Sequences of clustered epitopes in Gag and Nef potentially presented by predominant class I human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles A and B expressed by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients in Vietnam

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2005 Jun;21(6):586-91. doi: 10.1089/aid.2005.21.586.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to define pluriepitopic regions in Gag and Nef possibly relevant in the perspective of a vaccine design in a vietnamese population. The protein sequences derived from gag and nef genes and phenotyping of the class I human leukocyte antigens (HLA) A and B alleles were established for 28 human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)-infected patients from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The protein sequences display polymorphism mutations as compared with a B reference strain (HXB2). The most frequently represented HLA-A and -B alleles were HLA-A11, A02, and A33 expressed by 35.7, 23.2, and 21.4% of the patients, respectively, and HLA-B75, B46, and B62 expressed by 35.7, 25, and 17.9% of the patients, respectively. This study allows us to determine four pluriepitopic regions in Gag and Nef that should be chosen for a vaccine design in a Vietnamese population.

MeSH terms

  • AIDS Vaccines
  • Alleles
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Drug Design
  • Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte* / chemistry
  • Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte* / immunology
  • Gene Products, gag* / chemistry
  • Gene Products, gag* / genetics
  • Gene Products, gag* / immunology
  • Gene Products, nef* / chemistry
  • Gene Products, nef* / genetics
  • Gene Products, nef* / immunology
  • HIV Infections / immunology
  • HIV Infections / virology
  • HIV-1
  • HLA-A Antigens / genetics
  • HLA-A Antigens / immunology*
  • HLA-A Antigens / metabolism
  • HLA-B Antigens / genetics
  • HLA-B Antigens / immunology*
  • HLA-B Antigens / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation
  • Polymorphism, Genetic
  • Vietnam
  • nef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Substances

  • AIDS Vaccines
  • Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte
  • Gene Products, gag
  • Gene Products, nef
  • HLA-A Antigens
  • HLA-B Antigens
  • nef Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus