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HXB2 Location	Vif(166-174) DNA(5536..5562)	Vif Epitope Map
Author Location	Vif
Epitope	VTKLTEDRW	Epitope Alignment
Epitope Name	VW9
Subtype	B
Species (MHC/HLA)	human(B57)
Immunogen	HIV-1 infection
Country	Netherlands
Experimental methods	CD8 T-cell Elispot - IFNγ
Keywords	computational epitope prediction

Notes

• Peptide prediction programs based on MHC binding, proteasomal cleavage and TAP transport were applied to select novel epitopes absent from the Los Alamos HIV database. 22 novel epitopes were tested by IFN-gamma ELISpot and 19 (11 HLA-B27 restricted, 8 HLA-B57 restricted) induced strong positive responses.
• Magnitude of response generated was similar to that of previously identified epitopes, but the number of individuals responding was lower. This could be explained by less stringent HLA-typing of subjects and perhaps high sequence variability within these novel epitopes.
• VW9, VTKLTEDRW, is a novel HLA-B57-restricted epitope that elicits a CTL IFN-gamma response in the same range as Los Alamos database peptides.

References

Schellens2008 Ingrid M. M. Schellens, Can Kesmir, Frank Miedema, Debbie van Baarle, and José A. M. Borghans. An Unanticipated Lack of Consensus Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Epitopes in HIV-1 Databases: The Contribution of Prediction Programs. AIDS, 22(1):33-37, 2 Jan 2008. PubMed ID: 18090389. Show all entries for this paper.