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Journal of Virology, January 2001, p. 717-725, Vol. 75, No. 2
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.2.717-725.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Neutralization of Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) by an Immunoadhesin Containing the Cysteine-Rich Region of HAV Cellular Receptor-1

Erica Silberstein,1 Gabriela Dveksler,2 and Gerardo G. Kaplan1,2,*

Laboratory of Hepatitis Viruses, Division of Viral Products, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Bethesda, Maryland 20892,1 and Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 208142

Received 19 June 2000/Accepted 10 October 2000

Hepatitis A virus (HAV) infects African green monkey kidney (AGMK) cells via the HAV cellular receptor-1 (havcr-1), a mucin-like type 1 integral-membrane glycoprotein of unknown natural function. The ectodomain of havcr-1 contains an N-terminal immunoglobulin-like cysteine-rich region (D1), which binds protective monoclonal antibody (MAb) 190/4, followed by an O-glycosylated mucin-like threonine-serine-proline-rich region that extends D1 well above the cell surface. To study the interaction of HAV with havcr-1, we constructed immunoadhesins fusing the hinge and Fc portion of human IgG1 to D1 (D1-Fc) or the ectodomain of the poliovirus receptor (PVR-Fc) and expressed them in CHO cells. These immunoadhesins were secreted to the cell culture medium and purified through protein A-agarose columns. In a solid-phase assay, HAV bound to D1-Fc in a concentration-dependent manner whereas background levels of HAV bound to PVR-Fc. Binding of HAV to D1-Fc was blocked by treatment with MAb 190/4 but not with control MAb M2, which binds to a tag epitope introduced between the D1 and Fc portions of the immunoadhesin. D1-Fc neutralized approximately 1 log unit of the HAV infectivity in AGMK cells, whereas PVR-Fc had no effect in the HAV titers. A similarly poor reduction in HAV titers was observed after treating the same stock of HAV with murine neutralizing MAbs K2-4F2, K3-4C8, and VHA 813. Neutralization of poliovirus by PVR-Fc but not by D1-Fc indicated that the virus-receptor interactions were specific. These results show that D1 is sufficient for binding and neutralization of HAV and provide further evidence that havcr-1 is a functional cellular receptor for HAV.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: 8800 Rockville Pike, Bldg. 29A-NIH, Rm. 1D10, HFM-448, Bethesda, MD 20892. Phone: (301) 827-1870. Fax: (301) 480-5326. E-mail: gk{at}helix.nih.gov.

Journal of Virology, January 2001, p. 717-725, Vol. 75, No. 2
0022-538X/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JVI.75.2.717-725.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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