title: Antigenic and biochemical analysis of gB of herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 and of cross-reacting glycoproteins induced by bovine mammillitis virus and equine herpesvirus type 1.
abstract: An antiserum was produced to the oligomeric form of glycoprotein B (gB) induced by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) strain 17. This antiserum gave a single common precipitin line in agar gel immunodiffusion with HSV-1, HSV-2, bovine mammillitis virus (BMV) and equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1). It also neutralized HSV-1, HSV-2 and BMV but not EHV-1. Absorption of the antiserum with excess HSV-2 or BMV antigen resulted in an HSV-1-specific neutralizing antiserum. In immunoprecipitation, two proteins, gB and pgB, were precipitated from HSV-1- and HSV-2-infected cells and at least three from BMV- and EHV-1-infected cells. Glycoprotein B and pgB of three HSV-1 and three HSV-2 strains and the corresponding antigenically related glycoproteins of BMV- and EHV-1-infected cells were labelled with 125I, digested with trypsin and the resulting peptides separated by two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography or high-pressure liquid chromatography. The resulting profiles were found to be almost identical, suggesting considerable structural conservation of the peptide backbone of the antigenically related glycoproteins of these four viruses.
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Snowden
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Kinchington
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: I W
authors.initials: IW
authors.lastname: Halliburton
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D003429:Cross Reactions; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000276:immunology*; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000032:analysis*; D004861:Herpesvirus 1, Equid / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D001911:Herpesvirus 2, Bovine / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D010455:Peptides / Q000032:analysis; D010802:Phylogeny; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D006023:Glycoproteins; D010455:Peptides; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C040495:glycoprotein B, Simplexvirus; C044525:glycoprotein B, herpes simplex virus type 2