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. 1992 Nov;8(11):1875-85.
doi: 10.1089/aid.1992.8.1875.

Monoclonal antibodies to the extracellular domain of HIV-1IIIB gp160 that neutralize infectivity, block binding to CD4, and react with diverse isolates

G R Nakamura  1 , R Byrn, K Rosenthal, J P Porter, M R Hobbs, L Riddle, D J Eastman, D Dowbenko, T Gregory, B M Fendly, et al.
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Monoclonal antibodies to the extracellular domain of HIV-1IIIB gp160 that neutralize infectivity, block binding to CD4, and react with diverse isolates

G R Nakamura et al. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 1992 Nov.

Abstract

Ten monoclonal antibodies prepared against a soluble, recombinant form of gp160, derived from the IIIB isolate of HIV-1, were characterized. Four of the antibodies neutralized HIV-1IIIB infectivity in vitro, three blocked the binding of recombinant gp120 to CD4, three were reactive with gp41, and one preferentially reacted with an epitope on gp120 within the gp160 precursor. All three CD4 blocking antibodies bound to distinct epitopes, with one mapping to the C1 domain, one mapping to the C4 domain, and one reactive with a conformation-dependent, discontinuous epitope. Of these, the antibody reactive with the discontinuous epitope exhibited neutralizing activity against homologous and heterologous strains of HIV-1. The binding of these monoclonal antibodies to a panel of seven recombinant gp120s prepared from diverse isolates of HIV-1 was measured, and monoclonal antibodies with broad cross reactivity were identified. The epitopes recognized by 7 of the 10 monoclonal antibodies studied were localized by their reactivity with synthetic peptides and with fragments of gp120 expressed as fusion proteins in a lambda gt-11 gp160 epitope library.

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