title: Mapping of a human T-lymphotropic virus type I gag protein epitope that cross-reacts with anti-Plasmodium falciparum antibodies.
abstract: Studies in Palawan, Philippines, and Irian Jaya, Indonesia, showed that indeterminate human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) Western blot immunoreactivity is due to cross-reacting anti-Plasmodium falciparum antibodies. To further define this immunoreactivity, mapping studies were conducted using the HTLV-I p19 protein to identify the precise epitope that reacts with these antibodies. Anti-P. falciparum antibody-positive sera from Palawan, Philippines, and Irian Jaya, Indonesia, were studied using overlapping synthetic peptides. Immunoreactivity was localized to residues 108-120 of p19. Further analysis of the sera with 5 biotinylated synthetic peptides showed that the cross-reactive epitope consists of the sequence PDSDPQI (amino acid residues 110-116), which was shown to be homologous to a 7 amino acid sequence on the Exp-1 protein of the P. falciparum blood stage parasite. This is the first study that identifies a specific HTLV-I protein epitope that cross-reacts with malaria antibodies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Porter
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Anthony
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Solihin
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Hayes
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000276:immunology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003429:Cross Reactions; D018604:Epitope Mapping; D000939:Epitopes / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D015683:Gene Products, gag / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D010963:Plasmodium falciparum / Q000276:immunology*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan; D000939:Epitopes; D015683:Gene Products, gag; D010446:Peptide Fragments