title: Synthesis and immunogenicity of hepatitis B virus envelope antigen expressed by recombinant vaccinia virus. Finding of retention signal in the C-terminal portion of the preS1 domain of subtype adyw.
abstract: Five different recombinant vaccinia viruses expressing the envelope antigen of hepatitis B virus (HBsAg) under the control of the P7.5 promoter were constructed. Cell cultures infected with some of the recombinant viruses synthesized both middle (M) and major surface (S) protein of HBsAg. It was shown that the length of the nontranslated sequence preceding preS2-ATG influenced the extracellular or intracellular HBV antigen distribution and the preS2:S antigen ratio. Some recombinants synthesized an M protein that was enlarged by additional 35 amino acids of preS1 domain and was entirely retained within the infected cells. Antibody responses to the S and preS2 antigens in mice revealed significant differences in the immunogenicity of individual recombinants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Virology, Institute of Sera and Vaccines, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nĕmecková
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kutinová
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hamsíková
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kunke
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Press
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Závadová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smrt
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vonka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004279:DNA, Viral; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D007114:Immunization; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010455:Peptides / Q000235:genetics; D010957:Plasmids; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D051381:Rats; D014616:Vaccinia virus / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D004279:DNA, Viral; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D010455:Peptides; D011498:Protein Precursors; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; C050806:presurface protein 1, hepatitis B surface antigen; C050807:presurface protein 2, hepatitis B surface antigen