title: Localization of a neutralization epitope of foot-and-mouth disease virus using neutralizing monoclonal antibodies.
abstract: Neutralizing monoclonal antibodies raised against intact foot-and-mouth disease virus reacted with intact particles and with isolated VP1 from different strains from the same subtype. Prior treatment of the virus with either trypsin or with arginine-specific protease abolished recognition of both the virus and of VP1, suggesting the presence of a neutralization epitope in the central region of VP1 cleaved by these two enzymes. A synthetic peptide analogue of part of this region showed poor reactivity, however, with neutralizing antibody.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D005537:Aphthovirus / Q000032:analysis*; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D000939:Epitopes / Q000032:analysis*; D007668:Kidney; D012703:Serotyping; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D000939:Epitopes; D014764:Viral Proteins; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins