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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-1-19
pubmed:abstractText
Identification of CTL epitopes correlated to immune protection is important for the development of vaccines that enhance T-cell mediated immune responses. The correlation of positively selected amino acids (PS) of HIV-1 with host HLA alleles can identify regions containing potential T-cell epitopes. However, the specific epitopes have to be identified and characterized using overlapping peptides through T-cell functional assays. In this study we used a new approach to identify and characterize potential epitopes in the gag region containing PS mutations that significantly correlated with HLA-A*0301. The iTopia Epitope Discovery System was used to rapidly screen a panel of peptides overlapping the regions containing PS mutations and the peptides identified were assessed for relative affinity and complex stability. The potential epitopes were then validated by interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) ELISpot assays with patient PBMCs. Using this approach we identified/confirmed the predicted HLA-A*0301 epitopes in two regions of gag containing PS mutations V7I and K403R, one previously reported and the other novel. Five of the seven peptides that bound to A*0301 contained the K403R mutation and corresponded to the documented LARNCRAPRK-A3 supertype epitope. Two epitope variants, RASVLSGGK and RASILSGGK containing the V7I mutation, were identified using the iTopia Epitope Discovery System, however only the consensus variant (RAK9C) was confirmed using the ELISpot assay and it represents a novel A*0301 epitope.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1872-7905
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
352
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
118-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19903485-Cohort Studies, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-Epitope Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-HIV Infections, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-HIV-1, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-HLA-A Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-HLA-A3 Antigen, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-Histocompatibility Testing, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-Human Immunodeficiency Virus Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-Interferon-gamma, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-Kenya, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-Software, pubmed-meshheading:19903485-T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification and characterization of HLA-A*0301 epitopes in HIV-1 gag proteins using a novel approach.
pubmed:affiliation
National Microbiology Laboratory, 1015 Arlington Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 3R2, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural