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    J Immunol. 2005 Jun 1;174(11):7202-9.

    Natural antibodies to CCR5 from breast milk block infection of macrophages and dendritic cells with primary R5-tropic HIV-1.

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    Institut Nationale de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U743, Equipe d'Immunité et Biothérapies Muqueuses et Université René Descartes Paris V, Institut Biomédical des Cordeliers, France. hicham.bouhlal@u430.bhdc.jussieu.fr

    Abstract

    In the present study, we demonstrate that breast milk of 66% and 83% of HIV-seronegative and seropositive women, respectively, contains natural Abs of the secretory IgA and IgG isotypes directed against the CCR5 coreceptor for R5-tropic strains of HIV-1. Abs to CCR5 were affinity purified on a matrix to which a synthetic peptide corresponding to the second extracellular loop of CCR5 had been coupled. The purified Abs bound to the CCR5 peptide in a dose-dependent fashion and to both native CCR5 expressed by Chinese hamster ovary cells transfected with CCR5 gene, macrophages, and immature dendritic cells. Although the avidity differed, the amount of anti-CCR5 Abs did not significantly differ between breast milk of HIV-seropositive and -seronegative women. Purified anti-CCR5 Abs inhibited up to 75% infection of macrophages and dendritic cells with HIV(BaL) and HIV(JR-CSF). Our observations provide evidence for a role of natural Abs to CCR5 in breast milk in controlling transmissibility of HIV through breastfeeding.

    PMID:
    15905565
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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