title: A viral transmembrane recombinant protein-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of bovine immunodeficiency virus infection.
abstract: The expression of bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) truncated transmembrane envelope protein (designated hereafter tTM) in insect cells has been described previously (Abed, Y., St-Laurent, G., Zhang, H., Jacobs, R.M., Archambault, D., 1999. Development of a Western blot assay for detection of bovine immunodeficiency-like virus using capsid and transmembrane proteins expressed from recombinant baculovirus. Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 6, 168-172). In this study, a tTM-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was developed for the serodetection of BIV infection. A total of 109 bovine sera including 86 BIV-negative and 23 BIV-positive serum samples were tested. The ELISA results were compared with those of three Western blot assays using, as test antigens, cell culture-derived whole virus proteins (WB1), and the tTM (WB2) and p26 (WB3) fusion proteins expressed from recombinant baculovirus in insect cells, respectively. The concordances of the ELISA results with those of the WB1, WB2, and WB3 were 97.2, 100 and 97.2%, respectively. The tTM protein-based ELISA and Western blot permitted the detection of BIV infection in cattle whose sera failed to react with the p26 fusion protein and the whole virus protein preparation. The tTM recombinant protein was also used to study the kinetics of appearance of antibodies against BIV transmembrane envelope protein in rabbits infected experimentally with BIV. Antibodies to tTM were detected at 28 days post-infection and persisted through the entire 36-39.5 months experimental time period. The results of this study showed that the tTM-ELISA might be useful for the serodetection of BIV-infected animals, and for basic studies on BIV replication life cycle.
authors.affiliation: Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Abed
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Archambault
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000821:virology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D016087:Immunodeficiency Virus, Bovine / Q000235:genetics*; D016180:Lentivirus Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology; D011817:Rabbits; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D012698:Serologic Tests / Q000379:methods; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins