title: Purification of herpes simplex virus glycoproteins B and C using monoclonal antibodies and their ability to protect mice against lethal challenge.
abstract: Monoclonal antibodies which react with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) glycoproteins, but do not neutralize infectivity, were prepared. The protein to which each monoclonal antibody was directed was determined by various techniques including their reaction with polypeptides from glycoprotein-deficient mutants after protein blotting, and also tests using passive haemagglutination. Monoclonal antibodies A7 and alpha C3 were directed against a type-specific determinant on gC and a type-common determinant on gB respectively. In addition, A7 reacted only with the HFEM strain of HSV-1 and did not react with any of the 20 low-passage human isolates also tested. The monoclonal antibodies were used in immunoadsorption chromatography to purify individual glycoproteins from detergent extracts of HSV-1-infected cells. The ability of the monoclonal antibodies or purified glycoproteins to protect mice against a lethal encephalitis induced by intracerebral inoculation of HSV-1 was investigated. Passive immunization was not very effective; however, purified gC or a mixture of gB and its precursor pgB induced good levels of neutralizing antibody which persisted for at least 9 weeks and mice survived virus challenge.
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Raybould
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D000939:Epitopes; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007114:Immunization; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000276:immunology*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D000939:Epitopes; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C040495:glycoprotein B, Simplexvirus; C038535:glycoprotein gC, herpes simplex virus type 1