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Journal of Virology, January 2004, p. 240-249, Vol. 78, No. 1
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.1.240-249.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Structural Differences among Hemagglutinins of Influenza A Virus Subtypes Are Reflected in Their Antigenic Architecture: Analysis of H9 Escape Mutants

Nikolai V. Kaverin,1 Irina A. Rudneva,1 Natalia A. Ilyushina,1 Aleksandr S. Lipatov,1,2 Scott Krauss,2 and Robert G. Webster2,3*

D. I. Ivanovsky Institute of Virology, 123098 Moscow, Russia,1 Division of Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital,2 Department of Pathology, University of Tennessee, Memphis, Tennessee 381053

Received 24 July 2003/ Accepted 15 September 2003

We used a panel of monoclonal antibodies to H9 hemagglutinin to select 18 escape mutants of mouse-adapted influenza A/Swine/Hong Kong/9/98 (H9N2) virus. Cross-reactions of the mutants with the antibodies and the sequencing of hemagglutinin genes revealed two minimally overlapping epitopes. We mapped the amino acid changes to two areas of the recently reported three-dimensional structure of A/Swine/Hong Kong/9/98 hemagglutinin. The grouping of the antigenically relevant amino acid positions in H9 hemagglutinin differs from the pattern observed in H3 and H5 hemagglutinins. Several positions in site B of H3 hemagglutinin are distributed in two sites of H9 hemagglutinin. Unlike any subtype analyzed so far, H9 hemagglutinin does not contain an antigenic site corresponding to site A in H3 hemagglutinin. Positions 145 and 193 (H3 numbering), which in H3 hemagglutinin belong to sites A and B, respectively, are within one site in H9 hemagglutinin. This finding is consistent with the peculiarity of the three-dimensional structure of the H9 molecule, that is, the absence from H9 hemagglutinin of the lateral loop that forms site A in H3 and the equivalent site in H5 hemagglutinins. The escape mutants analyzed displayed phenotypic variations, including decreased virulence for mice and changes in affinity for sialyl substrates. Our results demonstrate a correlation between intersubtype differences in three-dimensional structure and variations among subtypes in the distribution of antigenic areas. Our findings also suggest that covariation and pleiotropic effects of antibody-selected mutations may be important in the evolution of H9 influenza virus, a possible causative agent of a future pandemic.

* Corresponding author: Mailing address: Division of Virology, Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 332 N. Lauderdale St., Memphis TN 38105-2794. Phone: (901) 495-3400. Fax: (901) 523-2622. E-mail: robert.webster{at}stjude.org.

Journal of Virology, January 2004, p. 240-249, Vol. 78, No. 1
0022-538X/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JVI.78.1.240-249.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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