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Antibody responses to HIV-1 envelope and gag epitopes in HIV-1 seroconverters with rapid versus slow disease progression.
Zwart, G; van der Hoek, L; Valk, M; Cornelissen, M T; Baan, E; Dekker, J; Koot, M; Kuiken, C L; Goudsmit, J.
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  • Zwart G; Department of Virology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Virology ; 201(2): 285-93, 1994 Jun.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-7514319
ABSTRACT
We studied the relationship between the rate of disease progression after HIV-1 seroconversion and the level of IgG antibody response to HIV-1 envelope and core epitopes. This was done by comparing a group of fast-progressing individuals and a group of slow-progressing individuals for serum IgG titers to peptides from the gp120-V3 neutralization domain, to a peptide from the immunodominant gp41 epitope (residues 590 to 607), and to recombinant gp120 and p24. The two groups displayed a large overlap in titers to the envelope epitopes, which precluded their differentiation at most time points after seroconversion. Low responsiveness to envelope antigens was not only found in a few fast-progressors but also in one individual who remained asymptomatic for at least 92 months after seroconversion. The only significant differences between the groups were found in the first months after seroconversion when the responses to the V3 domain and the gp41 epitope were more vigorous in the group of fast-progressors. Furthermore, on evaluating ratios of anti-V3 antibody titers to anti-gp120 antibody titers we found no indication that fast disease progression was associated with a restriction in antibody response to the V3 epitope. We did confirm the finding that fast disease progression is associated with low levels of p24-directed antibodies, both early after seroconversion and at later stages. These data demonstrate that levels of IgG antibodies to envelope epitopes are poor predictors of rapid disease progression and suggest that the role of V3-directed neutralizing antibodies in preventing subversion of the immune system is not decisive in natural HIV-1 infection.
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Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Anticorpos Anti-HIV / Proteína gp41 do Envelope de HIV / Proteína gp120 do Envelope de HIV / HIV-1 / Soropositividade para HIV / Proteína do Núcleo p24 do HIV Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 1994 Tipo de documento: Article
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Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Anticorpos Anti-HIV / Proteína gp41 do Envelope de HIV / Proteína gp120 do Envelope de HIV / HIV-1 / Soropositividade para HIV / Proteína do Núcleo p24 do HIV Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 1994 Tipo de documento: Article