Journal
VACCINE
Volume 26, Issue 24, Pages 3059-3071Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.12.004
Keywords
T cell epitope; HIV; HLA-B7; vaccine
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- FIC NIH HHS [R03 TW006306, R03 TW006306-02, R03 TW006306-03, R03 TW006306-01A2, R03 TW006306-04] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI050528-02, R21 AI45416, R43 AI 46212, R21 AI045416-01, R21 AI045416-02, R01 AI050528-01A1, R01 AI050528-02S1, R21 AI045416, R01 AI050528-03S2, R01 AI050528-04, R01 AI050528, R01 AI050528-03S1, R01 AI050528-03] Funding Source: Medline
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Genetic polymorphisms in class I human leukocyte antigen molecules (HLA) have been shown to determine susceptibility to HIV infection as well as the rate of progression to AIDS. In particular, the HLA-B7 supertype has been shown to be associated with high viral loads and rapid progression to disease. Using a multiplatform in sitico/in vitro approach, we have prospectively identified 45 highly conserved, putative HLA-137 restricted HIV CTL epitopes and evaluated them in HLA binding and ELISpot assays. All 45 epitopes (100%) bound to HLA-137 in cell-based HLA binding assays: 28 (62%) bound with high affinity, 6 (13%) peptides bound with medium affinity and 11 (24%) bound with tow affinity. Forty of the 45 peptides (88%) stimulated a IFN-gamma response in PBMC from at least one subject. Eighteen of these 40 epitopes have not been previously described; an additional eight epitopes have not been previously described as restricted by B7. The HLA-B7 restricted epitopes discovered using this in silico screening approach are highly conserved across strains and clades of HIV as well as conserved in the HIV genome over the 20 years since HIV-1 isolates were first sequenced. This study demonstrates that it is possible to select a broad range of HLA-137 restricted epitopes that comprise stable elements in the rapidly mutating HIV genome. The most immunogenic of these epitopes will be included in the GAIA mutti-epitope vaccine. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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