Comprehensive mapping of West Nile virus (WNV)- and Japanese encephalitis virus serocomplex-specific linear B-cell epitopes from WNV non-structural protein 1

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第一作者： Sun, En-Cheng

作者： Sun, En-Cheng;Zhao, Jing;Liu, Ni-Hong;Yang, Tao;Ma, Jian-Nan;Geng, Hong-Wei;Wang, Ling-Feng;Qin, Yong-Li;Bu, Zhi-Gao;Wu, Dong-Lai;Sun, En-Cheng;Zhao, Jing;Ma, Jian-Nan;Wang, Ling-Feng;Qin, Yong-Li;Yang, Yin-Hui;Lunt, Ross A.;Wang, Lin-Fa

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期刊名称：JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY （ 影响因子：3.891； 五年影响因子：3.719 ）

ISSN： 0022-1317

年卷期： 2012 年 93 卷

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摘要： West Nile virus (WNV) non-structural protein 1 (NS1) elicits protective immune responses during infection of animals. WNV NS1-specific antibody responses can provide the basis for serological diagnostic reagents, so the antigenic sites in NS1 that are targeted by host immune responses need to be identified and the conservation of these sites among the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) serocomplex members also needs to be defined. The present study describes the mapping of linear B-cell epitopes in WNV NS1. We screened eight NS1-specific mAbs and antisera (polyclonal antibodies; pAbs) from mice immunized with recombinant NS1 for reactivity against 35 partially overlapping peptides covering the entire WNV NS1. The screen using mAbs identified four WNV-specific (including Kunjin virus) epitopes, located at aa 21-36, 101-116, 191-206 and 261-276 in WNV NS1. However, using pAbs, only three WNV-specific epitopes were identified, located at positions 101-116, 191-206 and 231-246. Two of these epitopes (aa 21-36 and 261-276) had different reactivity with mAbs and pAbs. The knowledge and reagents generated in this study have potential applications in differential diagnostics and epitope-based marker vaccine development for WNV and viruses of the JEV serocomplex.

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