title: Molecular basis of antigenic variation between the glycoproteins C of respiratory bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) and neurovirulent BHV-5.
abstract: Herpesvirus glycoprotein C (gC) functions as a major virus attachment protein. The gC sequence of the neurovirulent bovine herpesvirus type 5 (BHV-5) virus was determined and compared with the gC sequence of the nonneurovirulent BHV-1. Alignment of the predicted amino acid sequences of BHV-1 and BHV-5 gC ORFs showed that the amino-terminal third of the protein differed between the two viruses. Whole or subgenomic fragments of gC coding regions from both viruses were expressed as trpE-gC fusion proteins in Escherichia coli to map linear epitopes defined by type-specific murine monoclonal antibodies (MAbs). Based on the reactivity of BHV-1-specific MAbs with the recombinant proteins, two epitopes were mapped between BHV-1 gC residues 22 and 172. Undirectional deletion of these residues at the carboxy end mapped one within residues 22-69 and the other within residues 103-122. Two BHV-5-specific MAbs identified an epitope coding region within BHV-5 gC residues 31-78. Bovine antisera against BHV-1 and BHV-5 showed specificity to BHV-1 gC residues 22-69 and to BHV-5 gC residues 31-78, respectively, in a type-specific manner.
mesh_terms: D018138:Alphaherpesvirinae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D000940:Antigenic Variation; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D002417:Cattle; D018604:Epitope Mapping; D000939:Epitopes / Q000032:analysis*; D007242:Herpesvirus 1, Bovine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology*; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D000939:Epitopes; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C046998:bovine herpesvirus type-1 glycoproteins