title: Production and diagnostic application of monoclonal antibodies against influenza virus H5.
abstract: Nine monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against avian influenza virus (AI) H5 subtype from mice immunized with inactivated virus H5N1 (A/Turkey/ON/6213/66) were produced. Upon testing, the results indicated that the binding epitopes of eight out of the nine mAbs were conformational, while one mAb (#7) reacted with denatured H5N1 only. Two mAbs #10 and #11 reacted with all of the thirteen H5 strains tested indicating that the binding epitopes of these mAbs were conserved among these H5 subtypes. Possible applications of these mAbs in rapid tests for H5 antigen were explored. Double antibody sandwich (DAS) ELISAs were developed using two selected mAbs #10 and #11. This DAS ELISA detects specific H5 viruses and is able to identify all thirteen H5 strains tested. Three mAbs showed reactivity with AI H5 antigen for both immunofluorescence (IF) and immunohistochemistry. A cELISA used to screen chickens that had been infected with an H5 virus was developed with mAb #9 and recombinant H5 antigen. The sera from chickens that have been infected with an H5N1 virus were examined using the cELISA. 80% of the sera from H5 infected chickens showed a positive H5 specific antibody response at 7 days post-infection (dpi) and remained positive until the end of the experiment on day 30 (>40% inhibition). This panel of the AI H5 specific mAbs is valuable for the development of various immunoassays.
authors.affiliation: National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease, 1015 Arlington Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E 3M4. yangm@inspection.gc.ca
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Clavijo
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Salo
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hole
authors.forename: Yohannes
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Berhane
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D002645:Chickens / Q000821:virology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D019267:Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D053124:Influenza A Virus, H5N1 Subtype / Q000276:immunology*; D005585:Influenza in Birds / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D019267:Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus; D011994:Recombinant Proteins