title: An anti-gp41 human monoclonal antibody that enhances HIV-1 infection in the absence of complement.
abstract: B lymphocytes from tonsillar tissue of an asymptomatic HIV-1-seropositive subject were transformed with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and tested for the production of HIV-1-specific antibodies by ELISA, using purified HIV-1SF2.2F11, a monoclonal antibody derived from a transformed line, is of the IgG1 subclass and recognizes an epitope in the conserved region of the envelope transmembrane glycoprotein gp41, which is expressed on the surface of HIV-infected T cells. The antibody does not mediate the lysis of infected T cells in antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) assays and does not neutralize the infectivity of HIV-1SF2 or the homologous isolate HIV-1TT2.2F11 appears to be the first anti-gp41 human monoclonal antibody that enhances the infectivity of an HIV-1 strain (i.e., SF128A) in the absence of complement.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research Institute, University of California, School of Medicine, San Francisco 94143.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Eaton
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Ugen
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Weiner
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wildes
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000920:Antibody-Dependent Cell Cytotoxicity; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002144:Callithrix; D002460:Cell Line; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D003165:Complement System Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D000939:Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D015700:HIV Envelope Protein gp41 / Q000276:immunology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D010449:Peptide Mapping; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D015700:HIV Envelope Protein gp41; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D003165:Complement System Proteins