title: Epitope mapping of dengue 1 virus E glycoprotein using monoclonal antibodies.
abstract: Ten monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were raised against dengue 1 (DEN 1, Hawaii) virus E glycoprotein. Specificity of the MAbs was tested by ELISA and immunofluorescence. Eight were DEN 1 type-specific, one was DEN group-reactive (DGR) and one was flavivirus cross-reactive (FCR). Two of these type specific MAbs exhibited haemagglutination-inhibition (HI) and neutralized (N) DEN 1 virus in vivo (HS). These two MAbs showed 100% protection against a challenge of 100 LD50 of DEN 1 virus in adult Swiss albino mice. The remaining six MAbs were HI negative, N negative and non-protective against challenge (NHS). Of these only three were reactive in the CF test. The DGR, FCR and one of the NHS MAbs (NHS-3) did not react with DEN 1 virus grown in Vero cells, whereas they reacted with DEN 1 virus grown in LLC-MK2 and C6/36 cells in immunofluorescence, probably indicating a difference in the synthesis/processing of viral proteins in these different cell lines. An epitope map of the E gp was drawn using a computer programme based on the additivity index values. The epitope map delineated five domains, a) S-I representing type-specific, HI positive, N positive and protecting MAbs. b) S-II representing type-specific, HI negative, N negative MAbs. c) S-III representing type-specific HI/N negative MAb, but distinct from S-II. d) DGR representing HI/N negative DEN group reactive MAb. e) FCR representing HI/N negative flavivirus cross-reactive MAb. Epitope analysis of a number of different DEN 1 strains isolated in India over a period of 30 years showed that the domains S-II and S-III which react with HI negative, DEN-1 specific MAbs were variable. The DGR domain and the S-I domains were conserved.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Virology, Pune, India.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Simantini
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Banerjee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D000940:Antigenic Variation; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D018604:Epitope Mapping; D005260:Female; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014709:Vero Cells; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; C072281:E protein TH Sman, Dengue virus