title: Characterization of monoclonal antibodies generated against Norwalk virus GII capsid protein expressed in Escherichia coli.
abstract: The Norwalk virus (NV) causes outbreaks of acute non-bacterial gastroenteritis in humans. The virus capsid is composed of a single 60 kDa protein. The capsid protein of NV36 (genogroup II, Mexico virus type) was expressed in an Escherichia coli system and ten monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were generated against it. The reactivity of these MAbs was characterized using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and Western blot (WB) analysis towards 20 overlapping fragments of the NV36 capsid protein expressed in E. coli. All of the MAbs recognized sequential (continuous) epitopes on the three antigenic regions. Six of the 10 MAbs recognized fragment 2 (equivalent residues 31-70), three MAbs recognized fragment 13 (residues 361-403) and one MAb recognized fragment 7 (residues 181-220), suggesting that the N-terminal domain (residues 1-220) may contain more antigenic epitopes than the C-terminal domain (residues 210-548). Furthermore, two MAbs (1B4 and 1F6) reacted in WB with three purified NV strains (genogroup II) derived from patients' stool samples. It was also found that genogroup I recombinant NV96-908 (genogroup I, KY89 type) could be detected as sensitively as recombinant NV36 (genogroup II) by ELISA with a set of the MAbs produced here.
authors.affiliation: Division of Food Microbiology, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, Japan. yoda@iph.pref.osaka.jp
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Terano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Oishi
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Utagawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsuura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shibata
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology; D017250:Caliciviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D002213:Capsid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D018604:Epitope Mapping; D000939:Epitopes; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009663:Norwalk virus / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D000939:Epitopes; C121877:Norwalk virus capsid; D011994:Recombinant Proteins