title: Location, exposure, and conservation of neutralizing and nonneutralizing epitopes on human immunodeficiency virus type 2 SU glycoprotein.
abstract: Eleven rat monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) that recognize the SU glycoprotein of human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) ROD were produced and characterized. Binding sites for eight of these MAbs were mapped to epitopes within the Cl, V1/V2, C2, and V3 envelope regions. The three other MAbs defined at least two conformation-dependent, strain-specific epitopes outside Vl/V2, V3, and the CD4-binding site. The MAbs were used to probe the tertiary structure of oligomeric envelope glycoprotein expressed on the surfaces of infected cells. Epitopes at the apices of V2 and V3 were exposed on the native molecule, whereas other epitopes on V1/V2, Cl, and C2 were hidden. The MAbs defined three neutralization targets on exposed domains: two linear epitopes in the V2 and the V3 loops and one conformational epitope outside V1, V2, and V3.
authors.affiliation: Virology Laboratory, Chester Beatty Laboratories, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: McKnight
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Shotton
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cordell
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Simmons
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Clapham
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D015704:CD4 Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D002460:Cell Line; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D018604:Epitope Mapping; D000939:Epitopes / Q000032:analysis / Q000276:immunology*; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000276:immunology; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120 / Q000276:immunology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000276:immunology; D011487:Protein Conformation; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D018411:Spodoptera / Q000166:cytology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D015704:CD4 Antigens; D000939:Epitopes; D006023:Glycoproteins; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120; C059762:HIV envelope protein gp120 (305-321); D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins