title: Serum IgA immune response to individual rotavirus polypeptides in young children with rotavirus infection.
abstract: A human IgA-radioimmunoprecipitation assay (IgA-RIPA) utilizing the galactose-binding lectin jacalin from the jack-fruit Artrocarpus integrifolia was developed. Among the human immunoglobulins, jacalin binds specifically to immunoglobulin A. The IgA-RIPA was used to characterize the serum IgA response to individual rotavirus polypeptides in nine paired sera from children (8-34 months of age) with an acute rotavirus infection. In acute sera the IgA response was mainly directed against the inner capsid proteins VP2 and VP6, with VP2 surprisingly being the most immunogenic protein while in the convalescent sera, the IgA response was directed not only against structural but also against non-structural proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Karolinska Institute, St Göran's Children's Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Johansen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Granqvist
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karlén
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stintzing
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Uhnoo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Svensson
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D002213:Capsid / Q000276:immunology*; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000097:blood*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007223:Infant; D037102:Lectins; D037121:Plant Lectins; D015531:Radioimmunoprecipitation Assay; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D037102:Lectins; D037121:Plant Lectins; C442545:VP2 protein, Rotavirus; C061332:VP6 protein, Rotavirus; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins; C043696:jacalin