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Identifiable biomarker and treatment development using HIV-1 long term non-progressor sera.
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BMC immunology [BMC Immunol] 2015 Apr 28; Vol. 16, pp. 25. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Apr 28. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Background: HIV-infected long-term non-progressor (LTNP) subjects can prevent viral replication and may harbor useful information for the development of both antibody and active vaccination treatments. In this study we used LTNP sera to examine the epitopes presented to the gp160 protein, and from this procedure we hope to elucidate potential biomarkers pertaining to the level of resistance a patient may have in developing AIDS after infection with HIV. We used five clinical sera samples from LTNP patients to identify common epitopes by ELISA; peptides with high binding to sera were selected and analyzed for conservation among HIV clades. Antibodies were generated against one identified epitope using a chimeric peptide in BALB/c mice, and both the sera from these mice and LTNP sera were tested for viral inhibition capabilities.<br />Results: A monoclonal antibody, CL3, against one identified epitope was used to compare these epitopes neutralizing capability. LTNP sera was also studied to determine chemokine/cytokine changes in these patients. The sera from LTNP patients 2, 3, 4, and 5 were identified as having the highest titers, and also significantly inhibited syncytia formation in vitro. Finally, the protein cytokine array demonstrated that I-309 and IGFBP-1 decreased in LTNPs, but levels of TIMP-1 and NAP-2 increased significantly.<br />Conclusions: Our results indicate that the use of LTNP samples may be a useful for identifying further anti-viral epitopes, and may be a possible predictor for determining if patients show higher resistances of converting the HIV infection to AIDS.
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- Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Case-Control Studies
Conserved Sequence
Cytokines metabolism
Epitope Mapping
HIV Antibodies metabolism
HIV Envelope Protein gp160 chemistry
HIV Envelope Protein gp160 metabolism
HIV Infections immunology
HIV Infections virology
HIV-1 immunology
HIV-1 isolation & purification
Humans
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Molecular Sequence Data
Neutralization Tests
Peptides chemistry
Recombinant Proteins metabolism
Biomarkers metabolism
HIV Infections blood
HIV Infections therapy
HIV Long-Term Survivors
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1471-2172
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- BMC immunology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25927639
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12865-015-0094-z