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Mechanisms of Hepatitis C Virus Escape from Vaccine-Relevant Neutralizing Antibodies.
Velázquez-Moctezuma, Rodrigo; Augestad, Elias H; Castelli, Matteo; Holmboe Olesen, Christina; Clementi, Nicola; Clementi, Massimo; Mancini, Nicasio; Prentoe, Jannick.
  • Velázquez-Moctezuma R; Copenhagen Hepatitis C Program (CO-HEP), Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Augestad EH; Department of Infectious Diseases, Hvidovre Hospital, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark.
  • Castelli M; Copenhagen Hepatitis C Program (CO-HEP), Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Holmboe Olesen C; Department of Infectious Diseases, Hvidovre Hospital, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark.
  • Clementi N; Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Università "Vita-Salute" San Raffaele, 20132 Milano, Italy.
  • Clementi M; Copenhagen Hepatitis C Program (CO-HEP), Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • Mancini N; Department of Infectious Diseases, Hvidovre Hospital, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark.
  • Prentoe J; Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology, Università "Vita-Salute" San Raffaele, 20132 Milano, Italy.
Vaccines (Basel) ; 9(3)2021 Mar 20.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1348698
ABSTRACT
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major causative agent of acute and chronic hepatitis. It is estimated that 400,000 people die every year from chronic HCV infection, mostly from severe liver-related diseases such as cirrhosis and liver cancer. Although HCV was discovered more than 30 years ago, an efficient prophylactic vaccine is still missing. The HCV glycoprotein complex, E1/E2, is the principal target of neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) and, thus, is an attractive antigen for B-cell vaccine design. However, the high genetic variability of the virus necessitates the identification of conserved epitopes. Moreover, the high intrinsic mutational capacity of HCV allows the virus to continually escape broadly NAbs (bNAbs), which is likely to cause issues with vaccine-resistant variants. Several studies have assessed the barrier-to-resistance of vaccine-relevant bNAbs in vivo and in vitro. Interestingly, recent studies have suggested that escape substitutions can confer antibody resistance not only by direct modification of the epitope but indirectly through allosteric effects, which can be grouped based on the breadth of these effects on antibody susceptibility. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of HCV-specific NAbs, with a special focus on vaccine-relevant bNAbs and their targets. We highlight antibody escape studies pointing out the different methodologies and the escape mutations identified thus far. Finally, we analyze the antibody escape mechanisms of envelope protein escape substitutions and polymorphisms according to the most recent evidence in the HCV field. The accumulated knowledge in identifying bNAb epitopes as well as assessing barriers to resistance and elucidating relevant escape mechanisms may prove critical in the successful development of an HCV B-cell vaccine.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Topics: Vaccines / Variants Language: English Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Vaccines9030291

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Topics: Vaccines / Variants Language: English Year: 2021 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Vaccines9030291