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Zinzula L, Scholz J, Nagy I, Di Guardo G, Orsini M. Biophysical characterization of the cetacean morbillivirus haemagglutinin glycoprotein. Virus Res 2023; 336:199231. [PMID: 37769814 PMCID: PMC10550842 DOI: 10.1016/j.virusres.2023.199231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 09/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
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Cetacean morbillivirus (CeMV) is an enveloped, non-segmented, negative-stranded RNA virus that infects marine mammals, spreading across species and causing lethal disease outbreaks worldwide. Among the eight proteins encoded by the CeMV genome, the haemagglutinin (H) glycoprotein is responsible for the virus attachment to host cell receptors. CeMV H represents an attractive target for antiviral and diagnostic research, yet the elucidation of the molecular mechanisms underlying its role in infection and inter-species transmission was hampered thus far due to the unavailability of recombinant versions of the protein. Here we present the cloning, expression and purification of a recombinant CeMV H ectodomain (rH-ecto), providing an initial characterization of its biophysical and structural properties. Sodium dodecyl sulphate - polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) combined to Western blot analysis and periodic acid Schiff assay showed that CeMV rH-ecto is purifiable at homogeneity from insect cells as a secreted, soluble and glycosylated protein. Miniaturized differential scanning fluorimetry, Blue Native PAGE and size exclusion chromatography coupled to multiangle light scattering revealed that CeMV rH-ecto is globularly folded, thermally stable and exists in solution in the oligomeric states of dimer and multiple of dimers. Furthermore, negative stain electron microscopy single particle analysis allowed us to delineate a low-resolution molecular architecture of the CeMV rH-ecto dimer, which recapitulates native assemblies from other morbilliviral H proteins, such as those from measles virus and canine distemper virus. This set of experiments by orthogonal techniques validates the CeMV rH-ecto as an experimental model for future biochemical studies on its structure and functions.
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- Luca Zinzula
- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany; Centro di Educazione Ambientale e alla Sostenibilità (CEAS) Laguna di Nora, Pula, Italy.
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- Core Facility, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany; Center of Research and Development, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Eger, Hungary
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- Retired Professor of General Pathology and Veterinary Pathophysiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Teramo, Teramo, Italy
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- Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Genomics, Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie, Legnaro, Italy
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Immunoinformatics Approach for Multiepitope Vaccine Prediction from H, M, F, and N Proteins of Peste des Petits Ruminants Virus. J Immunol Res 2019; 2019:6124030. [PMID: 31781679 PMCID: PMC6875335 DOI: 10.1155/2019/6124030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Background Small ruminant morbillivirus or peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) is an acute and highly contagious viral disease of goats, sheep, and other livestock. This study aimed at predicting an effective multiepitope vaccine against PPRV from the immunogenic proteins haemagglutinin (H), matrix (M), fusion (F), and nucleoprotein (N) using immunoinformatics tools. Materials and Methods The sequences of the immunogenic proteins were retrieved from GenBank of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). BioEdit software was used to align each protein from the retrieved sequences for conservancy. Immune Epitope Database (IEDB) analysis resources were used to predict B and T cell epitopes. For B cells, the criteria for electing epitopes depend on the epitope linearity, surface accessibility, and antigenicity. Results Nine epitopes from the H protein, eight epitopes from the M protein, and ten epitopes from each of the F and N proteins were predicted as linear epitopes. The surface accessibility method proposed seven surface epitopes from each of the H and F proteins in addition to six and four epitopes from the M and N proteins, respectively. For antigenicity, only two epitopes 142PPERV146 and 63DPLSP67 were predicted as antigenic from H and M, respectively. For T cells, MHC-I binding prediction tools showed multiple epitopes that interacted strongly with BoLA alleles. For instance, the epitope 45MFLSLIGLL53 from the H protein interacted with four BoLA alleles, while 276FKKILCYPL284 predicted from the M protein interacted with two alleles. Although F and N proteins demonstrated no favorable interaction with B cells, they strongly interacted with T cells. For instance, 358STKSCARTL366 from the F protein interacted with five alleles, followed by 340SQNALYPMS348 and 442IDLGPAISL450 that interacted with three alleles each. The epitopes from the N protein displayed strong interaction with BoLA alleles such as 490RSAEALFRL498 that interacted with five alleles, followed by two epitopes 2ATLLKSLAL10 and 304QQLGEVAPY312 that interacted with four alleles each. In addition to that, four epitopes 3TLLKSLALF11, 356YFDPAYFRL364, 360AYFRLGQEM368, and 412PRQAQVSFL420 interacted with three alleles each. Conclusion Fourteen epitopes were predicted as promising vaccine candidates against PPRV from four immunogenic proteins. These epitopes should be validated experimentally through in vitro and in vivo studies.
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Host Cellular Receptors for the Peste des Petits Ruminant Virus. Viruses 2019; 11:v11080729. [PMID: 31398809 PMCID: PMC6723671 DOI: 10.3390/v11080729] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2019] [Revised: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Peste des Petits Ruminant (PPR) is an important transboundary, OIE-listed contagious viral disease of primarily sheep and goats caused by the PPR virus (PPRV), which belongs to the genus Morbillivirus of the family Paramyxoviridae. The mortality rate is 90–100%, and the morbidity rate may reach up to 100%. PPR is considered economically important as it decreases the production and productivity of livestock. In many endemic poor countries, it has remained an obstacle to the development of sustainable agriculture. Hence, proper control measures have become a necessity to prevent its rapid spread across the world. For this, detailed information on the pathogenesis of the virus and the virus host interaction through cellular receptors needs to be understood clearly. Presently, two cellular receptors; signaling lymphocyte activation molecule (SLAM) and Nectin-4 are known for PPRV. However, extensive information on virus interactions with these receptors and their impact on host immune response is still required. Hence, a thorough understanding of PPRV receptors and the mechanism involved in the induction of immunosuppression is crucial for controlling PPR. In this review, we discuss PPRV cellular receptors, viral host interaction with cellular receptors, and immunosuppression induced by the virus with reference to other Morbilliviruses.
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Kumar N, Maherchandani S, Kashyap SK, Singh SV, Sharma S, Chaubey KK, Ly H. Peste des petits ruminants virus infection of small ruminants: a comprehensive review. Viruses 2014; 6:2287-327. [PMID: 24915458 PMCID: PMC4074929 DOI: 10.3390/v6062287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Revised: 05/26/2014] [Accepted: 05/28/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is caused by a Morbillivirus that belongs to the family Paramyxoviridae. PPR is an acute, highly contagious and fatal disease primarily affecting goats and sheep, whereas cattle undergo sub-clinical infection. With morbidity and mortality rates that can be as high as 90%, PPR is classified as an OIE (Office International des Epizooties)-listed disease. Considering the importance of sheep and goats in the livelihood of the poor and marginal farmers in Africa and South Asia, PPR is an important concern for food security and poverty alleviation. PPR virus (PPRV) and rinderpest virus (RPV) are closely related Morbilliviruses. Rinderpest has been globally eradicated by mass vaccination. Though a live attenuated vaccine is available against PPR for immunoprophylaxis, due to its instability in subtropical climate (thermo-sensitivity), unavailability of required doses and insufficient coverage (herd immunity), the disease control program has not been a great success. Further, emerging evidence of poor cross neutralization between vaccine strain and PPRV strains currently circulating in the field has raised concerns about the protective efficacy of the existing PPR vaccines. This review summarizes the recent advancement in PPRV replication, its pathogenesis, immune response to vaccine and disease control. Attempts have also been made to highlight the current trends in understanding the host susceptibility and resistance to PPR.
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- Naveen Kumar
- Virology Laboratory, Division of Animal Health, Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, P.O. Farah, Mathura, UP 281122, India.
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Biotechnology, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner, Rajasthan 334001, India.
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Biotechnology, Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Bikaner, Rajasthan 334001, India.
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- Virology Laboratory, Division of Animal Health, Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, P.O. Farah, Mathura, UP 281122, India.
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- Department of Veterinary Physiology and Biochemistry, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, Haryana 125004, India.
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- Virology Laboratory, Division of Animal Health, Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makhdoom, P.O. Farah, Mathura, UP 281122, India.
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- Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences Department, University of Minnesota, 1988 Fitch Ave., Ste 295, Saint Paul, MN 55108, USA.
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Khandelwal A, Renukaradhya GJ, Rajasekhar M, Sita GL, Shaila MS. Immune responses to hemagglutinin-neuraminidase protein of peste des petits ruminants virus expressed in transgenic peanut plants in sheep. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2010; 140:291-6. [PMID: 21211855 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2010.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2010] [Revised: 11/28/2010] [Accepted: 12/08/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) is an acute, highly contagious disease of small ruminants caused by a morbillivirus, Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV). The disease is prevalent in equatorial Africa, the Middle East, and the Indian subcontinent. A live attenuated vaccine is in use in some of the countries and has been shown to provide protection for at least three years against PPR. However, the live attenuated vaccine is not robust in terms of thermotolerance. As a step towards development of a heat stable subunit vaccine, we have expressed a hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) protein of PPRV in peanut plants (Arachis hypogea) in a biologically active form, possessing neuraminidase activity. Importantly, HN protein expressed in peanut plants retained its immunodominant epitopes in their natural conformation. The immunogenicity of the plant derived HN protein was analyzed in sheep upon oral immunization. Virus neutralizing antibody responses were elicited upon oral immunization of sheep in the absence of any mucosal adjuvant. In addition, anti-PPRV-HN specific cell-mediated immune responses were also detected in mucosally immunized sheep.
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- Abha Khandelwal
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Vani J, Nayak R, Shaila MS. A CD8+ T cell clone specific for antigen also recognizes peptidomimics present in anti-idiotypic antibody: implications for T cell memory. Cell Immunol 2007; 246:17-25. [PMID: 17582390 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2007.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2007] [Revised: 04/13/2007] [Accepted: 05/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The relay hypothesis [R. Nayak, S. Mitra-Kaushik, M.S. Shaila, Perpetuation of immunological memory: a relay hypothesis, Immunology 102 (2001) 387-395] was earlier proposed to explain perpetuation of immunological memory without requiring long lived memory cells or persisting antigen. This hypothesis envisaged cycles of interaction and proliferation of complementary idiotypic B cells (Burnet cells) and anti-idiotypic B cells (Jerne cells) as the primary reason for perpetuation of immunological memory. The presence of peptidomimics of antigen in anti-idiotypic antibody and their presentation to antigen specific T cells was postulated to be primary reason for perpetuation of T cell memory. Using a viral hemagglutinin as a model, in this work, we demonstrate the presence of peptidomimics in the variable region of an anti-idiotypic antibody capable of functionally mimicking the antigen derived peptides. A CD8+ CTL clone was generated against the hemagglutinin protein which specifically responds to either peptidomimic synthesizing cells or peptidomimic pulsed antigen presenting cells. Thus, it appears reasonable that a population of activated antigen specific T cells is maintained in the body by presentation of peptidomimic through Jerne cells and other antigen presenting cells long after immunization.
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- J Vani
- Department of Microbiology and Cell biology, Indian Institute of Science, C.V. Raman Avenue, Bangalore 560 012, Karnataka, India
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Vani J, Nayak R, Shaila MS. Immunization of mice with DNA coding for the variable regions of anti-idiotypic antibody generates antigen-specific response. Vaccine 2007; 25:4922-30. [PMID: 17531360 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2007.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2006] [Revised: 03/15/2007] [Accepted: 04/02/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Understanding the mechanisms of generation and maintenance of immunological memory is crucial for rational vaccine design. A hypothesis known as relay hypothesis was earlier proposed which explains the maintenance of immunological memory through interaction of idiotypic and anti-idiotypic lymphocytes. In the present study, we have shown that immunization with rinderpest virus hemagglutinin protein specific anti-idiotypic antibody (Ab(2)v(beta)) DNAs coding for heavy and light chains generates antigen-specific antibody and T cell responses as well as Ab1 specific T cell response. We further show that boosting with the recombinant Ab(2)-vbeta proteins generates B and T cell memory response specific for antigen in anti-id DNA primed mice. This study provides experimental evidence for perpetuation of immunological memory through idiotypic network interactions.
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- J Vani
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, C.V. Raman Avenue, Bangalore 560012, India
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Vani J, Nayak R, Shaila MS. Maintenance of antigen-specific immunological memory through variable regions of heavy and light chains of anti-idiotypic antibody. Immunology 2007; 120:486-96. [PMID: 17229267 PMCID: PMC2265904 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2006.02519.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Immunological memory is characterized by a quick and enhanced immune response after re-exposure to the same antigen. To explain the mechanism involved in generation and maintenance of immunological memory, we had earlier proposed a hypothesis involving the relay of memory by idiotypic and anti-idiotypic B cells. The peptidomimic present in the hypervariable region of anti-idiotypic antibody was hypothesized to carry forward immunological memory. In the present work, we provide evidence supporting a role for the anti-idiotypic antibody in eliciting antigen-specific B-cell and T-cell responses. Employing the idiotypic monoclonal antibody (Ab(1)) specific for haemagglutinin (H) protein of rinderpest virus, Ab(2beta) was generated, which possesses an internal image of the H protein in the region between amino acids 527 and 556. We demonstrate that antigen-specific memory is perpetuated by immunization with Ab(2), as shown by maintenance of antigen-specific T-cell responses upon restimulation in vitro of Ab(2) immune splenocytes by antigen-presenting cells expressing H protein or pulsed with H-protein-derived peptides. We have also shown that boosting with antigen-specific anti-idiotypic B cells generates a memory response in antigen-primed mice. Evidence has been provided for the existence of an antigen-specific B-cell idiotypic network in the body that supports the perpetuation of immunological memory as proposed in the relay hypothesis.
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- J Vani
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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Khandelwal A, Renukaradhya GJ, Rajasekhar M, Sita GL, Shaila MS. Systemic and oral immunogenicity of hemagglutinin protein of rinderpest virus expressed by transgenic peanut plants in a mouse model. Virology 2004; 323:284-91. [PMID: 15193924 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2004.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2002] [Revised: 02/28/2003] [Accepted: 02/23/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Rinderpest causes a devastating disease, often fatal, in wild and domestic ruminants. It has been eradicated successfully using a live, attenuated vaccine from most part of the world leaving a few foci of disease in parts of Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia. We have developed transgenic peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) plants expressing hemagglutinin (H) protein of rinderpest virus (RPV), which is antigenically authentic. In this work, we have evaluated the immunogenicity of peanut-expressed H protein using mouse model, administered parenterally as well as orally. Intraperitoneal immunization of mice with the transgenic peanut extract elicited antibody response specific to H. These antibodies neutralized virus infectivity in vitro. Oral immunization of mice with transgenic peanut induced H-specific serum IgG and IgA antibodies. The systemic and oral immunogenicity of plant-derived H in absence of any adjuvant indicates the potential of edible vaccine for rinderpest.
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- Abha Khandelwal
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Rahman MM, Shaila MS, Gopinathan KP. Baculovirus display of fusion protein of Peste des petits ruminants virus and hemagglutination protein of Rinderpest virus and immunogenicity of the displayed proteins in mouse model. Virology 2004; 317:36-49. [PMID: 14675623 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2003.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Recombinant Bombyx mori nucleopolyhedroviruses (BmNPV) displaying the immunodominant ectodomains of fusion glycoprotein (F) of Peste des petitis ruminants virus (PPRV) and the hemagglutinin protein (H) of Rinderpest virus (RPV), on the budded virions as well as the surface of the infected host cells have been constructed. The F and H protein sequences were inserted in-frame within the amino-terminal region of BmNPV envelope glycoprotein GP64 expressing under the strong viral polyhedrin (polh) promoter. We improved the recombinant virus selection in BmNPV by incorporating the green fluorescent protein gene (gfp) as selection marker under a separate promoter within the transfer cassette harboring the desired genes. Following infection of the insect larvae or the host-derived BmN cells with these recombinant BmNPVs, the expressed GP64 fusion proteins were displayed on the host cell surface and the budded virions. The antigenic epitopes of the recombinant proteins were properly displayed and the recombinant virus particles induced immune response in mice against PPRV or RPV.
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- Md Masmudur Rahman
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Khandelwal A, Lakshmi Sita G, Shaila M. Oral immunization of cattle with hemagglutinin protein of rinderpest virus expressed in transgenic peanut induces specific immune responses. Vaccine 2003; 21:3282-9. [PMID: 12804859 PMCID: PMC7126942 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(03)00192-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Rinderpest is an acute, highly contagious often fatal disease of large and small ruminants, both domestic and wild. Global eradication of rinderpest needs a robust, safe and cost-effective vaccine. The causative agent, rinderpest virus (RPV) is an important member of the genus Morbillivirus in the Paramyxoviridae family. We have generated transgenic peanut (Arachis hypogea L.) plants expressing hemagglutinin protein of RPV and report here, the induction of immune responses in cattle following oral feeding with transgenic leaves expressing hemagglutinin protein without oral adjuvant. Hemagglutinin-specific antibody was detected in the serum as confirmed by immunohistochemical staining of virus-infected cells, and in vitro neutralization of virus infectivity. Oral delivery also resulted in cell-mediated immune responses.
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- Corresponding author. Tel.: +91-80-3942702/3600139; fax: +91-80-3602697.
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Khandelwal A, Sita G L, Shaila MS. Expression of hemagglutinin protein of rinderpest virus in transgenic tobacco and immunogenicity of plant-derived protein in a mouse model. Virology 2003; 308:207-15. [PMID: 12706071 DOI: 10.1016/s0042-6822(03)00010-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The use of transgenic plants as a production system for recombinant subunit vaccines has been considered safe and economical compared to cell culture methods. We have exploited this approach to produce rinderpest virus hemagglutinin (H) protein in transgenic tobacco as a model plant for testing the immunogenicity of plant-derived hemagglutinin protein. The transgenic nature of the plants was confirmed by molecular analysis such as gene specific PCR and Southern hybridization using full-length H gene as a probe. The Mendelian pattern of inheritance of the transgene has been demonstrated in T(1) generation. The transgenic plants express the H protein of molecular weight 72 kDa. The plant derived H protein is antigenically authentic as revealed by reactivity with H-specific antibodies as well as convalescent sera. The induction of immune response was tested in mice after intraperitoneal immunization with plant-derived H. High titers of antibodies were induced which were H-specific and they neutralized the infectivity of rinderpest virus.
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- Abha Khandelwal
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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Renukaradhya GJ, Suresh KB, Rajasekhar M, Shaila MS. Competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay based on monoclonal antibody and recombinant hemagglutinin for serosurveillance of rinderpest virus. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41:943-7. [PMID: 12624013 PMCID: PMC150257 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.41.3.943-947.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (C-ELISA) which detects antibodies unique to rinderpest virus (RPV) has been developed. This test can differentiate antibodies against RPV and those against peste des petits ruminants virus. The recombinant RPV hemagglutinin (H)-protein C-ELISA (recH C-ELISA) is based on the ability of a well-characterized monoclonal antibody (MAb) produced with the soluble, secreted form of the H protein (Sec H protein) of RPV made in a baculovirus expression system to compete with the binding of RPV antibodies in the serum of vaccinated or infected, recovered animals to the Sec H protein. The B-cell epitope recognized by the MAb corresponds to amino acids 575 to 583 on the H protein, which is not present on the antigenically closely related peste des petits ruminants virus hemagglutinin-neuraminidase protein. Initially, a positive-negative threshold cutoff value for percent inhibition of 34 was established with 500 known RPV-negative serum samples. The recH C-ELISA was developed with the enzyme immunoassay software of a commercial RPV C-ELISA kit. Comparative analysis of the test results for 700 serum samples obtained with the commercial kit gave a sensitivity of 112.4% and a specificity of 72.4%. Variations in percent inhibition values were observed for the two assay systems. These variations may have been due to the undefined amount of antigen present in the commercial kit as well as the use of a different MAb. The recH C-ELISA detected more positive serum samples compared to the number detected by the commercial kit, with the results confirmed by a virus neutralization test. Thus, recH C-ELISA is a sensitive tool for RPV serosurveillance in disease eradication programs.
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- G J Renukaradhya
- Project Directorate on Animal Disease Monitoring and Surveillance, Hebbal, Bangalore-560 024, India
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Sinnathamby G, Renukaradhya GJ, Rajasekhar M, Nayak R, Shaila MS. Recombinant hemagglutinin protein of rinderpest virus expressed in insect cells induces cytotoxic T-cell responses in cattle. Viral Immunol 2002; 14:349-58. [PMID: 11792064 DOI: 10.1089/08828240152716592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rinderpest virus (RPV), a member of the genus Morbillivirus within the Paramyxoviridae family, causes a highly contagious and often fatal disease known as rinderpest in wild and domestic ruminants. The envelope of the virus contains two surface glycoproteins, namely the hemagglutinin (H) and the fusion (F) proteins, both of which have been shown to confer protective immunity in animals. In this paper, we demonstrate that single administration of low doses of recombinant H protein of RPV expressed in insect cells in the form of extracellular virus induces long lasting bovine leukocyte antigen class I restricted cytotoxic T-cell (CTL) responses in cattle in the absence of adjuvant. This is the first report of CTL responses in cattle against one of the protective antigens of RPV.
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- G Sinnathamby
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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Renukaradhya GJ, Mitra-Kaushik S, Sinnathamby G, Rajasekhar M, Shaila MS. Mapping of B-cell epitopes of hemagglutinin protein of rinderpest virus. Virology 2002; 298:214-23. [PMID: 12127784 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2002.1465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against secreted hemagglutinin (H) protein of rinderpest virus (RPV) expressed by a recombinant baculovirus were generated to characterize the antigenic sites on H protein and regions of functional significance. Three of the mAbs displayed hemagglutination inhibition activity and these mAbs were unable to neutralize virus infectivity. Western immunoblot analysis of overlapping deletion mutants indicated that three mAbs recognize antigenic regions at the extreme carboxy terminus (between amino acids 569 and 609) and the fourth mAb between amino acids 512 and 568. Using synthetic peptides, aa 569-577 and 575-583 were identified as the epitopes for E2G4 and D2F4, respectively. The epitopic domains of A12A9 and E2B6 mAbs were mapped to regions encompassing aa 527-554 and 588-609. Two epitopes spanning the extreme carboxy terminal region of aa 573 to 587 and 588 to 609 were shown to be immunodominant employing a competitive ELISA with polyclonal sera form vaccinated cattle. The D2F4 mAb which recognizes a unique epitope on RPV-H is not present on the closely related peste des petits ruminant virus HN protein and this mAb could serve as a tool in the seromonitoring program after rinderpest vaccination.
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- G J Renukaradhya
- Project Directorate on Animal Disease Monitoring and Surveillance, Hebbal, Bangalore- 560 024, India
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Mitra-Kaushik S, Shaila MS, Karande A, Nayak R. Idiotype and anti-idiotype specific T cell responses on transplantation with hybridomas reactive to viral hemagglutinin and human tumor antigen. Immunol Lett 2002; 80:81-7. [PMID: 11750038 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2478(01)00312-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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B cell hybridomas expressing class I and II MHC molecules and producing antibodies directed against hemagglutinin protein of Rinderpest virus and human Mucin-1 have been used as surrogate B cells to study T cell responses against the antigens. The observed CTL and lymphoproliferative response indicates that anti-idiotypic B cells termed Jerne cells stimulate both T helper and T cytotoxic cells by virtue of their ability to present recycled or regurgitated peptido-mimics of antigen to T helper cells through class II MHC and de novo synthesized peptido-mimics of antigens to CTLs. Thus, T cell memory response can be perpetuated by anti-idiotypic Jerne B cells and these findings lend support to the earlier proposed relay hypothesis for perpetuation of immunological memory (IM).
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- Shibani Mitra-Kaushik
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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Sinnathamby G, Renukaradhya GJ, Rajasekhar M, Nayak R, Shaila MS. Immune responses in goats to recombinant hemagglutinin-neuraminidase glycoprotein of Peste des petits ruminants virus: identification of a T cell determinant. Vaccine 2001; 19:4816-23. [PMID: 11535334 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(01)00210-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV), a member of the genus Morbillivirus within the family Paramyxoviridae, causes a fatal disease 'peste des petits ruminants' in goats and sheep. This enveloped virus is antigenically closely related to rinderpest virus (RPV), which causes a similar but distinct disease in large ruminants. PPRV harbors two major surface glycoproteins, the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase (HN) and the fusion (F) proteins. The surface glycoproteins of morbilliviruses are highly immunogenic and confer protective immunity. In this study, we investigated the immune responses generated in goats immunized with low doses of purified recombinant extracellular baculovirus carrying a membrane bound form of the HN protein of PPRV without any adjuvant. We report that the immunized goats develop both humoral and cell-mediated immune responses. Antibodies generated in the immunized animals could neutralize both PPRV and RPV in vitro. Further, using a combination of Escherichia coli expressed deletion mutants of PPRV-HN and RPV-H proteins, and synthetic peptides corresponding to the highly conserved N-terminal sequences of MV-H protein, we have mapped an N-terminal T cell determinant (amino acids 123-137) and a C-terminal domain (amino acids 242-609) harboring potential T cell determinant(s) in goats.
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- G Sinnathamby
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, 560 012, Bangalore, India
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Sinnathamby G, Nayak R, Shaila MS. Mapping of T-helper epitopes of Rinderpest virus hemagglutinin protein. Viral Immunol 2001; 14:83-92. [PMID: 11270599 DOI: 10.1089/08828240151061446] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Rinderpest virus (RPV) is a highly contagious and often fatal disease of domestic and wild ruminants, caused by rinderpest virus of the genus Morbillivirus under the family Paramyxoviridae. Hemagglutinin (H) and fusion (F) proteins of this enveloped virus confer protective immunity against experimental challenge with virulent rinderpest virus. We have earlier demonstrated that immunization with a single dose of recombinant extracellular baculovirus expressing H protein elicits H-specific humoral and lymphoproliferative responses in cattle. The lymphoproliferative responses are predominantly BoLA class II restricted. In this work, we have analyzed lymphoproliferative responses of peripheral lymphocytes from immunized cattle to truncated H protein fragments expressed in E. coli for locating domains harboring Th epitopes. One region (aa 113-182) recognized by immune T cells is conserved in the H protein of measles virus, which was earlier shown to contain a dominant Th epitope in mouse. Synthetic peptides within this region of measles virus H protein were used to identify a Th epitope conserved in the H protein of RPV virus (aa 123-137) in cattle. A second Th epitope located at the C-terminus of RPV-H was mapped to the region corresponding to aa 512-609 using truncated protein fragments expressed in E. coli. The C-terminal epitope (aa 575-583) was mapped using synthetic peptides corresponding to measles virus H as well as RPV-H protein.
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- G Sinnathamby
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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Sinnathamby G, Naik S, Renukaradhya GJ, Rajasekhar M, Nayak R, Shaila MS. Recombinant hemagglutinin protein of rinderpest virus expressed in insect cells induces humoral and cell mediated immune responses in cattle. Vaccine 2001; 19:3870-6. [PMID: 11427260 DOI: 10.1016/s0264-410x(01)00127-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Rinderpest virus causes a highly contagious and often fatal disease in domestic and wild ruminants. The surface glycoproteins, hemagglutinin (H) and fusion (F) proteins of this enveloped virus are known to confer protective immunity in cattle. We have reported the generation of a recombinant baculovirus expressing H protein and studied its protective properties in cattle. In this report, we demonstrate that the recombinant baculovirus encoded H protein expressed in insect cells gets incorporated into extracellular baculovirus. Single administration of low doses of purified recombinant extracellular virus with or without adjuvant induces virus neutralizing antibody responses and bovine leukocyte antigen (BoLA) class II restricted helper T cell responses in cattle.
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- G Sinnathamby
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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Mitra-Kaushik S, Shaila MS, Karande AK, Nayak R. Idiotype and antigen-specific T cell responses in mice on immunization with antigen, antibody, and anti-idiotypic antibody. Cell Immunol 2001; 209:109-19. [PMID: 11446743 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.2001.1794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Idiotypic determinants of immunoglobulin molecules can evoke both CD4(+) and CD8(+) T responses and exist not only as the integral components of a bona fide antigen binding receptor but also as distinct molecular entities in the processed forms on the cell surface of B lymphocytes. The present work provides experimental evidence for the concept that regulation of memory B cell populations can be achieved through the presentation of idiotypic and anti-idiotypic determinants to helper and cytotoxic cell. The potential of B cells to present antigens to helper and cytotoxic T cells through class II and class I MHC suggests a mechanism by which both B and T cell homeostasis can be maintained. We provide evidence for the generation of idiotype- and antigen-specific Th and Tc cells upon immunization of syngenic mice with antigen or idiotypic antibody (Ab1) or anti-idiotypic antibody (Ab2). The selective activation and proliferation of the antigen-specific Th and Tc cells mediated by idiotypic stimulation observed in these experiments suggests a B-cell-driven mechanism for the maintenance of antigen-specific T cell memory in the absence of antigenic stimulation, under certain conditions.
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- S Mitra-Kaushik
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
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Mitra-Kaushik S, Shaila MS, Karande A, Nayak R. Idiotypic-anti-idiotypic B cell interactions generated against a protective antigen of a morbillivirus in mice. Cell Immunol 2001; 209:10-8. [PMID: 11414732 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.2001.1788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The idiotypic network theory (N. K. Jerne, Ann. Immunol. 125, 373-389, 1974) predicts that any antibody that can be made by an individual would have its preexisting specific complementary B cells in its germline repertoire. We transplanted syngeneic BALB/c mice with live hybridoma cells and demonstrated the simultaneous presence of interacting idiotypic and anti-idiotypic B cells in an individual animal by immuno-cytoadherence assays. Furthermore, we demonstrate that interacting B cells displaying idiotypic and anti-idiotypic antibodies are subjected to lysis by complement. It is therefore tempting to speculate that this complement-sensitive interaction between idiotypic and complementary anti-idiotypic B cells in vivo may provide a mechanism for the regulation of B cell populations.
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- S Mitra-Kaushik
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
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Rodrigues JC, De Souza ML, O'Reilly D, Velloso LM, Pinedo FJ, Razuck FB, Ribeiro B, Ribeiro BM. Characterization of the ecdysteroid UDP-glucosyltransferase (egt) gene of Anticarsia gemmatalis nucleopolyhedrovirus. Virus Genes 2001; 22:103-12. [PMID: 11210933 DOI: 10.1023/a:1008142621359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The Anticarsia gemmatalis nucelopolyhedrovirus (AgMNPV) egt gene was cloned, sequenced and its expression characterized by RT-PCR and western blot analysis. Sequence analysis of the gene indicated the presence of an open reading frame (ORF) of 1482 nucleotides, which codes for a polypeptide of 494 amino acids. ATATA box and a conserved regulatory sequence (CATT) found in other baculovirus early genes were present in the promoter region of the egt gene. A poly-A consensus sequence was present in the 3' untranslated region (3'-UTR) of the gene. Homology comparisons showed that the EGT protein of AgMNPV is most closely related (95.9% amino acid sequence identity) to the EGT from the Choristoneura fumiferana DEF nucleopolyhedrovirus (CfDEF). Transcriptional analysis of the AgMNPV egt gene showed that egt-specific transcripts can be detected both early and late in infection. The EGT protein was detected, by western blot analysis, in the intra- (from 12 to 48 h post-infection) and extra-cellular (from 12 to 96 h post-infection) fractions of infected insect cells. The AgMNPV Bgl II-F fragment, which has homology to the AcMNPV ie-1 gene, was cloned and used to cotransfect SF21 cells with the cloned AgMNPV egt gene. EGT activity was observed, suggesting that AgMNPV ie-1 can transactivate egt expression.
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- J C Rodrigues
- Embrapa Genetic Resources and Biotechnology, Brasília, Brasil.
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