Immunogenicities of the V1, V2, and V3 regions from clade A Envs. Animals were immunized with Q168/SF162L (A), Q461/SF162L (B), Q259/SF162NL (C), or Q461/SF162NL (D). Antibody reactivities to peptides derived from the V1, V2, and V3 regions of each clade A Env were determined by multiplex Luminex assay. Antibody reactivity to monomeric gp140 (m-gp140) was also determined. ■, sera from animals immunized with heterotrimeric gp140; ●, sera from animals immunized with mixtures of homotrimers. MFI, mean fluorescent intensity. V1, peptide spanning the V1 loop; V1V2 Junc, peptide spanning the N-terminal side of the V2 loop; V2 Crn, peptide spanning the crown portion of the V2 loop; V2 Ct, peptide spanning the carboxy-terminal site of the V2 loop; V3 Nt, peptide spanning the amino-terminal region of the V3 loop; V3 Ct, peptide spanning the carboxy-terminal region of the V3 loop (Table 1 shows peptide sequences). Statistical analyses were performed with the unpaired t test with Welch's correction analysis.