title: Monoclonal antibodies to HPV-6 L1 virus-like particles identify conformational and linear neutralizing epitopes on HPV-11 in addition to type-specific epitopes on HPV-6.
abstract: A set of 13 monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) was generated against HPV-6 L1 virus-like particles (VLPs), screened for reactivity to HPV-6 and HPV-11 L1 VLPs by ELISA, and tested for neutralization of HPV-11 infection. Both cross-reactive and type-specific epitopes were detected such that 4 of 13 MAbs reacted to surface conformational sites on HPV-6 L1 VLPs and the remaining 9 MAbs were cross-reactive to both HPV-6 and HPV-11 L1 VLPs. four of the 9 cross-reactive MAbs were able to neutralize HPV-11 infectivity, and 3 of 4 of these neutralizing MAbs (N-MAbs) identified shared surface conformational sites. One N-MAb therefore recognized a surface linear epitope as judged by positive binding to L1 in a Western blot assay. The neutralization status of these cross-reactive MAbs with regard to HPV-6 could not be assayed. These results demonstrated that the closely related HPV types 6 and 11 contain both type-specific and shared neutralizing epitopes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033, USA. ndc1@email.psu.edu
authors.forename: N D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Reed
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Cladel
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Leiserowitz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D003429:Cross Reactions; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D018985:Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008819:Mice, Nude; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*; D011487:Protein Conformation; D014764:Viral Proteins
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D018985:Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte; D009856:Oncogene Proteins, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins; C091560:L1 protein, Human papillomavirus type 6