Identification of a novel B cell epitope on the nucleocapsid protein of porcine deltacoronavirus

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Wei, Shan

作者： Wei, Shan;Wu, Haoyang;Sun, Haibo;Su, Mingjun;Sun, Dongbo;Shi, Da;Chen, Jianfei;Feng, Li

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关键词： Porcine deltacoronavirus; N protein; Epitopes

期刊名称：VIRUS RESEARCH （ 影响因子：3.303； 五年影响因子：3.445 ）

ISSN： 0168-1702

年卷期： 2021 年 302 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) is an emerging coronavirus that causes vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, and even death of piglets, resulting in significant losses to the pig industry worldwide. However, the epitopes of PDCoV remain largely unknown. In this study, a monoclonal antibody (mAb) against the PDCoV nucleocapsid (N) protein, termed 9G1, was prepared using the lymphocyte hybridoma technique, and was identified as a type IgG1 with a kappa light chain and reacted with the native N protein of PDCoV. Furthermore, the epitope recognized by the 9G1 mAb was subjected to western blot and an ELISA using truncated recombinant proteins and synthetic polypeptides of the PDCoV N protein. The results indicate that 9G1 mAb recognized the epitope, G59TPIPPSYAFYY70 (EP-9G1), a novel linear B cell epitope of the PDCoV N protein. A comparison analysis revealed that the EP-9G1 epitope was highly conserved among PDCoV strains, in which four residues (G59-F68YY70) were observed among different coronavirus genera. These data demonstrate that the EP-9G1 epitope identified in this study provides some basic information for further characterization of the antigenic structure of the PDCoV N protein and has potential use for developing diagnostic reagents for PDCoV.

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