title: Detection of cutaneous antibodies in excised skin explants from grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella (Valenciennes), immune to Scophthalmus maximus rhabdovirus.
abstract: This study determined whether cutaneous antibodies were present in excised skin explants of grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella, immune to Scophthalmus maximus rhabdovirus (SMRV). Culture fluid from immune skin explants were assayed by indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (iELISA), Western blot, indirect immunofluorescent assay (IFA) and flow cytometry (FCM). iELISA showed that cutaneous antibody titres were much lower (1:12) than antiserum titres (1:1458) from intraperitoneally immunized grass carp. The phosphoprotein and matrix protein antigens of purified SMRV proteins were recognized by cutaneous antibodies from skin culture fluid using Western blot. The skin culture fluid produced staining signals in viral assembly sites and cytoplasm of SMRV-infected epithelioma papulosum cyprini (EPC) cells by IFA. FCM showed that 4.39% SMRV-infected EPC cells were detected, while non-specific reaction was seen in 2% of control cells. This is the first description of cutaneous antibodies against SMRV in grass carp.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Freshwater Ecology and Biotechnology, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: A-J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.forename: Z-Q
authors.initials: ZQ
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Q-Y
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002347:Carps / Q000276:immunology* / Q000821:virology; D002460:Cell Line; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003470:Culture Media; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D012209:Rhabdoviridae / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012867:Skin / Q000276:immunology*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D003470:Culture Media; D014764:Viral Proteins; D014765:Viral Vaccines