DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL HIV-1 SUBTYPING METHOD USING RECOMBINANT GP120S EXPRESSED BY SENDAI VIRUS VECTOR

2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

• Project/Area Number: 12670288
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Virology
• Research Institution: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIONS DISEASES
• Principal Investigator: TAKEBE YUTAKA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIONS DISEASES, AIDS RESEARCH CENTER, CHIEF, エイズ研究センター第1室, 室長 (50126116)
• Project Period (FY): 2000 – 2001
• Keywords: HIV-1 subtype / HIV-1 envelope / Sendai virus vector / EIA / serotyping

Research Abstract

We developed Sendai virus (SeV) vectors that express HIV-1 env gp120s of subtypes A through E. In order to assess the expression level ofgp120, we developed the sandwich enzyme immunoassay (ElA) using purified polyclonal sera against C-terminus of gp120 (first antibody) and pooled HIV(+) sera (second antibody). Employing this assay system, we evaluated the effect of codon optimization and of fusion with CD5 leader sequence on expression level of gp120.We found that codon-optimization enhanced the expression of gp120 by 3-fold and the fusion to CD5 leader sequence showed additional enhancement of 1.5-fold.
EIA using the recombinant gp120 expressed by SeV vectors could differentiate the subtypes between B and E. Since high-level of cross-reactivity were observed between other subtypes, we found that the universal serological subtyping of HIV-1 subtypes is not feasible to achieve.

Research Products

• [Publications] Toriyoshi, H.Shioda, T., Sato, H., Sakaguchi, M., Eda, Y., Tokiyoshi, S., Kato, K., Nohtomi, K., Kusagawa, S., Taniguchi, K., Shiino, T., Kato, A., Foongladda, S., Linkanonsakul, S., Oka, S., Iwamoto, I., Wasi, C., Nagai, Y., Takebe, Y.: "Sendai virus based production of HIV-1 subtype B and subtype E gp120 antigens and their use for highly sensitive detection of subtype-specific serum antibodies"AIDS Res and Human Retroviruses. 15. 1109-1120 (1999)
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• [Publications] Toriyoshi, H. Shioda, T., Sato, H., Sakaguchi, M., Eda, Y., Tokiyoshi, S., Kato, K., Nohtomi, K., Kusagawa, S., Taniguchi, K., Shiino, T., Kato, A., Foongladda, S., Linkanonsakul, S., Oka, S., Iwamoto, L, Wasi, C., Nagai, Y., and Takebe, Y.: "Sendai virus based production of HIV-1 subtype B and subtype E gp120 antigens and their use for highly sensitive detection of subtype-specific serum antibodies"AIDS Res and Human Retroviruses. 15. 1109-1120 (1999)
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