title: Delineation of type-specific regions on the envelope glycoproteins of human T cell leukemia viruses.
abstract: Two different approaches were used to map the type-specific regions on human T cell leukemia virus (HTLV) envelope glycoproteins. 1) Antibody reactivities of polymerase chain reaction-confirmed HTLV-I or HTLV-II carriers' sera were analyzed by Western blot assay with seven recombinant proteins containing different regions of HTLV-I or HTLV-II envelope proteins. 2) Rabbit antibodies elicited by nine HTLV-I Env synthetic peptides were used to react with the native HTLV envelope glycoproteins in an antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) assay. The results of the Western blot analysis showed that RP-B2, which contains amino acid residues 166 to 213 from HTLV-II exterior glycoprotein, was specifically reactive with 90.6% (48 of 53) of the HTLV-II carriers' sera but not with any of the HTLV-I carriers' serum (0 of 71). In contrast, RP-B, which contains amino acid residues 166 to 229 from HTLV-I exterior glycoprotein, was reactive with 85.1% (114 of 134) of the HTLV-I carriers' sera but not with any HTLV-II carrier serum (0 of 62). Furthermore, anti-HTLV-I Env synthetic peptide antibody-mediated ADCC identified several distinguishing HTLV-I ADCC epitopes in the middle region (amino acid residues 177 to 257) of the HTLV-I exterior glycoprotein. Therefore, HTLV type-specific epitopes reside mainly in a 69-amino acid sequence bounded by two cysteine residues (amino acids 157 and 225 for HTLV-I and 153 and 221 for HTLV-II), in the middle region of the exterior envelope glycoproteins.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702-1201.
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: X Q
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Dahl
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Samuel
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Schooley
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Essex
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Papas
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000920:Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003429:Cross Reactions; D017977:Deltaretrovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D000939:Epitopes / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000276:immunology; D010957:Plasmids; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D014760:Viral Fusion Proteins / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D000939:Epitopes; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014760:Viral Fusion Proteins