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Putri K, Wibowo MH, Tarigan S, Wawegama N, Ignjatovic J, Noormohammadi AH. Analysis of antibody response to an epitope in the haemagglutinin subunit 2 of avian influenza virus H5N1 for differentiation of infected and vaccinated chickens. Avian Pathol 2019; 49:161-170. [PMID: 31738584 DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2019.1694635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The H5N1 subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus has been circulating in poultry in Indonesia since 2003 and vaccination has been used as a strategy to eradicate the disease. However, monitoring of vaccinated poultry flocks for H5N1 infection by serological means has been difficult, as vaccine antibodies are not readily distinguishable from those induced by field viruses. Therefore, a test that differentiates infected and vaccinated animals (DIVA) would be essential. Currently, no simple and specific DIVA test is available for screening of a large number of vaccinated chickens. Several epitopes on E29 domain of the haemagglutinin H5N1 subunit 2 (HA2) have recently been examined for their antigenicity and potential as possible markers for DIVA in chicken. In this study, the potential of E29 as an antigen for DIVA was evaluated in detail. Three different forms of full-length E29 peptide, a truncated E29 peptide (E15), and a recombinant E29 were compared for their ability to detect anti-E29 antibodies. Preliminary ELISA experiments using mono-specific chicken and rabbit E29 sera, and a mouse monoclonal antibody revealed that the linear E29 peptide was the most antigenic. Further examination of the E29 antigenicity in ELISA, using several sera from experimentally infected or vaccinated chickens, revealed that the full-length E29 peptide had the greatest discrimination power between infected and vaccinated chicken sera while providing the least non-specific reaction. This study demonstrates the usefulness of the HPAI H5N1 HA2 E29 epitope as a DIVA antigen in HPAI H5N1-vaccinated and -infected chickens.RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS E29 (HA2 positions 488-516) epitope is antigenic in chickens.Antibodies to E29 are elicited following live H5N1 virus infection in chickens.E29 epitope is a potential DIVA antigen for use in ELISA.
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- Khrisdiana Putri
- Asia Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Werribee, Australia
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- Indonesian Research Centre for Veterinary Science (IRCVS), Bogor, Indonesia
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- Asia Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Werribee, Australia
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- Asia Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Werribee, Australia
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- Asia Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Werribee, Australia
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Ahmed SS, Volkmuth W, Duca J, Corti L, Pallaoro M, Pezzicoli A, Karle A, Rigat F, Rappuoli R, Narasimhan V, Julkunen I, Vuorela A, Vaarala O, Nohynek H, Pasini FL, Montomoli E, Trombetta C, Adams CM, Rothbard J, Steinman L. Antibodies to influenza nucleoprotein cross-react with human hypocretin receptor 2. Sci Transl Med 2016; 7:294ra105. [PMID: 26136476 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aab2354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The sleep disorder narcolepsy is linked to the HLA-DQB1*0602 haplotype and dysregulation of the hypocretin ligand-hypocretin receptor pathway. Narcolepsy was associated with Pandemrix vaccination (an adjuvanted, influenza pandemic vaccine) and also with infection by influenza virus during the 2009 A(H1N1) influenza pandemic. In contrast, very few cases were reported after Focetria vaccination (a differently manufactured adjuvanted influenza pandemic vaccine). We hypothesized that differences between these vaccines (which are derived from inactivated influenza viral proteins) explain the association of narcolepsy with Pandemrix-vaccinated subjects. A mimic peptide was identified from a surface-exposed region of influenza nucleoprotein A that shared protein residues in common with a fragment of the first extracellular domain of hypocretin receptor 2. A significant proportion of sera from HLA-DQB1*0602 haplotype-positive narcoleptic Finnish patients with a history of Pandemrix vaccination (vaccine-associated narcolepsy) contained antibodies to hypocretin receptor 2 compared to sera from nonnarcoleptic individuals with either 2009 A(H1N1) pandemic influenza infection or history of Focetria vaccination. Antibodies from vaccine-associated narcolepsy sera cross-reacted with both influenza nucleoprotein and hypocretin receptor 2, which was demonstrated by competitive binding using 21-mer peptide (containing the identified nucleoprotein mimic) and 55-mer recombinant peptide (first extracellular domain of hypocretin receptor 2) on cell lines expressing human hypocretin receptor 2. Mass spectrometry indicated that relative to Pandemrix, Focetria contained 72.7% less influenza nucleoprotein. In accord, no durable antibody responses to nucleoprotein were detected in sera from Focetria-vaccinated nonnarcoleptic subjects. Thus, differences in vaccine nucleoprotein content and respective immune response may explain the narcolepsy association with Pandemrix.
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- Syed Sohail Ahmed
- Global Clinical Sciences, Novartis Vaccines Srl, Siena 53100, Italy.
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- Informatics and Information Technology, Atreca Inc., Redwood City, CA 94063, USA
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- Computer-Aided Drug Discovery, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Formulation Analytics, Novartis Vaccines Srl, Siena 53100, Italy
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- Formulation Analytics, Novartis Vaccines Srl, Siena 53100, Italy
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- Integrated Biologics Profiling Unit, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel 4057, Switzerland
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- Quantitative Sciences, Novartis Vaccines Srl, Siena 53100, Italy
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- Development, Novartis Vaccines, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki 00300, Finland. Virology, University of Turku, Turku 20520, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki 00300, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki 00300, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Helsinki 00300, Finland
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- Internal Medicine, Policlinico Santa Maria alle Scotte, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena 53100, Italy. Medical Science, Surgery, and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena 53100, Italy
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- Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena 53100, Italy. VisMederi Srl, Siena 53100, Italy
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- Molecular and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena 53100, Italy
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- Stanford University Mass Spectrometry, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94305 USA
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- Immunology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA
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- Neurology and Neuroscience, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
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Bushnell RV, Tobin JK, Long J, Schultz-Cherry S, Chaudhuri AR, Nara PL, Tobin GJ. Serological characterization of guinea pigs infected with H3N2 human influenza or immunized with hemagglutinin protein. Virol J 2010; 7:200. [PMID: 20735849 PMCID: PMC2939558 DOI: 10.1186/1743-422x-7-200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2010] [Accepted: 08/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Background Recent and previous studies have shown that guinea pigs can be infected with, and transmit, human influenza viruses. Therefore guinea pig may be a useful animal model for better understanding influenza infection and assessing vaccine strategies. To more fully characterize the model, antibody responses following either infection/re-infection with human influenza A/Wyoming/03/2003 H3N2 or immunization with its homologous recombinant hemagglutinin (HA) protein were studied. Results Serological samples were collected and tested for anti-HA immunoglobulin by ELISA, antiviral antibodies by hemagglutination inhibition (HI), and recognition of linear epitopes by peptide scanning (PepScan). Animals inoculated with infectious virus demonstrated pronounced viral replication and subsequent serological conversion. Animals either immunized with the homologous HA antigen or infected, showed a relatively rapid rise in antibody titers to the HA glycoprotein in ELISA assays. Antiviral antibodies, measured by HI assay, were detectable after the second inoculation. PepScan data identified both previously recognized and newly defined linear epitopes. Conclusions Infection and/or recombinant HA immunization of guinea pigs with H3N2 Wyoming influenza virus resulted in a relatively rapid production of viral-specific antibody thus demonstrating the strong immunogenicity of the major viral structural proteins in this animal model for influenza infection. The sensitivity of the immune response supports the utility of the guinea pig as a useful animal model of influenza infection and immunization.
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Identification of a dual-specific T cell epitope of the hemagglutinin antigen of an h5 avian influenza virus in chickens. PLoS One 2009; 4:e7772. [PMID: 19901990 PMCID: PMC2770124 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2009] [Accepted: 10/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Avian influenza viruses (AIV) of the H5N1 subtype have caused morbidity and mortality in humans. Although some migratory birds constitute the natural reservoir for this virus, chickens may play a role in transmission of the virus to humans. Despite the importance of avian species in transmission of AIV H5N1 to humans, very little is known about host immune system interactions with this virus in these species. The objective of the present study was to identify putative T cell epitopes of the hemagglutinin (HA) antigen of an H5 AIV in chickens. Using an overlapping peptide library covering the HA protein, we identified a 15-mer peptide, H5246–260, within the HA1 domain which induced activation of T cells in chickens immunized against the HA antigen of an H5 virus. Furthermore, H5246–260 epitope was found to be presented by both major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I and II molecules, leading to activation of CD4+ and CD8+ T cell subsets, marked by proliferation and expression of interferon (IFN)-γ by both of these cell subsets as well as the expression of granzyme A by CD8+ T cells. This is the first report of a T cell epitope of AIV recognized by chicken T cells. Furthermore, this study extends the previous finding of the existence of dual-specific epitopes in other species to chickens. Taken together, these results elucidate some of the mechanisms of immune response to AIV in chickens and provide a platform for creation of rational vaccines against AIV in this species.
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Yan RQ, Wu ZM, Fang QM, Zhang ZL, Zhang J, Li XS, Hao HF, Xia C. Reconstruction of a chicken BF2 protein complex and identification of binding nonamer peptides derived from avian influenza virus hemagglutinin. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2008; 126:91-101. [DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2008.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2008] [Revised: 06/09/2008] [Accepted: 06/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Mihaylova N, Voynova E, Tchorbanov A, Nikolova M, Michova A, Todorov T, Srebreva L, Taskov H, Vassilev T. Selective silencing of disease-associated B-lymphocytes by chimeric molecules targeting their Fc IIb receptor. Int Immunol 2007; 20:165-75. [DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxm133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Tchorbanov A, Voynova E, Mihaylova N, Todorov T, Nikolova M, Yomtova V, Chiang BL, Vassilev T. Selective silencing of DNA-specific B lymphocytes delays lupus activity in MRL/lpr mice. Eur J Immunol 2007; 37:3587-96. [DOI: 10.1002/eji.200737143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Li H, Ding J, Chen YH. Recombinant protein comprising multi-neutralizing epitopes induced high titer of antibodies against Influenza A virus. Immunobiology 2003; 207:305-13. [PMID: 14575146 PMCID: PMC8673591 DOI: 10.1078/0171-2985-00244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In previous studies, we suggested that epitope-vaccine might be a new strategy against virus infection. Based on this hypothesis, we designed and expressed a recombinant immunogen (multi-epitope-peptide) comprising repeats of three neutralizing-epitopes (neutralizing epitopes: aa92-105, 127-133 and 183-195) of hemagglutininin (HA) of influenza virus (H3N2) in E. coli. After vaccination, the recombinant multi-epitope protein could induce a high level of antibodies with predefined multi-epitope-specificity in mice and rabbits. The epitope-specific antibodies in sera were tested using three different epitope-peptides (synthetic peptides) in ELISA assay, and the serum dilutions from 1 : 6400 to 1 : 25600 were confirmed. In western blot analysis, both the antiserum and the antibodies purified by synthetic epitope-peptide coupled sepharose columns could recognize natural HA from influenza virus particles (strain A/Wuhan/359/95 H3N2). In hemagglutination inhibition (HI) tests, these three antisera at the dilutions from 1 : 20 to 1 : 80 showed inhibitory activity. Interestingly, antisera and purified antibodies induced by the epitope-vaccine could partially inhibit plaque-formation of influenza virus (strain A/Wuhan/359/95) on MDCK cell monolayers. These results suggest that the recombinant multi-epitope vaccine can simultaneously induce multi-antiviral activities against influenza virus, which may provide a new way to develop effective vaccines against influenza virus.
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- Hua Li
- Laboratory of Immunology, Research Centre for Medical Science, Department of Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P R China
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Frisch B, Roth A, Schuber F. Synthetic Peptide–Based Highly Immunogenic Liposomal Constructs. Methods Enzymol 2003; 373:51-73. [PMID: 14714396 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(03)73004-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Benoît Frisch
- Laboratoire de Chimie Bioorganique, UMR 7514 CNRS-ULP, Faculte de Pharmacie, 74 Route du Rhin, Illkirch 67400, France
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Ben-Yedidia T, Beignon AS, Partidos CD, Muller S, Arnon R. A retro-inverso peptide analogue of influenza virus hemagglutinin B-cell epitope 91-108 induces a strong mucosal and systemic immune response and confers protection in mice after intranasal immunization. Mol Immunol 2002; 39:323-31. [PMID: 12220890 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-5890(02)00095-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In this study, a novel approach for the development of a peptide-based vaccine has been tested. We investigated the possibility of replacing an all-L amino acid peptide sequence corresponding to the protective B-cell epitope hemagglutinin (HA) 91-108 from influenza HA with a retro-inverso analogue encompassing this sequence. Retro-inverso peptides are composed of D-amino acids assembled in a reverse order from that of the parent L-sequence, thus maintaining the overall topology of the native sequence. This explains the observed antigenic cross-reactivity with anti-influenza virus antibodies. Mice immunized intranasally with the ovalbumin-conjugated retro-inverso analogue and cholera toxin as an adjuvant, produced strong systemic (serum IgG) and mucosal (lung IgA) antibody responses, and were protected against intranasal challenge with a lethal dose of influenza virus. The weight loss pattern in the protected group indicated that the vaccinated animals developed a disease of low severity resulting in a quick recovery. Furthermore, splenocytes of the immunized mice cultured in the presence of inactivated influenza virus, secreted high levels of IFN-gamma. The half-life of the retro-inverso analogue in the presence of lung homogenate proteases was at least 700 times greater than that of the parent L-peptide. These results demonstrate that peptidomimetic analogues with high resistance to proteolytic degradation are very effective immunogens when administered via the intranasal route, inducing protective immunity against a viral infection. This approach might be advantageous for vaccine development.
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- Tamar Ben-Yedidia
- Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, P.O. Box 26, 76100, Rehovot, Israel
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Matthews LJ, Davis R, Smith GP. Immunogenically fit subunit vaccine components via epitope discovery from natural peptide libraries. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 169:837-46. [PMID: 12097387 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.2.837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Antigenic peptides that bind pathogen-specific Abs are a potential source of subunit vaccine components. To be effective the peptides must be immunogenically fit: when used as immunogens they must elicit Abs that cross-react with native intact pathogen. In this study, antigenic peptides obtained from phage display libraries through epitope discovery were systematically examined for immunogenic fitness. Peptides selected from random peptide libraries, in which the phage-displayed peptides are encoded by synthetic degenerate oligonucleotides, had marginal immunogenic fitness. In contrast, 50% of the peptides selected from a natural peptide library, in which phage display segments of actual pathogen polypeptides, proved very successful. Epitope discovery from natural peptide libraries is a promising route to subunit vaccines.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Viral/immunology
- Antigens, Viral/isolation & purification
- Antigens, Viral/metabolism
- Bacteriophage T4/immunology
- Bacteriophage T4/metabolism
- Binding Sites, Antibody
- Cross Reactions
- Epitopes/immunology
- Epitopes/metabolism
- Immune Sera/biosynthesis
- Immunity, Innate
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Molecular Mimicry
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Peptide Library
- Peptides/immunology
- Peptides/isolation & purification
- Peptides/metabolism
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/immunology
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism
- Vaccines, Subunit/immunology
- Vaccines, Subunit/metabolism
- Vaccines, Synthetic/immunology
- Vaccines, Synthetic/metabolism
- Viral Proteins/immunology
- Viral Proteins/isolation & purification
- Viral Proteins/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Leslie J Matthews
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211-7400, USA.
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Ben-Yedidia T, Marcus H, Reisner Y, Arnon R. Intranasal administration of peptide vaccine protects human/mouse radiation chimera from influenza infection. Int Immunol 1999; 11:1043-51. [PMID: 10383936 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/11.7.1043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Influenza virus is characterized by frequent and unpredictable changes of the surface glycoproteins which enable the virus to escape the immune system. Approved vaccines which consist of the whole virus or the surface glycoproteins fail to induce broad specificity protection. We have previously reported that a peptide-based experimental recombinant vaccine which includes conserved epitopes of B and T lymphocytes was efficient in mice, leading to cross-strain, long-term protection. In the present study, this approach was adapted for the design of a human vaccine, based on epitopes recognized by the prevalent HLAs. These epitopes were expressed in Salmonella flagellin and tested for their efficacy in human/mouse radiation chimera in which human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) are functionally engrafted. The vaccinated mice demonstrated clearance of the virus after challenge and resistance to lethal infection. The production of virus-specific human antibodies was also higher in this group. Control groups of either non-vaccinated, or vaccinated mice which had not been engrafted with the human PBMC, did not exhibit the protective immune response. FACS analysis showed that most human cells in the transplanted mice are CD8(+) and CD4(+). Hence, it may be concluded: (i) that the protection involves cellular mechanisms, but is most probably accomplished without direct lysis of influenza-infected pulmonary cells by cytotoxic T lymphocytes, but rather via a cytokine-mediated mechanism, (ii) that the human/mouse radiation chimera model may be of some value in the investigation of new vaccines, as an additional tool prior to clinical trials, and (iii) that the synthetic recombinant vaccine can induce a response in the human immune system and confers protection against influenza infection. Further investigation is needed to establish the efficacy of such a peptide vaccine in human subjects.
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- T Ben-Yedidia
- Department of Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Gonser S, Weber E, Folkers G. Peptides and polypeptides as modulators of the immune response: thymopentin--an example with unknown mode of action. PHARMACEUTICA ACTA HELVETIAE 1999; 73:265-73. [PMID: 10443171 DOI: 10.1016/s0031-6865(99)00005-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Peptides and polypeptides play a critical role in the immune system and are therefore predestined as a source for new approaches in immunotherapy. For example, antigenic peptides which can trigger a specific immunological response have been successfully used for vaccination. In contrast, cytokines have to be considered as rather non-specific immunomodulators. In addition, certain peptides with unknown mode of action have shown promising immunomodulating properties. An example is the pentapeptide thymopentin (TP5), which represents the active sequence of the originally described thymopoietin (TP). TP was recently identified as a fragment of the thymopoietins (TMPOs), a family of nuclear proteins. In vitro assays showed that TP5 affects the function of T cells and monocytes measured by enhanced cGMP level and the triggering of cellular signalling, respectively. In vivo studies demonstrated the capability of TP5 to improve an imbalanced immune system. TP5 exhibited important clinical features and further investigations on its mode of action are necessary to rationally create TP5 peptide analogs or peptidomimetics.
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- S Gonser
- Department of Pharmacy, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Immunization with peptides. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0075-7535(08)70448-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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Hilbert A, Hudecz F, Mezô G, Mucsi I, Kajtár J, Kurucz I, Gergely J, Rajnavölgyi E. The influence of branched polypeptide carriers on the immunogenicity of predicted epitopes of HSV-1 glycoprotein D. Scand J Immunol 1994; 40:609-17. [PMID: 7527933 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.1994.tb03512.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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To investigate the role of synthetic polypeptide carriers in inducing an epitope-specific immune response relevant for vaccine design, peptides comprising two distinct regions of herpes simplex virus type I glycoprotein D (1-23 and 273-284) have been conjugated to the branched polypeptides with polylysine backbone, poly[L-Lys-(DL-Alam)] (AK), or poly[L-Lys-(Leui-DL-Alam)] (LAK) and to keyhole limpet haemocyanin (KLH). The magnitude, fine specificity and isotype distribution of the conjugate-, peptide-and carrier-specific antibody responses were characterized in immunized BALB/c and CBA mice. Conjugates containing the polypeptide carrier AK were the most effective in inducing HSV gD-peptide-specific antibody responses while KLH peptide conjugates resulted in conjugate-specific antibody responses without measurable peptide specificity. The efficacy of AK-peptide conjugates was verified by the dominant appearance of peptide-specific antibodies belonging to functionally efficient IgG isotopes, accompanied by low levels of carrier specific antibody responses. Preimmunization of BALB/or CBA mice with AK conjugates comprising the 1-23 or 276-284 HSV peptides resulted in prolonged survival of animals infected with a lethal dose of infectious HSV-1. The potency of these conjugates in eliciting a protective immune response shows a close correlation with the relative levels of conjugate-induced virus-specific antibodies and the neutralizing activity of sera as measured in preimmunized survivors.
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- A Hilbert
- Department of Immunology, L. Eötvös University, Göd, Hungary
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Okuno Y, Isegawa Y, Sasao F, Ueda S. A common neutralizing epitope conserved between the hemagglutinins of influenza A virus H1 and H2 strains. J Virol 1993; 67:2552-8. [PMID: 7682624 PMCID: PMC237575 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.67.5.2552-2558.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 393] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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When mice were immunized with the A/Okuda/57 (H2N2) strain of influenza virus, a unique monoclonal antibody designated C179 was obtained. Although C179 was confirmed to recognize the hemagglutinin (HA) glycoprotein by immunoprecipitation assays, it did not show hemagglutination inhibition activity to any of the strains of the three subtypes of influenza A virus. However, it neutralized all of the H1 and H2 strains but not the H3 strains. Moreover, it inhibited polykaryon formation induced by the H1 and H2 strains but not by the H3 strains. Two antigenic variants against C179 were obtained, and nucleotide sequence analysis revealed that amino acid sequences, from 318 to 322 of HA1 and from 47 to 58 of HA2, conserved among H1 and H2 strains were responsible for the recognition of C179. Since the two sites were located close to each other at the middle of the stem region of the HA molecule, C179 seemed to recognize these sites conformationally. These data indicated that binding of C179 to the stem region of HA inhibits the fusion activity of HA and thus results in virus neutralization and inhibition of cell-cell fusion. This is the first report which describes the presence of conserved antigenic sites on HA not only in a specific subtype but also in two subtypes of influenza A virus.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antibodies, Viral/immunology
- Antibody Specificity
- Antigens, Viral/genetics
- Antigens, Viral/immunology
- Base Sequence
- Cell Fusion
- Cells, Cultured
- Conserved Sequence
- Epitopes
- Hemagglutinin Glycoproteins, Influenza Virus
- Hemagglutinins, Viral/genetics
- Hemagglutinins, Viral/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Neutralization Tests
- Orthomyxoviridae/genetics
- Orthomyxoviridae/immunology
- Protein Conformation
- Species Specificity
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- Y Okuno
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Osaka University, Japan
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Wolinsky JS, Sukholutsky E, Moore WT, Lovett A, McCarthy M, Adame B. An antibody- and synthetic peptide-defined rubella virus E1 glycoprotein neutralization domain. J Virol 1993; 67:961-8. [PMID: 7678312 PMCID: PMC237450 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.67.2.961-968.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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We previously described a monoclonal antibody (MAb) library generated by infecting BALB/c mice with rubella virus (RV) and selected by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using purified virion targets. Plasmid pARV02-01, which expresses the fusion protein RecA1-35-GIGDLGSP-E1(202)-E1(283)-GDP-LacZ9-1015 in Escherichia coli, was shown to be a ligand for MAbs E1-18 and E1-20 (J. S. Wolinsky, M. McCarthy, O. Allen-Cannady, W. T. Moore, R. Jin, S. N. Cao, A. Lovett, and D. Simmons, J. Virol. 65:3986-3994, 1991). Both of these MAbs neutralize RV infectivity. A series of five overlapping synthetic peptides was made to further explore the requirements of this MAb binding domain. One of these peptides (SP15; E1(208) to E1(239)) proved an effective ligand for both MAbs in the ELISA. Stepwise synthesis of SP15 defined the minimal amino-terminal requirement for binding MAb E1-18 as E1(221) and that of MAb E1-20 as E1(223); the minimal carboxyl-terminal requirement is uncertain but does not exceed E1(239). Immunization of mice and rabbits with SP15 induced polyvalent antibody reactive with SP15, with other overlapped and related but not unrelated synthetic peptides, and with RV. The rabbit anti-SP15 antibody showed neutralization activity to RV similar to that of MAbs E1-18 and E1-20 but lacked hemagglutination inhibition activity. These data define a neutralization domain on E1 and suggest that the RV epitopes conserved by SP15 may be critical for protective host humoral immune responses.
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- J S Wolinsky
- Department of Neurology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston 77225
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Hoyne GF, Callow MG, Kuo MC, Thomas WR. Characterization of T-cell responses to the house dust mite allergen Der p II in mice. Evidence for major and cryptic epitopes. Immunol Suppl 1993; 78:65-73. [PMID: 7679663 PMCID: PMC1421789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) congenic strains can be defined as high and low responders to the major house dust mite allergen Der p II on the basis of the ability to sensitize T cells for in vitro lymphokine release. Mice of the H-2b haplotype were high responders, H-2k were intermediate and H-2d low responders. Like responses to other proteins, only a limited number of epitopes could be located by the response of T cells from mice immunized with allergen to a series of overlapping peptides. The epitopes for H-2b mice were 11-35, 78-104 and 105-129, 36-50 and 78-104 for H-2k mice and 36-60 for H-2d. Immunization with the peptides however revealed that spleen-adherent cells were required for lymph node cells to recall responses to the whole protein and in addition that mice could be sensitized by cryptic epitopes defined by peptides 22-50 and 1-20 for H-2b mice. Peptides containing these cryptic epitopes did not normally induce responses in mice primed with the allergen, but when they were used for immunizing they could prime mice for responses to the peptide and the whole allergen. The results both help to define a model for studying the presentation of allergens and have significant implications for peptide-based immunotherapy.
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- G F Hoyne
- Western Australian Research Institute for Child Health, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Perth
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van Lierop MJ, van Maanen K, Meloen RH, Rutten VP, de Jong MA, Hensen EJ. Proliferative lymphocyte responses to foot-and-mouth disease virus and three FMDV peptides after vaccination or immunization with these peptides in cattle. Immunology 1992; 75:406-13. [PMID: 1349300 PMCID: PMC1384732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/25/2023] Open
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We studied proliferative responses of bovine T lymphocytes to foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) serotypes A, O and C as well as to three peptides including the two major B-cell epitopes of FMDV (VP1[141-156] and VP1[200-213]). Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from cattle previously vaccinated with monovalent vaccine responded to both homotypic and heterotypic virus strains. Of 14 FMDV-specific bovine T-cell clones, which were prepared from PBMC of an animal vaccinated with the trivalent vaccine, 11 reacted to each of the three serotypes A, O and C. This indicates that several T-cell epitopes might be conserved among these serotypes. PBMC from one of two cattle immunized with VP1[141-156]KLH, one of two cattle immunized with VP1[200-213]KLH and two of three cattle immunized with CC-VP1[200-213]-PPS-VP1[141-156]-PCG responded to the homotypic virus strain. After immunizations with VP1[200-213]KLH also heterotypic responses were found. Thus, it appears that these two B-cell sites include T-cell determinants that are recognized by some cattle. However, when proliferative responses of PBMC from an animal vaccinated with the trivalent vaccine were tested, no responses were found to VP1[141-156] and VP1[200-213], whereas the response was very poor to CC-VP1[200-213]-PPS-VP1[141-156]-PCG. These results suggest that these sequences do not represent dominant T-cell epitopes and/or that T-cell reactivity towards these synthetic peptides does not completely cover the T-cell reactivity towards the fragments present after processing of the whole virus.
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- M J van Lierop
- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Langedijk JP, Back NK, Kinney-Thomas E, Bruck C, Francotte M, Goudsmit J, Meloen RH. Comparison and fine mapping of both high and low neutralizing monoclonal antibodies against the principal neutralization domain of HIV-1. Arch Virol 1992; 126:129-46. [PMID: 1381908 DOI: 10.1007/bf01309690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Monoclonal antibodies raised against viral lysate of HIV-1 (strain LAV-1) and against recombinant gp 160 of HIV-1 (strain HTLV IIIB) which neutralized HIV-1 in a type specific manner were mapped with the aid of peptides (Pepscan analysis). Each of these monoclonal antibodies bound to peptides located on the principal neutralizing domain (PND) of HIV-1. We found that the antigenic sites of the MAbs described in this paper are represented by linear peptides of at least 10 amino acids long. The affinity of the MAbs is high for these peptides and in the same order of magnitude as for native gp 160. The fine mapping of the epitopes may reflect structural features of the PND, for instance which amino acid side chains are exposed and which are buried in the protein. Furthermore the fine mapping of the epitopes explained the HIV type-specific neutralizing activity of the MAbs. Antibodies that bound to the tip of the loop (amino acids QRGPGRAF) have a higher neutralizing activity than antibodies that bound to amino acids towards the N-terminal side of the loop (amino acids KSIRI). Furthermore, MAbs that bound to virtually the same amino acids on the tip of the loop (amino acids IQRGPGRAF and RGPGRAFV) had different neutralizing activities due to different affinities for native gp 160. These data reveal that neutralizing activity not only is determined by the affinity of an antibody to the neutralizing site but also by its fine binding specificities to the V 3 loop of gp 120.
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- J P Langedijk
- Central Veterinary Institute, Lelystad, The Netherlands
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Plaué S. Synthesis of cyclic peptides on solid support. Application to analogs of hemagglutinin of influenza virus. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEPTIDE AND PROTEIN RESEARCH 1990; 35:510-7. [PMID: 2401592 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3011.1990.tb00255.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In order to mimic a well-known loop structure (site A) of the hemagglutinin of influenza virus, a series of cyclic peptides derived from the region 139-147 were synthesized. The lactam analogs cyclised between the N-terminus Cys 139 and the beta-carboxyl of aspartic acid 148 (small loop) or the epsilon-NH2 of lysine 148 via succinimidyl linker (large loop) were synthesized by the solid phase method. Cyclisation was directly performed on the solid support prior to final cleavage of the peptide. We describe two protection schemes which allow us to obtain different loop sizes derived from the same sequence. Eight of the analogs contained relatively large ring structures (up to 38 membered). For protection of the side chain of aspartic acid in combination with N-alpha-Fmoc protection, the cyclohexyl ester was more satisfactory than the benzyl ester with respect to imide formation. When the rate of cyclodimerisation, as a function of resin substitution, was compared to the rate of cyclic monomer formation, it was found that dimerisation was proportional to the charge of the resin. Furthermore, a comparison of the recently reported BOP reagent over the classical DIPC/HOBt method for the cyclisation reaction shows that in our case the reaction proceeded more rapidly by the BOP procedure although it gave a less pure crude product.
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- S Plaué
- Neosystem S.A., Strasbourg, France
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Liu JJ, Cepica A. Current approaches to vaccine preparation. THE CANADIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL = LA REVUE VETERINAIRE CANADIENNE 1990; 31:181-9. [PMID: 17423533 PMCID: PMC1480769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Numerous conventional vaccines for animal use are currently available, and many of these vaccines have been instrumental in the control of infectious diseases of major economic importance. A vaccine has even been instrumental in global eradication of smallpox, an important human disease. However, many of the current vaccines are deficient in efficiency, potency, or safety. It has been recognized that the conventional methodologies are a limitation to further vaccine development. Introduction of monoclonal antibodies, recombinant DNA, and protein engineering techniques has facilitated a rather rapid increase in the knowledge of pathogenetic mechanisms, as well as of protective antigens at the molecular level. This knowledge provides the basis for development of a new generation of vaccines. As a rule, these vaccines contain purified immunogens, or even isolated epitopes, identified and prepared by molecular biological techniques. The efforts to find better delivery systems and better adjuvants accompany the research on vaccines.
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Askelöf P, Rodmalm K, Wrangsell G, Larsson U, Svenson SB, Cowell JL, Undén A, Bartfai T. Protective immunogenicity of two synthetic peptides selected from the amino acid sequence of Bordetella pertussis toxin subunit S1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1990; 87:1347-51. [PMID: 2304902 PMCID: PMC53472 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.87.4.1347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Two peptides, corresponding to amino acids 1-17 and 169-186 of the amino acid sequence of pertussis toxin (PT) subunit S1, were synthesized and coupled to the diphtheria toxin cross-reactive mutant protein CRM 197 and evaluated for immunogenicity and protective capacity against PT challenge in vivo. The peptide-CRM conjugates induced high antibody titers against native toxin in mice (BALB/c, C57/Black, and outbred NMRI) as measured by ELISA. Upon PT challenge (0.5 microgram of toxin) of the NMRI mice, the CRM conjugates of peptides 1-17 and 169-186 fully protected the mice from PT-induced leukocytosis. Immunization with the corresponding bovine serum albumin conjugates of these two peptides also fully protected mice. Rabbit antiserum to the peptide 1-17-CRM conjugate was highly efficient in inhibiting the ADP-ribosylating activity of PT but did not neutralize the clustering effect of PT on Chinese hamster ovary cells. In contrast, the rabbit antiserum raised against the peptide 169-186-CRM conjugate neutralized the clustering effect of PT on Chinese hamster ovary cells but did not inhibit the enzymatic activity of PT. Peptide 169-186-CRM conjugates mimic the immunoglobulin binding properties of PT and also cause clustering of Chinese hamster ovary cells. The CRM conjugates of these two peptides constitute a synthetic pertussis vaccine candidate with the ability to provide a chemically well-defined, safe, and efficient pertussis vaccine.
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- P Askelöf
- National Bacteriological Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden
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Judd AK, Schoolnik GK. Peptides: chemistry, biology, and pharmacology. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 1990; 21:221-85. [PMID: 2265127 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(08)60344-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- A K Judd
- Bio-Organic Chemistry Laboratory, Life Sciences Division, SRI International, Menlo Park, California 94025
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Van der Ploeg JR, Drijfhout JW, Feijlbrief M, Bloemhoff W, Welling GW, Welling-Wester S. Immunological properties of multiple repeats of a linear epitope of herpes simplex virus type 1 glycoprotein D. J Immunol Methods 1989; 124:211-7. [PMID: 2480978 DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(89)90355-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Several peptides containing the amino acid sequence 9-21 of glycoprotein D of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) were synthesized and investigated for reactivity with monoclonal antibody LP14 in a competition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Peptides containing two or four repeats of sequence 9-21 reacted at least one order of magnitude better with LP14 than with the monomeric form of sequence 9-21. Dimers in which one of the repeats of one or more essential residues were absent did not show this increased reactivity. Antisera obtained from rabbits immunized with a peptide containing two repeats of sequence 9-21 coupled to bovine serum albumin showed high antipeptide antibody titers with this peptide and were able to neutralize virus infectivity in vitro. Sera obtained from rabbits immunized with the free dimer could not neutralize virus infectivity.
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- J R Van der Ploeg
- Laboratorium voor Medische Microbiologie, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
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Shapira M, Pinelli E. Heat-shock protein 83 of Leishmania mexicana amazonensis is an abundant cytoplasmic protein with a tandemly repeated genomic arrangement. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1989; 185:231-6. [PMID: 2684665 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1989.tb15107.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The 83-kDa heat-shock protein HSP83 is a highly abundant protein in Leishmania amastigotes and promastigotes exposed to elevated temperature. Antibodies against this protein were obtained by immunization with a synthetic peptide derived from a conserved region. These antibodies recognized both the denatured and the native form of the molecule and were used for immunofluorescence analysis. These experiments, together with analysis by cell fractionation, show that HSP83 is distributed in the cytoplasm of Leishmania parasites. The gene for HSP83 in Leishmania mexicana amazonensis has been cloned from a genomic library, and molecular characterization shows it is present in several copies of 4-kb repeats arranged in tandem.
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- M Shapira
- Department of Chemical Immunology, MacArthur Center for Molecular Parasitology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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Kardami E, Fandrich RR. Basic fibroblast growth factor in atria and ventricles of the vertebrate heart. J Cell Biol 1989; 109:1865-75. [PMID: 2677031 PMCID: PMC2115811 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.109.4.1865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Extracts from atrial and ventricular heart tissue of several species (chicken, rat, sheep, and cow) are strongly mitogenic for chicken skeletal myoblasts, with the highest apparent concentration of biological activity in the atrial extracts. Using several approaches (biological activity assay and biochemical and immunological analyses), we have established that (a) all cardiac extracts contain an 18,000-D peptide which is identified as basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) since it elutes from heparin-Sepharose columns at salt concentrations greater than 1.4 M and is recognized by bFGF-specific affinity-purified antibodies; (b) bFGF is more abundant in the atrial extracts in all species so examined; (c) avian cardiac tissue extracts contain the highest concentration of immunoreactive bFGF; and (d) avian ventricles contain a higher relative molecular mass (23,000-D) bFGF-like peptide which is absent from atrial extracts. Examination of frozen bovine cardiac tissue sections by indirect immunofluorescence using anti-bFGF antibodies shows bFGF-like reactivity associated with nuclei and intercalated discs of muscle fibers. There is substantial accumulation of bFGF around atrial but not ventricular myofibers, resulting most likely from more extensive endomysium in the atria. Blood vessels and single, nonmuscle, connective tissue cells react strongly with the anti-bFGF antibodies. Higher bFGF content and pericellular distribution in atrial muscles suggest a correlation with increased regenerative potential in this tissue. Distribution within the myofibers is intriguing, raising the possibility for an intimate and continuous involvement of bFGF-like components with normal myocardial function.
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- E Kardami
- St. Boniface General Hospital Research Centre, Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Hogrefe HH, Kaumaya PTP, Goldberg E. Immunogenicity of Synthetic Peptides Corresponding to Flexible and Antibody-accessible Segments of Mouse Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH)-C4. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)81651-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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- D R Milich
- Department of Molecular Biology, Research Institute of Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California 92037
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Durda PJ, Leece B, Jenoski A, Rabin H, Fisher A, Wong-Staal F. Characterization of murine monoclonal antibodies to HIV-1 induced by synthetic peptides. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 1988; 4:331-42. [PMID: 2848556 DOI: 10.1089/aid.1988.4.331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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We have used short synthetic peptides, 12 and 13 amino acids in length, conjugated to carrier proteins to develop monoclonal antibodies (MAb) to the envelope glycoprotein of 120 (kD) (gp120) and the 3' open reading frame protein (3-orf) of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1). The peptides employed were chosen because of their strong hydrophilicity and in the case of the gp120 peptide because it represents a highly conserved hydrophilic region in the envelope protein. The MAb developed displayed appropriate specificities with their respective peptides and reacted with appropriate HIV-1 components (i.e., a 120 kD glycoprotein and a 27 kD protein, respectively) as determined by Western blot analysis. In indirect immunofluorescence assays the MAb strongly stained syncytia present in cultures of HTLV-3B-infected H9 cells. The MAb to the envelope component reacted with the RF isolate of HIV-1, as well as with the 3B isolate in immunofluorescence.
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- P J Durda
- E.I. duPont de Nemours & Co., Medical Products Department, N. Billerica, MA 01862
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Talbot PJ, Dionne G, Lacroix M. Vaccination against lethal coronavirus-induced encephalitis with a synthetic decapeptide homologous to a domain in the predicted peplomer stalk. J Virol 1988; 62:3032-6. [PMID: 2455823 PMCID: PMC253743 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.62.8.3032-3036.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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A surface probability method was used to select a decapeptide homologous to residues 993 to 1002 of the peplomer protein E2 of murine hepatitis virus strain JHM, a neurotropic coronavirus. This sequence of amino acids corresponded to a minor peak on a hydrophilicity plot. Immunization of mice with the chemically synthesized peptide coupled to keyhole limpet hemocyanin elicited high levels of neutralizing antibody and protected against lethal virus challenge. Protection correlated with a critical level of antipeptide antibody, which could be reached after a single inoculation. These results suggest that an appropriate antibody response to a highly restricted, surface-exposed domain of this viral protein is critical in determining the outcome of infection of the central nervous system. This sequence is located in the C-terminal fifth of the E2 peplomers, between two predicted coiled-coil structures.
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- P J Talbot
- Virology Research Center, Université du Québec, Laval, Canada
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Streckert HJ, Werchau H. Three amino acids of a heptapeptide-induced antibody are responsible for recognition of SV40 structural proteins. Immunobiology 1988; 177:149-57. [PMID: 2841238 DOI: 10.1016/s0171-2985(88)80035-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Antibodies were elicited against the heptapeptide Asp-His-Lys-Val-Ser-Thr-Val. The sequence of the heptapeptide corresponds to amino acid residues 105-111 of Simian Virus 40 (SV40) structural protein VP2. The antipeptide antibodies recognize VP2 and amino acid sequence Asp-His-Lys (193-195) in VP1 at different degrees of denaturation. Inhibition experiments were performed with the heptapeptide as well as with the tripeptide Asp-His-Lys. Using this model system, the specificity and selectivity of peptide-induced antibodies can be demonstrated with a resolution of a single amino acid.
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- H J Streckert
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Virology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Federal Republic of Germany
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Chapter 12 Compound Biopolymers and Biooligomers. JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY LIBRARY 1988. [PMCID: PMC7148800 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-4770(08)61452-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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This chapter is devoted to the separation of simple saccharides. In this chapter, the rapid chromatographic separation of natural oligomeric or polymeric compounds containing important molecular moieties of a different type are discussed, such as nucleoprotein complexes, glycolipids, glycopeptides and glycoside oligomeric derivatives. In addition, separations of several natural complex substances that are not well known are discussed. This chapter concludes with a brief discussion on the separation techniques used for the miscellaneous polymeric and oligomeric substances.
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Schultzberg M, Svenson SB, Unden A, Bartfai T. Interleukin-1-like immunoreactivity in peripheral tissues. J Neurosci Res 1987; 18:184-9. [PMID: 3316678 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.490180126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Rabbit antisera were raised against a synthetic peptide corresponding to the amino acid residues 169-194 in the murine interleukin-1 sequence. Immunoreactive varicose fibers were observed in the vas deferens, urinary bladder, gastrointestinal tract, and coeliac-superior mesenteric ganglion complex of the rat. Fibers were also encountered around blood vessels in several organs including the thymus, spleen, lymph nodes, liver, and kidney.
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- M Schultzberg
- Department of Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden
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Elder JH, McGee JS, Munson M, Houghten RA, Kloetzer W, Bittle JL, Grant CK. Localization of neutralizing regions of the envelope gene of feline leukemia virus by using anti-synthetic peptide antibodies. J Virol 1987; 61:8-15. [PMID: 2431166 PMCID: PMC255188 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.61.1.8-15.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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We synthesized 27 synthetic peptides corresponding to approximately 80% of the sequences encoding gp70 and p15E of Gardner-Arnstein feline leukemia virus (FeLV) subtype B. The peptides were conjugated to keyhole limpet hemocyanin and injected into rabbits for preparation of antipeptide antisera. These sera were then tested for their ability to neutralize a broad range of FeLV isolates in vitro. Eight peptides elicited neutralizing responses against subtype B isolates. Five of these peptides corresponded to sequences of gp70 and three to p15E. The ability of these antipeptide antisera to neutralize FeLV subtypes A and C varied. In certain circumstances, failure to neutralize a particular isolate corresponded to sequence changes within the corresponding peptide region. However, four antibodies which preferentially neutralized the subtype B viruses were directed to epitopes in common with Sarma subtype C virus. These results suggest that distal changes in certain subtypes (possibly glycosylation differences) alter the availability of certain epitopes in one virus isolate relative to another. We prepared a "nest" of overlapping peptides corresponding to one of the neutralizing regions of gp70 and performed slot blot analyses with both antipeptide antibodies and a monoclonal antibody which recognized this epitope. We were able to define a five-amino-acid sequence required for reactivity. Comparisons were made between an anti-synthetic peptide antibody and a monoclonal antibody reactive to this epitope for the ability to bind both peptide and virus, as well as to neutralize virus in vitro. Both the anti-synthetic peptide and the monoclonal antibodies bound peptide and virus to high titers. However, the monoclonal antibody had a 4-fold-higher titer against virus and a 10-fold-higher neutralizing titer than did the anti-synthetic peptide antibody. Competition assays were performed with these two antibodies adjusted to equivalent antivirus titers against intact virions affixed to tissue culture plates. The monoclonal antibody had a greater ability to compete for virus binding, which suggested that differences in neutralizing titers may relate to the relative affinities of these antisera for the peptide conformation in the native structure.
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Spiegelberg HL, Canning KM, Shields JE, Chiller JM. Primary and secondary immune response to human ige by rabbits immunized with synthetic ige peptides. J Clin Lab Anal 1987. [DOI: 10.1002/jcla.1860010302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Guyon-Gruaz A, Delmas A, Pedoussaut S, Halimi H, Milhaud G, Raulais D, Rivaille P. Oral immunization with a synthetic peptide of cholera toxin B subunit. Obtention of neutralizing antibodies. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1986; 159:525-8. [PMID: 3758076 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1986.tb09918.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The ability of free synthetic fragments of the cholera toxin (CT), administered by parenteral or oral route, without adjuvant, to induce antibodies cross-reacting with CT was tested. Two peptides corresponding to the sequences 30-50 and 50-75 of the CT beta chain were selected and synthesized. Both free peptides, given intraperitoneally or orally, without adjuvant, elicited seric antibodies cross-reacting with CT. The anti-(P50-75) antibodies were able to neutralize the CT activity. Our results show that protection against a toxin at the systemic level can be obtained with a synthetic peptide even when administered by an oral route.
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Schulze-Gahmen U, Klenk HD, Beyreuther K. Immunogenicity of loop-structured short synthetic peptides mimicking the antigenic site A of influenza virus hemagglutinin. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 1986; 159:283-9. [PMID: 2428615 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1986.tb09865.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In order to assess the relevance of conformation for the antigenic site A of the hemagglutinin of influenza virus we synthesized two peptides, comprising two variant sequences of the central part of site A (amino acids 140 - 146 of subunit HA1) inserted into an artificial peptide skeleton, which imposes a loop-like structure on the respective sequence stretch. Assuming that the loop structure in the synthetic peptides would roughly approximate to the structure of the cognate protein sequence we tried to raise protein-reactive anti-peptide antibodies. The antibodies obtained indeed showed reactivity against influenza virus, although the discriminating specificity with regard to a mutation at position 144 was lost for virus binding in contrast to the highly specific peptide binding. Considering the failures in raising anti-hemagglutinin antibodies against the site A by immunization with short flexible peptide our results support the hypothesis that conformation makes a major contribution to the immunogenic and antigenic characteristics of site A in influenza hemagglutinin.
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Haynes JR, Cunningham J, von Seefried A, Lennick M, Garvin RT, Shen SH. Development of a Genetically-Engineered, Candidate Polio Vaccine Employing the Self-Assembling Properties of the Tobacco Mosaic Virus Coat Protein. Nat Biotechnol 1986; 4:637-641. [PMID: 32226216 PMCID: PMC7097054 DOI: 10.1038/nbt0786-637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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A synthetic gene coding for the coat protein of tobacco mosaic virus (TMVCP) was expressed in E. coli under the direction of the lacUV5 promoter. Modification of the 3' end of the TMVCP gene by insertion of a region coding for an antigenic epitope from poliovirus type 3 resulted in the production of a hybrid TMVCP (TMVCP-polio 3). Both the E. coli-produced TMVCP and TMVCP-polio 3 were shown to assemble into virus-like rods under acidic conditions in E. coli extracts. Their purification was accomplished in a single step by chromatography on Sepharose 6B. TMVCP-polio 3 induced the formation of poliovirus neutralizing antibodies following injection into rats. The level of immune response was related to the degree of polymerization of the TMVCP-polio 3 preparations.
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- Joel R Haynes
- Connaught Research Institute, Connaught Laboratories Ltd., 1755 Steeles Ave. West, Willowdale, Ontario Canada M2R 3T4
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- Connaught Research Institute, Connaught Laboratories Ltd., 1755 Steeles Ave. West, Willowdale, Ontario Canada M2R 3T4
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- Connaught Research Institute, Connaught Laboratories Ltd., 1755 Steeles Ave. West, Willowdale, Ontario Canada M2R 3T4
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- Connaught Research Institute, Connaught Laboratories Ltd., 1755 Steeles Ave. West, Willowdale, Ontario Canada M2R 3T4
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- Connaught Research Institute, Connaught Laboratories Ltd., 1755 Steeles Ave. West, Willowdale, Ontario Canada M2R 3T4.,2Present Address: Cangene Corporation, 3403 American Dr., Mississauga, Ontario L4V 1T4 Canada
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- Connaught Research Institute, Connaught Laboratories Ltd., 1755 Steeles Ave. West, Willowdale, Ontario Canada M2R 3T4
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Klagsbrun M, Sasse J, Sullivan R, Smith JA. Human tumor cells synthesize an endothelial cell growth factor that is structurally related to basic fibroblast growth factor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1986; 83:2448-52. [PMID: 3458207 PMCID: PMC323315 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.83.8.2448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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A human hepatoma cell line synthesizes, as evidenced by metabolic labeling, an endothelial cell mitogen that is found to be mostly cell associated. The hepatoma-derived growth factor (HDGF) has been purified to homogeneity by a combination of Bio-Rex 70, heparin-Sepharose, and reverse-phase chromatography; it is a cationic polypeptide with a molecular weight of about 18,500-19,000. HDGF is structurally related to basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF). Immunological analysis demonstrates that antiserum prepared against a synthetic peptide corresponding to the amino-terminal sequence of basic FGF cross-reacts with HDGF when analyzed by electrophoretic blotting and by immunoprecipitation. Sequence analysis of tryptic fragments demonstrates that HDGF contains sequences that are homologous to both amino-terminal and carboxyl-terminal sequences of basic FGF.
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Eisenberg RJ, Cerini CP, Heilman CJ, Joseph AD, Dietzschold B, Golub E, Long D, Ponce de Leon M, Cohen GH. Synthetic glycoprotein D-related peptides protect mice against herpes simplex virus challenge. J Virol 1985; 56:1014-7. [PMID: 2999419 PMCID: PMC252676 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.56.3.1014-1017.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Glycoprotein D (gD) of herpes simplex virus (HSV) protects mice from a lethal challenge by either HSV type 1 (HSV-1; oral) or HSV-2 (genital). We evaluated whether synthetic peptides representing residues 1 through 23 of gD (mature protein) can be used as a potential synthetic herpesvirus vaccine. The immunogenicity of the peptides was demonstrated by the biological reactivity of antipeptide sera in immunoprecipitation and neutralization assays. All sera which immunoprecipitated gD had neutralizing against both HSV-1 and HSV-2. The highest titers were found in animals immunized with the longest peptides. The region of residues 1 through 23 was immunogenic regardless of whether the type 1 or type 2 sequence was presented to the animal. Immunization of mice with gD or synthetic peptides conferred solid protection against a footpad challenge with HSV-2. However, the peptides were not as effective as gD in protection against an intraperitoneal challenge. The results suggested that synthetic vaccines based on gD show promise and should be more rigorously tested in a variety of animal models.
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Arnon R, Sela M. Synthetic vaccines: present and future. ANNALES DE L'INSTITUT PASTEUR. IMMUNOLOGIE 1985; 136D:271-82. [PMID: 3913380 DOI: 10.1016/s0769-2625(85)80112-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Tanaka T, Slamon DJ, Cline MJ. Efficient generation of antibodies to oncoproteins by using synthetic peptide antigens. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1985; 82:3400-4. [PMID: 3858828 PMCID: PMC397783 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.82.10.3400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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To examine the efficiency of generating protein-reactive antipeptide antibodies, 35 peptides encoded by retroviral or cellular oncogenes were used to immunize rabbits. Thirty-two peptides elicited antipeptide antibodies, of which 56% reacted with their respective oncoproteins. The length of the immunizing peptide was an important factor in generating antibodies reactive with native protein. Similar peptides differing in a single or a few amino acids could elicite antisera of markedly different reactivities.
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Welling GW, Fries H. Choice of peptide and peptide length for the generation of antibodies reactive with the intact protein. FEBS Lett 1985; 182:81-4. [PMID: 3972126 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(85)81158-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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N-terminal peptides of bovine ribonuclease (RNase) of 20, 13 and 7 amino acid residues were isolated by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Antibodies were raised in mice against these peptides coupled to bovine serum albumin (BSA). It was shown that antibodies against the peptides reacted with the intact protein and that the immune response decreased with decreasing size of peptide. In order to obtain a satisfactory reaction with the intact protein, the peptide immunogen should be longer than 7 amino acids.
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Shapira M, Jolivet M, Arnon R. A synthetic vaccine against influenza with built-in adjuvanticity. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF IMMUNOPHARMACOLOGY 1985; 7:719-23. [PMID: 4044097 DOI: 10.1016/0192-0561(85)90157-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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In a previous publication we demonstrated that an anti-viral response against influenza can be achieved by immunization with a conjugate of the synthetic peptide corresponding to the sequence 91-108 of the hemagglutinin, when administered in complete Freund's adjuvant. In the present study we compare the adjuvant activity of the synthetic MDP with that of CFA and alum, in the above mentioned immunological system. The level of anti-peptide antibodies raised by the three adjuvants was similar, with only slight variations, yet, only CFA led to significant cross reaction with the virus. Nevertheless, MDP, when linked covalently to the conjugate (91-108)-TT was an efficient substitute for CFA in inducing anti viral protection against in vivo challenge infection. The administration of free MDP in a mixture with the peptide-toxoid conjugate did not lead to a significant protection.
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Atassi MZ, Kurisaki J. A novel approach for localization of the continuous protein antigenic sites by comprehensive synthetic surface scanning: antibody and T-cell activity to several influenza hemagglutinin synthetic sites. IMMUNOLOGICAL COMMUNICATIONS 1984; 13:539-51. [PMID: 6085322 DOI: 10.3109/08820138409061305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The determination in this laboratory of the complete antigenic structures of several proteins initially relied on a multi-approach complex chemical strategy and revealed that antigenic sites are surface locations which could be either 'continuous' or 'discontinuous' in architecture. More recently, we introduced a simplified comprehensive synthetic approach for the localization of the continuous antigenic sites of a protein. The approach depends on the synthesis of consecutive overlapping peptides, of uniform size and overlaps, and encompass the entire protein chain, from the beginning to the end. The latter approach is rather costly and labor-intensive, especially when applied to large protein molecules. All these studies showed, however, that protein antigenic sites occupy surface areas on a protein molecule. In order to render the determination of protein antigenic sites more feasible within a reasonable period of time, we considered that only the protein surface needs to be examined. Thus, for a protein of known three-dimensional structure, the protein surface can be readily screened for the continuous antigenic sites by the systematic synthesis and examination of immunochemical activity of all exposed segments of the protein. We have applied this approach here to influenza A virus hemagglutinin. Twelve peptides (11 reported for the first time here, and one reported previously), representing continuous surface segments of the molecule, have so far been synthesized, purified, characterized and their immunochemical activity studied. The peptides were found to bind anti-viral antibodies raised in outbred mice and antibodies in human sera from individuals that had suffered a recent influenza A infection. In one mouse strain (Balb/c; H-2d) so far examined, several of the peptides stimulated an in vitro proliferative response of T cells from virus (X-31)- primed mice. Finally, antisera to the peptides were raised in mice and, as expected, were found to bind to intact virus. In most cases, anti-peptide antibodies, did not bind disrupted virus. These studies indicate that protein 'continuous' antigenic sites can be localized by systematic synthetic scanning of the surface. It is emphasized that the approach is useful only for the localization of 'continuous' sites. The results also reveal that the antigenic structure of influenza virus hemagglutinin is more complex than has hitherto been suspected.
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