表位
衣壳
病毒学
戊型肝炎病毒
抗原
抗体
构象表位
病毒
生物
免疫优势
重组DNA
蛋白质亚单位
佐剂
抗血清
分子生物学
免疫学
生物化学
基因
基因型
作者
Fan Li,Michaela A Riddell,Heng Fong Seow,Naokazu Takeda,Tatsuo Miyamura,David A. Anderson
标识
DOI:10.1002/(sici)1096-9071(200004)60:4<379::aid-jmv3>3.0.co;2-x
摘要
A recombinant subunit antigen (ORF2.1), representing the carboxy-terminal 267 amino acids of the 660-amino-acid hepatitis E virus (HEV) capsid protein, was expressed in Escherichia coli and used for the immunisation of rats. Purified antigen formulated with either Aluminium Hydroxide Gel Adjuvant (Alum) or Titermax gave high and equivalent levels of antibody after three doses. Responses to two doses of 15, 75, or 150 μg antigen, formulated with Alum and given at 0 and 4 weeks, were also equivalent by 17 weeks after immunisation. Rats initially developed antibody to a wide range of linear epitopes in the ORF2.1 region, but by 27 weeks the predominant response detected by Western immunoblotting was restricted to the conformational epitope unique to ORF2.1 [Li et al. (1997) Journal of Medical Virology 52:289–300], a pattern that was also observed when comparing acute-phase patient serum samples with serum samples from convalescing patients. Antibody from immunised rats blocked the majority of patients' serum reactivity in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay against both ORF2.1 (57–92% inhibition) and virus-like particles of HEV produced using the baculovirus system (74–97% inhibition). Together, these results suggest that the ORF2.1 subunit vaccine induces an antibody response against immunodominant, conformational epitopes in the viral capsid, which largely mimics that seen in convalescent patients, who are presumed to be immune to HEV infection. J. Med. Virol. 60:379–386, 2000. © 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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