title: Analysis of the neutralization epitopes on human rotavirus VP7 recognized by monotype-specific monoclonal antibodies.
abstract: Three anti-VP7 monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) which neutralized only two strains (K8 and S12) of five serotype 1 human rotaviruses (HRVs) were obtained, and neutralization epitopes recognized by these 'monotype-specific' MAbs were analysed by epitope mapping and sequencing of the VP7 genes. Neutralization-resistant mutants of K8 and S12 were selected by the monotype-specific MAbs and serotype 1-specific MAbs prepared previously. Cross-neutralization tests between MAbs and neutralization-resistant mutants of K8 and S12 indicated that epitopes of monotype-specific MAbs operationally overlap with those of serotype 1-specific and cross-reactive MAbs recognizing the S1 region. Sequence analyses of the VP7 genes indicated that VP7s of strains K8 and S12, which belong to a monotype of serotype 1 viruses, possessed amino acids at positions 42 and 87 different from other serotype 1 HRVs. Furthermore, amino acid substitution sites of representative mutants of K8, selected by the monotype-specific MAbs, were identified at positions 96, 97 and 100. These results imply that amino acids in variable region B (amino acids 87 to 101) are involved in the monotype-specific neutralization epitope as well as serotype-specific neutralization epitopes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hygiene, Sapporo Medical College, Chuo-ku, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Urasawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Urasawa
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D002213:Capsid / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D002460:Cell Line; D000939:Epitopes / Q000276:immunology*; D005814:Genes, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D000939:Epitopes; D012367:RNA, Viral; C050779:VP7 protein, Rotavirus