PMID: 7525496Dec 1, 1994Paper

Identification of a novel neutralization epitope on envelope gp46 antigen of human T-cell-leukemia virus-type-II (HTLV-II)

International Journal of Cancer. Journal International Du Cancer
Y TanakaH Hoshino

Abstract

Having observed that multiple neutralization epitopes of human T-cell-leukemia-virus-type-I (HTLV-I) envelope gp46 clustered in a region between amino acids 187 and 199, we speculated that a region of HTLV-II gp46 corresponding to the HTLV-I-neutralization region may contain HTLV-II-specific neutralization epitopes. To test this, we immunized a NZW rabbit and BALB/c mice with a synthetic peptide containing the HTLV-II gp46 amino acids 182 to 199 (pep182-199) conjugated to OVA. The serum from the rabbit reacted to the HTLV-II gp46 and neutralized HTLV-II-mediated syncytium formation. One monoclonal antibody (MAb), M2E186N1, generated from the BALB/c mice, stained specifically the surface of HTLV-II-positive cells and reacted with HTLV-II gp46 by Western blot. This MAb was of the IgA isotype and inhibited HTLV-II- but not HTLV-I-mediated syncytium formation at a final antibody concentration of 200 micrograms/ml; it also neutralized an HTLV-II-VSV pseudotype virus specifically. Epitope mapping by ELISA using overlapping synthetic peptides indicated that the neutralization epitope recognized by the M2E186N1 MAb was located between HTLV-II gp46 amino acids 186 and 192, corresponding to the sequence Leu-Gln-His-Val-Ile-Leu-Gln-Pro. T...Continue Reading

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