title: Cross-reactive and serotype-specific neutralization epitopes on VP7 of human rotavirus: nucleotide sequence analysis of antigenic mutants selected with monoclonal antibodies.
abstract: The neutralization epitopes of human and simian rotavirus protein VP7 were studied by producing six neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (N-MAbs) and using these N-MAbs to select antigenic mutants that resisted neutralization by the N-MAbs used for their selection. Cross-neutralization tests between the N-MAbs and the antibody-selected antigenic mutants identified one cross-reactive and five distinct serotype-specific neutralization epitopes which operationally overlapped one another and constituted a single antigenic site. In addition, the amino acid substitutions in human rotavirus VP7 that are responsible for the antigenic alterations in the mutants selected with anti-VP7 cross-reactive or serotype-specific N-MAbs were identified. All the amino acid substitutions in the antigenic mutants occurred in one of two variable regions: amino acids 87 to 101 and 208 to 221.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D003429:Cross Reactions; D000939:Epitopes; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D010455:Peptides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000276:immunology; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D012703:Serotyping; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D000939:Epitopes; D010455:Peptides; D014764:Viral Proteins