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Journal of Virology, September 2000, p. 8011-8017, Vol. 74, No. 17
0022-538X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Identification of Immunodominant and Conformational Epitopes in the Capsid Protein of Hepatitis E Virus by Using Monoclonal Antibodies

Michaela A. Riddell,dagger Fan Li, and David A. Anderson*

Hepatitis Research Unit and Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology, Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research, Fairfield 3078, Victoria, Australia

Received 28 December 1999/Accepted 30 May 2000

Antibody to the capsid (PORF2) protein of hepatitis E virus (HEV) is sufficient to confer immunity, but knowledge of B-cell epitopes in the intact capsid is limited. A panel of murine monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) was generated following immunization with recombinant ORF2.1 protein, representing the C-terminal 267 amino acids (aa) of the 660-aa capsid protein. Two MAbs reacted exclusively with the conformational ORF2.1 epitope (F. Li, J. Torresi, S. A. Locarnini, H. Zhuang, W. Zhu, X. Guo, and D. A. Anderson, J. Med. Virol. 52:289-300, 1997), while the remaining five demonstrated reactivity with epitopes in the regions aa 394 to 414, 414 to 434, and 434 to 457. The antigenic structures of both the ORF2.1 protein expressed in Escherichia coli and the virus-like particles (VLPs) expressed using the baculovirus system were examined by competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) using five of these MAbs and HEV patient sera. Despite the wide separation of epitopes within the primary sequence, all the MAbs demonstrated some degree of cross-inhibition with each other in ORF2.1 and/or VLP ELISAs, suggesting a complex antigenic structure. MAbs specific for the conformational ORF2.1 epitope and a linear epitope within aa 434 to 457 blocked convalescent patient antibody reactivity against VLPs by approximately 60 and 35%, respectively, while MAbs against epitopes within aa 394 to 414 and 414 to 434 were unable to block patient serum reactivity. These results suggest that sequences spanning aa 394 to 457 of the capsid protein participate in the formation of strongly immunodominant epitopes on the surface of HEV particles which may be important in immunity to HEV infection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Hepatitis Research Unit, Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research. P.O. Box 254, Fairfield 3078, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Phone: (61 3) 9282 2239. Fax: (61 3) 9282 2100. E-mail: anderson{at}burnet.edu.au.

dagger Present address: Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, North Melbourne 3051, Australia.

Journal of Virology, September 2000, p. 8011-8017, Vol. 74, No. 17
0022-538X/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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