Expression-System-Dependent Modulation of HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein Antigenicity and Immunogenicity
Recombinant expression systems differ in the type of glycosylation they impart on expressed antigens such as the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoproteins, potentially affecting their biological properties. We performed head-to-head antigenic, immunogenic and molecular profi...
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| author | Kong, L Sheppard, N Stewart-Jones, G Robson, C Chen, H Xu, X Krashias, G Bonomelli, C Scanlan, C Kwong, P Jeffs, SA Jones, I Sattentau, Q |
| author_facet | Kong, L Sheppard, N Stewart-Jones, G Robson, C Chen, H Xu, X Krashias, G Bonomelli, C Scanlan, C Kwong, P Jeffs, SA Jones, I Sattentau, Q |
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| description | Recombinant expression systems differ in the type of glycosylation they impart on expressed antigens such as the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoproteins, potentially affecting their biological properties. We performed head-to-head antigenic, immunogenic and molecular profiling of two distantly related Env surface (gp120) antigens produced in different systems: (a) mammalian (293 FreeStyle™ cells; 293F) cells in the presence of kifunensine, which impart only high-mannose glycans; (b) insect cells (Spodoptera frugiperda, Sf9), which confer mainly paucimannosidic glycans; (c) Sf9 cells recombinant for mammalian glycosylation enzymes (Sf9 Mimic™), which impart high-mannose, hybrid and complex glycans without sialic acid; and (d) 293F cells, which impart high-mannose, hybrid and complex glycans with sialic acid. Molecular models revealed a significant difference in gp120 glycan coverage between the Sf9-derived and wild-type mammalian-cell-derived material that is predicted to affect ligand binding sites proximal to glycans. Modeling of solvent-exposed surface electrostatic potentials showed that sialic acid imparts a significant negative surface charge that may influence gp120 antigenicity and immunogenicity. Gp120 expressed in systems that do not incorporate sialic acid displayed increased ligand binding to the CD4 binding and CD4-induced sites compared to those expressed in the system that do, and imparted other more subtle differences in antigenicity in a gp120 subtype-specific manner. Non-sialic-acid-containing gp120 was significantly more immunogenic than the sialylated version when administered in two different adjuvants, and induced higher titers of antibodies competing for CD4 binding site ligand-gp120 interaction. These findings suggest that non-sialic-acid-imparting systems yield gp120 immunogens with modified antigenic and immunogenic properties, considerations that should be considered when selecting expression systems for glycosylated antigens to be used for structure-function studies and for vaccine use. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:dba1baeb-ecce-4178-9ea8-64826488fdb12022-03-27T09:12:01ZExpression-System-Dependent Modulation of HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein Antigenicity and ImmunogenicityJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:dba1baeb-ecce-4178-9ea8-64826488fdb1EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2010Kong, LSheppard, NStewart-Jones, GRobson, CChen, HXu, XKrashias, GBonomelli, CScanlan, CKwong, PJeffs, SAJones, ISattentau, QRecombinant expression systems differ in the type of glycosylation they impart on expressed antigens such as the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) envelope glycoproteins, potentially affecting their biological properties. We performed head-to-head antigenic, immunogenic and molecular profiling of two distantly related Env surface (gp120) antigens produced in different systems: (a) mammalian (293 FreeStyle™ cells; 293F) cells in the presence of kifunensine, which impart only high-mannose glycans; (b) insect cells (Spodoptera frugiperda, Sf9), which confer mainly paucimannosidic glycans; (c) Sf9 cells recombinant for mammalian glycosylation enzymes (Sf9 Mimic™), which impart high-mannose, hybrid and complex glycans without sialic acid; and (d) 293F cells, which impart high-mannose, hybrid and complex glycans with sialic acid. Molecular models revealed a significant difference in gp120 glycan coverage between the Sf9-derived and wild-type mammalian-cell-derived material that is predicted to affect ligand binding sites proximal to glycans. Modeling of solvent-exposed surface electrostatic potentials showed that sialic acid imparts a significant negative surface charge that may influence gp120 antigenicity and immunogenicity. Gp120 expressed in systems that do not incorporate sialic acid displayed increased ligand binding to the CD4 binding and CD4-induced sites compared to those expressed in the system that do, and imparted other more subtle differences in antigenicity in a gp120 subtype-specific manner. Non-sialic-acid-containing gp120 was significantly more immunogenic than the sialylated version when administered in two different adjuvants, and induced higher titers of antibodies competing for CD4 binding site ligand-gp120 interaction. These findings suggest that non-sialic-acid-imparting systems yield gp120 immunogens with modified antigenic and immunogenic properties, considerations that should be considered when selecting expression systems for glycosylated antigens to be used for structure-function studies and for vaccine use. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. |
| spellingShingle | Kong, L Sheppard, N Stewart-Jones, G Robson, C Chen, H Xu, X Krashias, G Bonomelli, C Scanlan, C Kwong, P Jeffs, SA Jones, I Sattentau, Q Expression-System-Dependent Modulation of HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein Antigenicity and Immunogenicity |
| title | Expression-System-Dependent Modulation of HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein Antigenicity and Immunogenicity |
| title_full | Expression-System-Dependent Modulation of HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein Antigenicity and Immunogenicity |
| title_fullStr | Expression-System-Dependent Modulation of HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein Antigenicity and Immunogenicity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Expression-System-Dependent Modulation of HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein Antigenicity and Immunogenicity |
| title_short | Expression-System-Dependent Modulation of HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein Antigenicity and Immunogenicity |
| title_sort | expression system dependent modulation of hiv 1 envelope glycoprotein antigenicity and immunogenicity |
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