title: Sensitive ELISA for the gp120 and gp160 surface glycoproteins of HIV-1.
abstract: We have used a panel of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies against gp120 and gp160, the envelope glycoproteins of human immunodeficiency virus type 1, to create rapid, simple, and sensitive twin-site sandwich ELISA specific for gp120 and gp160 or for gp160 alone. These assays can detect 500 COS cells in a population transiently transfected with a construct encoding gp120 and gp160, or 50 pg of recombinant gp160. We estimate that the mean amount of gp120 + gp160 in the transfected population is equivalent to 2.5 x 10(6) molecules per cell, 40-50% of which can be recovered from the culture medium as gp120 after 24 hours. The ELISA can be adapted to assess whether gp120 is detectable in the sera of HIV-1-infected persons: we show that gp120/gp160 is completely stable in normal human serum for at least 24 hours at 37 degrees C.
authors.affiliation: MRC AIDS Research Laboratory, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Jarrett
mesh_terms: D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006678:HIV / Q000032:analysis*; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120; D019302:HIV Envelope Protein gp160; D012191:Retroviridae Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120; D019302:HIV Envelope Protein gp160; D012191:Retroviridae Proteins; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins