title: Relationship between antigenicity and immunogenicity of chimeric hepatitis B virus core particles carrying HIV type 1 epitopes.
abstract: We have developed a comparative study of antigenic and immunogenic properties of selected immunodominant HIV-1 epitopes from p24 and gp120 proteins added to C-terminally truncated hepatitis B virus (HBV) core protein and exposed on the surface of chimeric core particles. Inserted p24 (121-210) and gp120/MN (306-328) epitopes induced the appropriate humoral and cellular immune responses against HIV-1. Superficially exposed region 160-192 of p24 also showed maximal B cell immunogenicity whereas buried region 148-162 induced maximal T cell response. Both recombinant proteins were also able to be recognized in vitro by T lymphocytes of HIV-1 asymptomatic carriers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grene
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mezule
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Borisova
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pumpens
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Bentwich
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arnon
mesh_terms: D016915:AIDS Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D000328:Adult; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D015483:HIV Antibodies / Q000097:blood; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006512:Hepatitis B Core Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D011817:Rabbits; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D016915:AIDS Vaccines; D015483:HIV Antibodies; D016655:HIV Core Protein p24; D015699:HIV Envelope Protein gp120; C059762:HIV envelope protein gp120 (305-321); D006512:Hepatitis B Core Antigens; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins