title: Genetically engineered HIV type 1 peptides as tools for the determination of anti-V3 loop antibody titers in sera from HIV type 1-infected patients.
abstract: Recombinant peptides from Escherichia coli encoding the principal neutralizing domain (PND) and surrounding sequences of gp120 of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) with a C-terminal polyhistidine tag were expressed and purified on Ni(2+)-nitrilotriacetate agarose. High yields of more than 99% pure protein were obtained. Their serological reactivity with anti-HIV-positive and -negative human sera was compared to chemically synthesized V3 loop peptides. Overall the genetic PND peptides of the HIV-1MN isolate showed higher and broader reactivity patterns (84%) with HIV-positive sera from German patients than the chemically synthesized peptides (74%). By their higher reactivity and easy way of production and purification, recombinant peptides seem to be highly preferable for the determination of antibody titers to the PND of HIV-infected patients.
authors.affiliation: Max-von-Pettenkofer-Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Von Brunn
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reichhuber
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pfaff
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wizemann
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000276:immunology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000276:immunology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D015483:HIV Antibodies; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120; C059762:HIV envelope protein gp120 (305-321); D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins