title: Ex vivo interferon-gamma response to human immunodefiency virus-1 derived peptides in human immunodeficiency virus-1 infected patients.
abstract: The pattern of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 antigen-activated production of interferon (IFN)-gamma by immunocompetent cells of HIV-1 infected patients has been studied using a simplified assay combining a small volume (25 microliter) of whole blood stimulation with various HIV-1 antigens, and cytokine measurement in the same wells of microtitre plates (enzyme-linked immunotrapping assay, ELITA). The levels of IFN-gamma were higher using this assay than in the supernatant from stimulated whole blood cultures, therefore ELITA was used in the rest of the study. Specific immune responses to HIV-1 proteins (gp120, p24) and synthetic peptides derived from these proteins and from gp41 were detected in patients, but not in healthy controls. Decreased levels of IFN-gamma were observed in CDC class B (n = 5) and C (n = 4), compared with CDC class A (n = 5), following HIV-1 antigen-specific challenge. The positive response of cells from different patients to overlapping peptides of p25 (amino acids 329-344 and 335-351) was suggestive of a new epitope of HIV-1 gag recognized by T cells in the overlap region. In conclusion, the difference in in vitro antigen-specific T-cell responses of HIV-1-infected patients was shown using the ELITA method. Our results raise the possibility of using this method in screening specific antigens in HIV-1 infection.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de virologie, Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire, Institut Gernez Rieux, Lille, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hober
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Benyoucef
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chehadeh
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: De Groote
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: De La Tribonnière
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mouton
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wattré
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000090266:Chromobox Protein Homolog 5; D015488:HIV Antigens / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: C000715594:CBX5 protein, human; D015488:HIV Antigens; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D000090266:Chromobox Protein Homolog 5; D007371:Interferon-gamma