title: Identification of a novel bluetongue virus 1-specific B-cell epitope using a monoclonal antibody against the VP2 protein.
abstract: Bluetongue virus (BTV) VP2 is an important antigenic protein that can be used for the differential diagnosis of different BTV serotypes. Here, we generated a serotype-specific monoclonal antibody (mab) against BTV1. A series of peptides synthesized based on the amino acid sequence of BTV1 VP2 were screened to define (115)AQPLKVGL(122) as the minimal linear peptide epitope recognized by mab 4B6. Using an immunofluorescence assay (IFA), we found that mab 4B6 reacted strongly with BTV1, but did not react with other BTV serotypes (BTV2-24). The 4B6 will serve as a novel reagent in the development of diagnostic tests for BTV1 infection.
authors.affiliation: The Key Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Ministry of Agriculture, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150001, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Q Y
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000276:immunology*; D001820:Bluetongue virus / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*; D036022:Capsid Proteins / Q000276:immunology*; D018604:Epitope Mapping; D018985:Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D036022:Capsid Proteins; D018985:Epitopes, B-Lymphocyte; C442520:VP2 protein, Bluetongue virus