Design and intracellular activity of a human single-chain antibody to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 conserved gp41 epitope.

Abstract:

:A human lymphoid cell line (F172-D8) excreting a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) anti-gp41 monoclonal antibody was used to construct a plasmid containing the cDNA of the single-chain variable fragment (scFvD8) corresponding to this antibody. A stable human osteosarcoma cell line was obtained which expressed the scFvD8 protein in the cytoplasm. Whereas a cell line transfected with a control construct (pCI-neo) was readily and productively infected with laboratory (Ba-L) or primary HIV-1 isolates, the scFvD8 cell line did not support productive infection. Binding of the virus, internalization, and reverse transcription were not altered by scFvD8 expression, but gp160 expression was dramatically reduced. These data suggest that cytoplasmic expression of this artificial single-chain antibody can interfere with gp160 expression, thereby reducing the production of mature viral envelope proteins.

journal_name

J Virol

journal_title

Journal of virology

authors

Legastelois I,Desgranges C

doi

10.1128/jvi.74.12.5712-5715.2000

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-06-01 00:00:00

pages

5712-5

issue

12

eissn

0022-538X

issn

1098-5514

journal_volume

74

pub_type

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