title: Preparation of a neutralizing monoclonal antibody specific to serotype 8 rotavirus strains with a super-short RNA pattern.
abstract: Extensive cross-neutralization tests have identified seven serotypes of rotavirus. Recently, it has been reported that several human strains (69M, B37 and B38) with a super-short RNA pattern carry new serotype specificity (serotype 8). By using the strain 69M as an immunizing antigen, we prepared a neutralizing monoclonal antibody (designated 69M-2D). In neutralization tests using 18 human and two animal rotavirus strains with different serotype specificities, the 69M-2D antibody was found to neutralize only serotype 8 strains. Also, in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), the antibody reacted exclusively with the serotype 8 strains. Thus, the reactivity pattern of the 69M-2D antibody was serotype 8-specific. This antibody should be useful as another reagent for serotyping rotaviruses by ELISA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene, Sapporo Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: M U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Urasawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Urasawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D016679:Genome, Viral; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009500:Neutralization Tests / Q000379:methods; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded / Q000276:immunology; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D012330:RNA, Double-Stranded; D012367:RNA, Viral