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    Halper-Stromberg, Ariel; Lu, Ching-Lan; Klein, Florian; Horwitz, Joshua A.; Bournazos, Stylianos; Nogueira, Lilian; Eisenreich, Thomas R.; Liu, Cassie; Gazumyan, Anna; Schaefer, Uwe; Furze, Rebecca C.; Seaman, Michael S.; Prinjha, Rab; Tarakhovsky, Alexander; Ravetch, Jeffrey V.; Nussenzweig, Michel C.

    Cell, 08/2014, Letnik: 158, Številka: 5
    Journal Article

    Latent reservoirs of HIV-1-infected cells are refractory to antiretroviral therapies (ART) and remain the major barrier to curing HIV-1. Because latently infected cells are long-lived, immunologically invisible, and may undergo homeostatic proliferation, a “shock and kill” approach has been proposed to eradicate this reservoir by combining ART with inducers of viral transcription. However, all attempts to alter the HIV-1 reservoir in vivo have failed to date. Using humanized mice, we show that broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) can interfere with establishment of a silent reservoir by Fc-FcR-mediated mechanisms. In established infection, bNAbs or bNAbs plus single inducers are ineffective in preventing viral rebound. However, bNAbs plus a combination of inducers that act by independent mechanisms synergize to decrease the reservoir as measured by viral rebound. Thus, combinations of inducers and bNAbs constitute a therapeutic strategy that impacts the establishment and maintenance of the HIV-1 reservoir in humanized mice. Display omitted •bNAbs can be used for postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) in humanized mice•bNAb PEP efficacy requires Fc-receptor binding•bNAbs plus a single inducer of HIV-1 transcription do not reduce viral rebound•bNAbs plus a combination of inducers significantly reduce viral rebound A combination of broadly neutralizing antibodies and viral inducers reduce the frequency of viral rebound in the humanized mouse model of HIV-1 infection.