title: The use of multiple antigenic peptide (MAP) in the immunodiagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus infection.
abstract: In order to develop an ELISA system for the antibody detection of HIV-1 or HIV-2 infections, MAPs for HIV-1 gp41(584-618) and HIV-2 gp36(574-602) corresponding to the immunodominant regions of HIV-1 gp41 and HIV-2 gp36 were used as coating antigens in the ELISA. The MAPs were synthesized by the solid phase method using Fmoc-Lys(Fmoc)-OH and their molecular weights were confirmed by tricine gel electrophoresis. The MAPs reacted with all HIV positive sera (64 samples), but did not react with HIV negative sera (48 samples) obtained from healthy blood donors. The MAPs showed high sensitivity and specificity in anti-HIV 1/2 combo panel and anti-HIV-1 seroconversion panels. The results indicated that the ELISA system using synthetic MAPs of gp41(584-618) and gp36(574-602) as coating antigens can be used as an analytical system for the immunodiagnosis of HIV-1 or HIV-2 infections.
authors.affiliation: Peptide Engineering Research Unit, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, KIST, Taejon, Korea.
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Hahm
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D015686:Gene Products, env / Q000276:immunology; D015488:HIV Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D015700:HIV Envelope Protein gp41 / Q000276:immunology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology; D015498:HIV-2 / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000276:immunology*; D054299:env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
chemical_list: D015686:Gene Products, env; D015488:HIV Antigens; D015700:HIV Envelope Protein gp41; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D054299:env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; C059763:env protein gp36, Human immunodeficiency virus