title: Generation, characterization and cross-reactivities of monoclonal antibodies against the p24 core protein and the gp130 envelope glycoprotein of HIV-2ben.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to characterize antigenic determinants on structural polypeptides of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2ben). Therefore, three HIV-2-specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against the p24 core protein (gag) and one mAb against the gp130 envelope glycoprotein (env) were produced. In addition to p24 the anti-core mAbs recognized the primary translation product of the viral gag gene p55 and an intermediate cleavage product p41. Core mAbs cross-reacted with another HIV-2 isolate (HIV-2rod), and several simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIVagm TYO7 and SIVmac), but not with SIVmnd and the HIV-1 isolates investigated (HIV-1han and HIV-1lai). The env mAb cross-reacted with HIV-2rod and SIVmac but not with SIVagm, SIVmnd or HIV-1. In competition assays and with epitope mapping possible binding sites for the mAbs were identified. The processing of HIV-2 core proteins is compared in retrovirus-infected T cell lines and during the expression by recombinant vaccinia virus. Finally, the mAb XIV DC10 which recognized a highly conserved epitope could be useful for an assay to detect HIV-1 and HIV-2 simultaneously. II D8 is the first mAb raised against HIV-2 env glycoprotein.
authors.affiliation: Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Abteilung Virologie und Immunologie, Göttingen, Germany.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Faisst
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Otteken
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nick
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hunsmann
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000918:Antibody Specificity / Q000276:immunology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology; D015686:Gene Products, env / Q000276:immunology*; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D015488:HIV Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24 / Q000276:immunology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015302:Simian Immunodeficiency Virus / Q000276:immunology; D054299:env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000939:Epitopes; D015686:Gene Products, env; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D015488:HIV Antigens; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24; D054299:env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; C083988:gp130 envelope protein, Human immunodeficiency virus