title: Immunoreactivity and protective effects in mice of a recombinant dengue 2 Tonga virus NS1 protein produced in a baculovirus expression system.
abstract: The double-stranded replicative form of dengue 2 virus (DEN-2) RNA (Tonga strain) was used as a substrate to produce DNA clones of the NS1-NS2A genes via reverse transcriptase synthesis of full length cDNA followed by polymerase chain reaction amplification of the NS1-NS2A region. Products were cloned into pTZ18R for sequencing and into baculovirus for expression studies. The deduced amino acid sequence of the NS1-NS2A was almost identical to that of the S1 attenuated strain of DEN-2 Puerto Rico 159, differing in only four amino acids. The NS1 protein expressed in insect cells [Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf-9)] from the baculovirus recombinant was indistinguishable from authentic NS1 of DEN-infected Aedes albopictus cells in glycosylation, dimerization, cellular presentation and antigenicity. Mice injected with the expressed protein developed NS1-specific complement-fixing antibodies and were partially protected against neurological residua after intracranial challenge. The protective effect was mouse strain- and gender-specific.
authors.affiliation: Virus Research Unit, Health Research Council of New Zealand, University of Otago, Dunedin.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maguire
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Austin
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003716:Dengue Virus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000235:genetics; D005814:Genes, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; C079340:NS1 protein, Dengue virus type 2; C079341:NS2A protein, Dengue virus type 2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014614:Vaccines, Synthetic; D017361:Viral Nonstructural Proteins; D014765:Viral Vaccines