PMID- 29065142 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20171113 LR - 20181113 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 10 DP - 2017 TI - Safety and vaccine-induced HIV-1 immune responses in healthy volunteers following a late MVA-B boost 4 years after the last immunization. PG - e0186602 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0186602 [doi] LID - e0186602 AB - BACKGROUND: We have previously shown that an HIV vaccine regimen including three doses of HIV-modified vaccinia virus Ankara vector expressing HIV-1 antigens from clade B (MVA-B) was safe and elicited moderate and durable (1 year) T-cell and antibody responses in 75% and 95% of HIV-negative volunteers (n = 24), respectively (RISVAC02 study). Here, we describe the long-term durability of vaccine-induced responses and the safety and immunogenicity of an additional MVA-B boost. METHODS: 13 volunteers from the RISVAC02 trial were recruited to receive a fourth dose of MVA-B 4 years after the last immunization. End-points were safety, cellular and humoral immune responses to HIV-1 and vector antigens assessed by ELISPOT, intracellular cytokine staining (ICS) and ELISA performed before and 2, 4 and 12 weeks after receiving the boost. RESULTS: Volunteers reported 64 adverse events (AEs), although none was a vaccine-related serious AE. After 4 years from the 1st dose of the vaccine, only 2 volunteers maintained low HIV-specific T-cell responses. After the late MVA-B boost, a modest increase in IFN-gamma T-cell responses, mainly directed against Env, was detected by ELISPOT in 5/13 (38%) volunteers. ICS confirmed similar results with 45% of volunteers showing that CD4+ T-cell responses were mainly directed against Env, whereas CD8+ T cell-responses were similarly distributed against Env, Gag and GPN. In terms of antibody responses, 23.1% of the vaccinees had detectable Env-specific binding antibodies 4 years after the last MVA-B immunization with a mean titer of 96.5. The late MVA-B boost significantly improved both the response rate (92.3%) and the magnitude of the systemic binding antibodies to gp120 (mean titer of 11460). HIV-1 neutralizing antibodies were also enhanced and detected in 77% of volunteers. Moreover, MVA vector-specific T cell and antibody responses were boosted in 80% and 100% of volunteers respectively. CONCLUSIONS: One boost of MVA-B four years after receiving 3 doses of the same vaccine was safe, induced moderate increases in HIV-specific T cell responses in 38% of volunteers but significantly boosted the binding and neutralizing antibody responses to HIV-1 and to the MVA vector. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01923610. FAU - Guardo, Alberto C AU - Guardo AC AD - Immunopathology and Cellular Immunology, AIDS Research Group, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Gomez, Carmen Elena AU - Gomez CE AD - Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. FAU - Diaz-Brito, Vicens AU - Diaz-Brito V AD - Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Pich, Judit AU - Pich J AD - Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Arnaiz, Joan Albert AU - Arnaiz JA AD - Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Perdiguero, Beatriz AU - Perdiguero B AD - Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. FAU - Garcia-Arriaza, Juan AU - Garcia-Arriaza J AD - Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. FAU - Gonzalez, Nuria AU - Gonzalez N AD - AIDS Immunopathogenesis Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. FAU - Sorzano, Carlos O S AU - Sorzano COS AD - Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. FAU - Jimenez, Laura AU - Jimenez L AD - AIDS Immunopathogenesis Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. FAU - Jimenez, Jose Luis AU - Jimenez JL AD - Seccion Inmunologia, Laboratorio InmunoBiologia Molecular, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Gregorio Maranon (IISGM), Spanish HIV HGM Biobank, Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials & Nanomedicine (CIBERBBN), Madrid, Spain. FAU - Munoz-Fernandez, Maria Angeles AU - Munoz-Fernandez MA AD - Seccion Inmunologia, Laboratorio InmunoBiologia Molecular, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Gregorio Maranon (IISGM), Spanish HIV HGM Biobank, Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials & Nanomedicine (CIBERBBN), Madrid, Spain. FAU - Gatell, Jose M AU - Gatell JM AD - Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Alcami, Jose AU - Alcami J AD - AIDS Immunopathogenesis Unit, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. FAU - Esteban, Mariano AU - Esteban M AD - Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, CSIC, Madrid, Spain. FAU - Lopez Bernaldo de Quiros, Juan Carlos AU - Lopez Bernaldo de Quiros JC AD - Seccion Inmunologia, Laboratorio InmunoBiologia Molecular, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon, Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Gregorio Maranon (IISGM), Spanish HIV HGM Biobank, Networking Research Center on Bioengineering, Biomaterials & Nanomedicine (CIBERBBN), Madrid, Spain. FAU - Garcia, Felipe AU - Garcia F AD - Infectious Diseases Unit, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Spain. FAU - Plana, Montserrat AU - Plana M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0767-4329 AD - Immunopathology and Cellular Immunology, AIDS Research Group, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. CN - RISVAC02boost study LA - eng SI - ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT01923610 PT - Clinical Trial, Phase I PT - Journal Article PT - Randomized Controlled Trial DEP - 20171024 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (AIDS Vaccines) RN - 0 (Antibodies, Neutralizing) RN - 0 (HIV Antibodies) RN - 0 (Placebos) SB - IM EIN - PLoS One. 2018 Apr 10;13(4):e0195915. PMID: 29634751 MH - AIDS Vaccines/adverse effects/*immunology MH - Antibodies, Neutralizing/immunology MH - CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes/immunology MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Flow Cytometry MH - HIV Antibodies/blood MH - HIV-1/*immunology MH - Healthy Volunteers MH - Humans MH - *Immunization, Secondary MH - Placebos PMC - PMC5655491 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2017/10/25 06:00 MHDA- 2017/11/14 06:00 PMCR- 2017/10/24 CRDT- 2017/10/25 06:00 PHST- 2016/12/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/09/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/10/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2017/10/25 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/11/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/10/24 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-16-47067 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0186602 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2017 Oct 24;12(10):e0186602. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186602. eCollection 2017.