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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Immunol Rev. 2013 Jul;254(1):225–244. doi: 10.1111/imr.12075

Table 1.

Genetic characteristics of HIV-1 broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies

Viral Epitope Antibody binding
characteristicsa
Antibody clonal
family
Year
Published
Isotype and
subclassb
Heavy
chain
V-gene
Light chain
V-gene
(K or L)
CDRH3 length
(Kabat AA)c
VH
mutation
(nt %)d
VH mutation
(AA %)d
Neutralization
Breadthe
Neutralization
Potencyf
Polyrectiveg References
MPER of gp41 contiguous sequence 2F5 1993 IgG3 2-5 K1-13 22 14 15 ++ ++ yes 53, 65, 66, 77, 85
contiguous sequence 4E10 1994 IgG3 1-69 K3-20 18 14 20 ++++ ++ yes 53, 65, 66, 76, 85
contiguous sequence M66.6 2011 NR 5-51 K1-39 21 4.3 10 + ++ yes 120
contiguous sequence CAP206-CH12 2011 IgG1 1-69 K3-20 15 12 19 + ++ yes 115
contiguous sequence 10e8* 2012 IgG3 3-15 L 3-19 20 21 26 ++++ +++ no 110
V1V2-glycan peptido-glcyan PG9, PG16 2009 NR 3-33 L2-14 28 12-13 17 - 20 +++ +++ no 82
peptido-glcyan CH01 - 04 2011 IgG1 3-20 K3-20 24 14 - 17 23 - 29 + ++ nog1 109, 170
peptido-glcyan PGT 141-145 2011 NR 1-8 K 2-28 31 - 32 12-18 21 - 29 +++ +++ NR 83
Outer domain glycan glycan only 2G12 1994 IgG1 3-21 K 1-5 14 21 32 + ++ NR 53, 65, 75
V3-glycan peptido-glycan PGT121-123 2011 NR 4-59 L 3-21 24 17 - 21 21 - 27 ++ ++++ NR 83
peptido-glycan PGT125-131 2011 NR 4-39 L 2-8 19 15 - 23 23 - 33 ++ ++++ NR 83
peptido-glycan PGT135-137 2011 NR 4-39 K 3-15 18 17 - 20 25 - 29 + ++ NR 83
CD4 binding site CDRH3 loop b12 1994 NR 1-3 K 3-20 18 13 20 + ++ nog2 53, 64, 78
no liganded structure HJ16 2010 NR 3-30 K4-1 19 15 37 + ++ NR 116
CDRH3 loop CH103 - 106 2013 IgG1 4-59 L 3-1 13 14 - 16 22 ++ ++ yesg3 118
mimics CD4 via CDRH2 VRC01 - 03 2010 IgG1 1-2 K 3-20# 12-14 30 - 32 40-48 ++++ +++ no 84, 119
mimics CD4 via CDRH2 VRC-PG04, 04b 2011 IgG1 1-2 K 3-20 14 30 38-39 +++ +++ no 114
mimics CD4 via CDRH2 VRC-CH30 - 34 2011 IgG1 1-2 K1-33 13 23 - 24 36-40 +++ +++ no 114, 170
no liganded structure 3BNC117, 3BNC60* 2011 NR 1-2 K1-33 10 27 37-40 +++ +++ yesg4 117
mimics CD4 via CDRH2 NIH45-46* 2011 IgG1 1-2 K 3-20 16 30 41 ++++ +++ yes 117, 125
no liganded structure 12A12, 12A21* 2011 NR 1-2 K1-33 13 23 - 25 38-40 ++++ +++ yes 117
no liganded structure 8ANC131, 134* 2011 NR 1-46 K 3-20 16 27 37-38 +++ ++ yes 117
no liganded structure 1NC9, 1B2530* 2011 NR 1-46 L 1-47 16 - 19 24 - 26 36-38 + ++ yes 117
a

Major binding characteristics indicated by co-crystal structural analysis. mAb 2G12 utilizes unusual domain swap structure - see indicated references. mAb b12 was isolated from phase display library and natural light chain pair was not retained; b12 displays heavy chain only binding in co-crystal structure with gp120.

b

Isotype indicates the natural isotype and subclass of the isolated antibody. In some cases, this was not reported. In many cases, the PCR amplified heavy and light chain genes are expressed in an IgG1 expression vector even though the natural antibody was a different subclass.

c

Reported CDRH3 lengths are often based on IMGT or Kabat nomenclature. The Kabat definition is generally used for structural studies and is often 2 AA residues shorter than the IMGT definition. For explanation of the differences in nomenclature, see www.imgt.org.

d

The percent mutations (nt) of an antibody heavy chain are based on comparison to the inferred germline gene. Percent mutations are sometime also reported based on translated AA sequences (AA).

e

Neutralization breadth is indicated for antibodies tested on large panels of > 100 tier 2 Env-pseudoviruses and the values shown are the percent of viruses neutralized at an IC50 of < 50 ug/ml. ++++ = > 90%; +++ = 75 - 90%; ++ = 50 - 74%; + = < 50%. If there are several members of a clonal family, the broadest clonal member was used.

f

Neutralization potency indicated by median or geometric mean IC50 (ug/ml) of neutralized viruses (i.e. excluding non-neutralized viruses); ++++, IC50 < 0.05; +++ , IC50 = 0.05 - 0.49; ++, IC50 = 0.5 - 4.9; +, IC50 = 5.0 - 50.

g

Poly or self reactivity as assessed by a combination of common autoimmune assays, including cardiolipin ELISA, Hep2 cell IFA and Athena assay for antinuclear antibodies.

g1

One antibody in this clonal lineage, CH103 is polyreactive.

g2

Some have found b12 polyreactive, but studies in b12 VHDJH + VLJL knock-in mice have demonstrated the degree of polyreactivity for this antibody is not sufficient to predispose these antibodies to tolerance deletion (D. Nemazee, personal communication).

g3

CH103, CH104, CH106 are autoreactive, CH105 is not autoreactive.

g4

3BNC117 is reported to 3y polyreactive, but not 3BNC60.

*

Additional members of the clonal family also reported in the primary publication. NIH45-45 is same donor and clonal family as VRC01. For mAbs 1NC9 and 1B2530, neutralization data only available for 1B2530

#

VRC01 and 02 were initially reported to derive from inferred VK3-11, but additional analysis of the antibody lineages strongly suggests VK3-20. Also, VRC03 was initially inferred to be from different clonal family than VRC01, but more detailed analysis suggests that VRC01, 02 and 03 are clonal relatives (J. Mascola, P. Kwong, unpublished data)

Notes: NR, not reported.

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