title: Mapping T and B lymphocyte epitopes of bovine herpesvirus-1 glycoprotein B.
abstract: Glycoprotein B (gB) is a major envelope protein of bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1). As a subunit vaccine, the extracellular domain of recombinant gB induces neutralizing antibody and T cell responses that engender protection against virus challenge. Here, lymphocytes from animals of different parentage were analysed for T cell proliferation to the gB extracellular domain for immune recognition. Four truncated overlapping gB gene segments encoding 742 amino acids were expressed from a baculovirus vector to identify antigenic regions. One immunodominant region (amino acids 254-532) was recognized by T cells from immune individuals of different parentage. Serial synthetic peptides spanning this region localized the T cell (amino acids 319-340 and 415-436) and B cell (amino acids 331-352, 475-496 and 487-508) epitopes. Elucidation of gB epitopes indicates the diverse and distinctive recognition by T cells and antibodies of this envelope glycoprotein by cattle, the natural host of BHV-1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1655 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA1.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1655 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA1.
authors.forename: Chong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1655 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706, USA1.
authors.forename: Gary A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Splitter
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D018604:Epitope Mapping; D018985:Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology*; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology*; D007242:Herpesvirus 1, Bovine / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010452:Peptide Biosynthesis; D010455:Peptides / Q000276:immunology; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D014764:Viral Proteins
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D018985:Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte; D018984:Epitopes, T-Lymphocyte; D010455:Peptides; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins; C046998:bovine herpesvirus type-1 glycoproteins