Nature Publishing Group, Clinical and Translational Immunology, 11(12), 2023
DOI: 10.1002/cti2.1474
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AbstractObjectivesTuberculosis (TB) remains a substantial cause of morbidity and mortality among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) worldwide. However, the immunological mechanisms associated with the enhanced susceptibility among HIV‐positive individuals remain largely unknown.MethodsHere, we used a simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)/TB‐coinfection Mauritian cynomolgus macaque (MCM) model to examine humoral responses from the plasma of SIV‐negative (n = 8) and SIV‐positive (n = 7) MCM 8‐week postinfection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb).ResultsAntibody responses to Mtb were impaired during SIV coinfection. Elevated inflammatory bulk IgG antibody glycosylation patterns were observed in coinfected macaques early at 8‐week post‐Mtb infection, including increased agalactosylation (G0) and reduced di‐galactosylation (G2), which correlated with endpoint Mtb bacterial burden and gross pathology scores, as well as the time‐to‐necropsy.ConclusionThese studies suggest that humoral immunity may contribute to control of TB disease and support growing literature that highlights antibody Fc glycosylation as a biomarker of TB disease progression.