title: Chimeric synthetic peptides from the envelope (gp46) and the transmembrane (gp21) glycoproteins for the detection of antibodies to human T-cell leukemia virus type II.
abstract: Two chimeric synthetic peptides incorporating immunodominant sequences from HTLV-II virus were synthesized. Monomeric peptides P2 and P3 represent sequences from transmembrane protein (gp21) and envelope protein (gp46) of the virus. The peptide P2 is a gp21 (370-396) sequence and the peptide P3 is a gp46 (178-205) sequence. Those peptides were arranged in a way that permits one to obtain different combinations of chimeric peptides (P2-GG-P3 and P3-GG-P2), separated by two glycine residues as spacer arms. The antigenic activity of these peptides was evaluated by UltramicroEnzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (UMELISA) by using panels anti-HTLV-II-positive sera (n = 11), anti-HTLV-I/II-positive sera (n = 2), HTLV-positive (untypeable) serum samples (n = 2), and anti-HTLV-I-positive sera (n = 22), while specificity was evaluated with anti-HIV-positive samples (n = 19) and samples from healthy blood donors (n = 30). The efficacy of the chimeric peptides in solid-phase immunoassays was compared with the monomeric peptides and a mixture of the monomeric peptides. Higher sensitivity was observed for chimeric peptide Q5 assay. Those results may be related to a higher peptide adsorption capacity to the solid surface and for epitope accessibility to the antibodies. This chimeric peptide would be very useful for HTLV-II diagnostic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Peptide Synthesis, Immunoassay Center, Havana, Cuba. iqpeptidos@cie.sld.cu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hernández Marin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Castellanos Pentón
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Márquez Bocalandro
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pozo Peña
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Díaz Navarro
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: González López
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D015686:Gene Products, env / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D015482:HTLV-II Antibodies / Q000097:blood*; D015487:HTLV-II Antigens / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics; D015491:HTLV-II Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D015367:Human T-lymphotropic virus 2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D015682:Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D054299:env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
chemical_list: D015686:Gene Products, env; D015482:HTLV-II Antibodies; D015487:HTLV-II Antigens; D016056:Immunodominant Epitopes; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D015682:Retroviridae Proteins, Oncogenic; D054299:env Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; C069568:gp46 protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 2; C069569:human T-cell leukemia virus type-II protein gp21