Novel Epitopes Mapping of African Swine Fever Virus CP312R Protein Using Monoclonal Antibodies

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第一作者： Hagoss, Yibrah Tekle

作者： Hagoss, Yibrah Tekle;Shen, Dongdong;Zhang, Zhenjiang;Li, Fang;Bu, Zhigao;Zhao, Dongming;Hagoss, Yibrah Tekle

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关键词： ASFV CP312R; epitope mapping; immunogenic; monoclonal antibody; subcellular location

期刊名称：VIRUSES-BASEL （ 影响因子：4.7； 五年影响因子：4.8 ）

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年卷期： 2023 年 15 卷 2 期

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： African Swine Fever (ASF) is a highly contagious and lethal pig disease and poses a huge threat to the pig industry worldwide. ASF virus (ASFV) encodes more than 150 different proteins, but the biological properties of most viral proteins are still unknown. ASFV CP312R protein has been proven to be one of the most immunogenic proteins during ASFV infection in pigs; however, its specific epitopes have yet to be identified. In this study, we verified the immunogenicity of CP312R protein in the sera from attenuated ASFV-inoculated pigs. We generated seven anti-ASFV CP312R mouse monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) from mice immunized with recombinant CP312R protein (rCP312R). All seven mAbs are the IgG2b-Kappa isotype and specifically interacted with the CP312R protein expressed in various cells that were infected by ASFVs or transfected with plasmid CP312R. The epitope mapping was performed by using these characterized mAbs and the peptide scanning (Pepscan) method followed by Western blot. As a result, two antigenic determinant regions were identified: two of the seven mAbs recognized the (122)KNEQGEEIYP(131) amino acids, and the remaining five mAbs recognized the (78)DEEVIRMNAE(87) amino acids of the CP312R protein. These antigenic determinants of CP312R are conserved in different ASFV strains of seven genotypes. By using the characterized mAb, confocal microscopy observation revealed that the CP312R was mainly localized in the cytoplasm and, to some extent, in nuclei and on the nuclear membrane of infected host cells. In summary, our results benefit our understanding on the antigenic regions of ASFV CP312R and help to develop better serological diagnosis of ASF and vaccine research.

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