Identification of hepatitis A virus mimotopes by phage display, antigenicity and immunogenicity
Identification of hepatitis A virus mimotopes by phage display, antigenicity and immunogenicity
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jviromet.2006.10.015
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发表时间:
2007-03-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Perez, Ela M.
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作者:
Larralde, Osmany G.;Martinez, Raiza;Perez, Ela M.
A phage-displayed peptide approach was used to identify ligands mimicking antigenic determinants of hepatitis A virus (HAV) for the first time. Bacteriophages displaying HAV mimotopes were isolated front a phage-display peptide library by affinity selection on Serum antibodies from hepatitis A patients. Selected pliage-peptides were screened for reactivity with sera from HAV infected patients and healthy controls. Four cloned peptides with different sequences were identified as mimotopes of HAV: three of them showed similarity in their amino acid sequences with at least one of the VP3 and VP1 antigenic proteins of HAV. One clone was recognised by 92% of the positive sera. The phagotopes competed effectively with HAV for absorption of anti-HAV-specific antibodies in human sera, as determined by ELISA. The four phage clones induced neutralising anti-HAV antibodies in immunised mice. The: e results demonstrate the potential of this method to elucidate the disease related epitopes of HAV and to use these mimotopes in diagnostic applications or in the development of a mimotope-based hepatitis A vaccine without the necessity of manipulation of the virus. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.