title: Identification of a monoclonal antibody from Peromyscus maniculatus (deer mouse) cytomegalovirus (PCMV) which binds to a protein with homology to the human CMV matrix protein HCMV pp71.
abstract: In this study we identified and characterized a monoclonal antibody against the matrix protein of a cytomegalovirus isolated from the common deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) (PCMV). The monoclonal antibody was isolated using previously described technology which could be applied to the production of monoclonal antibodies against zoonotic disease. The antibody was found to react with a protein homologous to the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) matrix protein (pp71), the product of the UL82 open reading frame (ORF). mAbs were generated from heterologous fusion of spleen cells from PCMV-positive mice and Balb/C P3X63-Ag8.653 myeloma cells. Using this approach, four monoclonal antibodies: B8C4, C12E8, G6A2 and P4E5 were generated. Antibody G6A2 reacted strongly with PCMV-infected cells as well as purified virions on ELISA and immunofluorescence. Western blot analysis, using sucrose gradient-purified virions, demonstrated that this mAb reacted specifically to a single protein with an apparent molecular weight of 71 kDa. The protein band was excised from the gel, purified and subjected to trypsin digestion followed by mass spectrometry. The protein sequences obtained were found to have identity to HCMV UL82 gene product. Sequence analysis indicated that it is the putative HCMV pp71 protein homolog of PCMV. G6A2 mAb did not cross-react with either human or murine recombinant pp71 proteins expressed in mammalian cells.
authors.affiliation: Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Nevada-Reno 1664, North Virginia St., Reno, NV 89557, USA.
authors.forename: Varough
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Deyde
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rizvanov
authors.forename: Elmer
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Otteson
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brandt
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bego
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pari
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kozel
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: St Jeor
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D006566:Herpesviridae Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D018146:Muromegalovirus / Q000276:immunology*; D010542:Peromyscus / Q000821:virology*; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins; C051298:cytomegalovirus phosphoprotein 71kDa