title: Screening and identification of B cell epitopes of structural proteins of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype Asia1.
abstract: The objective of this study was to screen and identify the B cell epitopes of structural proteins of foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) serotype Asia1. The complete amino acid sequence of all the four structural proteins (P1 region) was analyzed using the DNAStar Protean system. Seventeen peptides were predicted and selected as potential B cell epitopes. The potential B cell epitope genes were cloned into the pGEX-6P-1 plasmid, then expressed and purified. The resulting 17 glutathione S-transferase (GST) fusion peptides were detected by Western blot and ELISA for evaluation of their antigenicity. Six of the 17 fusion peptides were identified successfully by sera from rabbits immunized with the purified P1 polyprotein of FMDV type Asia1. The six fusion proteins were epi1-1 (VP1:(1)TTTTGESADPVT(12)), epi1-2 (VP1:(17)NYGGETQTARRLH(29)), epi1-6 (VP1:(194)TTQDRRKQEIIAPEKQTL(211)), epi2-2 (VP2:(40)EDAVSGPNTSG(50)), epi3-1 (VP3:(26)YGKVSNPPRTSFPG(39)), and epi4-2 (VP4:(30)YQNSMDTQLGDN(41)). The results of this study lay a foundation for further study of the structure and function of the structural proteins and may aid in the design of an epitope vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) type Asia1. This study has also shown that the bioinformatics method, in combination with molecular biology methods can be used to map the B cell epitopes on viral proteins.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Animal Virology of Ministry of Agriculture, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Xujiaping 1, Lanzhou, Gansu 730046, PR China.
authors.forename: Zhong-Wang
authors.initials: ZW
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yong-Guang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yong-Lu
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Yu-Zhen
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Shou-Tian
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Jian-Liang
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D001483:Base Sequence; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D018985:Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005536:Foot-and-Mouth Disease / Q000821:virology; D029544:Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011817:Rabbits; D012703:Serotyping; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D018985:Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte; D015678:Viral Structural Proteins