title: Continuous epitopes of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) transmembrane glycoprotein and reactivity of human sera to synthetic peptides representing various HIV-1 isolates.
abstract: Immunoreactive regions of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) gp41 were mapped by reacting HIV-1 antibody-positive human sera with overlapping synthetic peptides which covered the transmembrane protein. Three immunoreactive domains were identified, and five different and partially overlapping epitopes recognized by HIV-1-positive human sera were found within one immunodominant region. The effect on antibody recognition after single amino acid substitutions within one defined epitope was also studied. The reactivity of various HIV-1-positive sera to synthetic peptides with amino acid substitutions representing known isolates suggests an important substitution in the major epitope of African HIV-1 strains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Virology, University of Göteborg, Sweden.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Horal
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Svennerholm
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jeansson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rymo
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vahlne
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology*; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D015488:HIV Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D015700:HIV Envelope Protein gp41 / Q000276:immunology*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D000939:Epitopes; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D015488:HIV Antigens; D015700:HIV Envelope Protein gp41; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes; D010455:Peptides