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J Virol. 1991 September; 65(9): 4654-4664

Identification of antigenically important domains in the glycoproteins of Sindbis virus by analysis of antibody escape variants.

E G Strauss, D S Stec, A L Schmaljohn and J H Strauss

Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena 91125.

ABSTRACT

To study important epitopes on glycoprotein E2 of Sindbis virus, eight variants selected to be singly or multiply resistant to six neutralizing monoclonal antibodies reactive against E2, as well as four revertants which had regained sensitivity to neutralization, were sequenced throughout the E2 region. To study antigenic determinants in glycoprotein E1, four variants selected for resistance to a neutralizing monoclonal antibody reactive with E1 were sequenced throughout the E2 and E1 regions. All of the salient changes in E2 occurred within a relatively small region between amino acids 181 and 216, a domain that encompasses a glycosylation site at residue 196 and that is rich in charged amino acids. Almost all variants had a change in charge, suggesting that the charged nature of this domain is important for interaction with antibodies. Variants independently isolated for resistance to the same antibody were usually altered in the same amino acid, and reversion to sensitivity occurred at the sites of the original mutations, but did not always restore the parental amino acid. The characteristics of this region suggest that this domain is found on the surface of E2 and constitutes a prominent antigenic domain that interacts directly with neutralizing antibodies. Previous studies have shown that this domain is also important for penetration of cells and for virulence of the virus. Resistance to the single E1-specific neutralizing monoclonal antibody resulted from changes of Gly-132 of E1 to either Arg or Glu. Analogous to the findings with E2, these changes result in a change in charge and are found near a glycosylation site at residue 139. This domain of E1 may therefore be found near the 181 to 216 domain of E2 on the surface of the E1-E2 heterodimer; together, they could form a domain important in virus penetration and neutralization.

J Virol. 1991 September; 65(9): 4654-4664




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