title: Production and characterization of monoclonal antibodies to bovid herpesvirus-4.
abstract: Thirty-five hybridoma cell lines secreting monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) against bovid herpesvirus-4 (BHV-4) strain V. Test were produced. These hybrid cells resulted from the fusion of SP2/0 myeloma cells with splenocytes of BALB/c mice previously immunized with purified BHV-4. A modified indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) was applied as a screening procedure and was compared with an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The selected Mabs were tested by the same IFAT against a panel of BHV-4 field isolates and against bovine herpesvirus-1, bovine herpesvirus-2 and alcelaphine herpesvirus-1 (AHV-1). Comparison of BHV-4 field isolates with Mabs confirmed their close antigenic relationships, but slight antigenic differences were observed between different isolates. One of the Mabs also reacted against AHV-1, indicating an antigenic relationship between BHV-4 and AHV-1. None of the Mabs reacting with BHV-4 possessed neutralizing activity against the strain used for immunization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology-Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Liège, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dubuisson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thiry
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bublot
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sneyers
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Boulanger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guillaume
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Pastoret
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000276:immunology; D000940:Antigenic Variation; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D002417:Cattle; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000276:immunology*; D007242:Herpesvirus 1, Bovine / Q000276:immunology; D001911:Herpesvirus 2, Bovine / Q000276:immunology; D006825:Hybridomas; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009500:Neutralization Tests
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000956:Antigens, Viral