title: Antibodies to a synthetic oligopeptide that react with herpes simplex virus type 1 and 2 glycoprotein C.
abstract: Nucleotide sequence and mRNA localization studies have allowed the prediction of the amino acid sequence of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) glycoprotein C (gC). We immunized a rabbit with a conjugate of bovine serum albumin and a synthetic peptide having the same sequence as that deduced for amino acids 128 through 139 of HSV-1 gC. A very similar amino acid sequence has been predicted to exist in the related product, herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) gC, which was formerly designated gF. Preparations of crude antiserum and immunoaffinity-purified antibodies were obtained and shown to react in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays with purified HSV-1 gC and HSV-2 gC. Although these antibodies did not detectably immunoprecipitate proteins from radiolabeled infected cell extracts, they reacted with HSV-1 gC and HSV-2 gC that were electrophoretically transferred to nitrocellulose membranes from polyacrylamide gels. These results confirm that HSV-1 gC and HSV-2 gC are immunologically related and also define a specific portion of HSV-1 gC that is conserved.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D007668:Kidney; D007700:Kinetics; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000032:analysis*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D009842:Oligopeptides; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C048232:glycoprotein C, herpes simplex virus type 2; C038535:glycoprotein gC, herpes simplex virus type 1