aberrant
viral
drive
of
phosphoinositide
3-kinase
(PI3K).
Screening
seventy
difficult-to-neutralize
SIVmac239-infected
macaques
found
nine
NAb-inducing
animals,
with
seven
selecting
specific
CD8+
T-cell
escape
mutation
in
nef
before
induction.
This
Nef-G63E
reduced
excess
Nef
interaction-mediated
B-cell
maturation-limiting
PI3K/mammalian
target
rapamycin
complex
2
(mTORC2).
In
vivo
imaging
cytometry
depicted
preferential
perturbation
cognate
Envelope-specific
cells,
suggestive
polarized
contact-dependent
transfer
corroborating
maturation
post-mutant
selection
up
Results
collectively
exemplify
pattern
extrinsically
reciprocal
human
PI3K
gain-of-function
antibody-dysregulating
disease
indicate
that
harnessing
the
PI3K/mTORC2
axis
may
facilitate
against
viruses
including
HIV/SIV.