title: A macromolecular multicomponent peptide vaccine prepared using the glutaraldehyde conjugation method with strong immunogenicity for HIV-1.
abstract: The immunogenicity of a newly constructed macromolecular multicomponent peptide vaccine candidate against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) was compared with that of previously reported vaccine candidates. This vaccine candidate is composed of a macromolecular multicomponent peptide complex consisting of three V3 region peptides, one Gag region peptide, and CD4-binding site peptide and was constructed using the multiple-antigen peptide and glutaraldehyde methods. Sera from rabbits immunized with this newly constructed vaccine showed strong antibody titers against each constituent peptide antigen. Furthermore, these antibodies exhibited strong neutralizing and antifusion activity toward HIV-1IIB, HIV-1MN, and fresh isolates from Japanese HIV-seropositive individuals. These results show that this new vaccine candidate has the capacity to induce strong, polyvalent immunogenicity and therefore may prove to be a powerful peptide vaccine against HIV-1 infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hamajima
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bukawa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sekigawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsukuda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okuda
mesh_terms: D016915:AIDS Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005976:Glutaral / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015488:HIV Antigens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000494:pharmacology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D011817:Rabbits; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D016915:AIDS Vaccines; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D015488:HIV Antigens; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic; D005976:Glutaral