title: Characterization of murine monoclonal antibodies directed against the core proteins of human immunodeficiency virus types 1 and 2.
abstract: Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) raised against the core proteins of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1; laboratory strain HTLV-IIIB) and HIV-2 (strain ROD) were investigated in a variety of tests, e.g., enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), immunostaining of Western immunoblots, immunofluorescence, immunoprecipitation, and alkaline phosphatase anti-alkaline phosphatase assay. The MAbs were grouped according to their cross-reactions. Seven HIV-1-specific MAbs reacted exclusively with HIV-1, and five showed cross-reactivity with HIV-2 and simian immunodeficiency virus of macaques in ELISA. Four of the 15 MAbs against HIV-2 reacted only with the HIV-2 protein p26. Six showed cross-reactivity with HIV-1, and five showed a broad reaction with all three viruses. Overlapping 30-amino-acid-long peptides derived from the p24 protein sequence of HIV-1 were used in an epitope-mapping system. Three different immunogenic regions (A, B, and C) could be defined. Specific regions where anti-HIV-1 and -HIV-2 MAbs cross-reacted were mapped with shorter oligopeptides.
authors.affiliation: Research Laboratories of Behringwerke, Marburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niedrig
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hinkula
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Harthus
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bröker
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hopp
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pauli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wahren
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000940:Antigenic Variation; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D015683:Gene Products, gag / Q000276:immunology*; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D015488:HIV Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D014758:Viral Core Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D015683:Gene Products, gag; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D015488:HIV Antigens; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24; D014758:Viral Core Proteins