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Title: MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO CONFORMATIONAL EPITOPES OF THE SURFACE GLYCO- PROTEIN OF CAPRINE ARTHRITIS-ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS.

Author
item OZYORUK, F - WASHINGTON STATE UNIV
item CHEEVERS, W - WASHINGTON STATE UNIV
item HULLINGER, G - WASHINGTON STATE UNIV
item MC GUIRE, T - WASHINGTON STATE UNIV
item HUTTON, M - WASHINGTON STATE UNIV
item Knowles Jr, Donald

Submitted to: Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 10/17/2000
Publication Date: N/A
Citation: N/A

Interpretive Summary: These data describe monoclonal antibodies to surface components of small ruminant lentiviruses. One of these monoclonal antibodies was shown to bind to a component conserved on both ovine progressive pneumonia virus and caprine arthritis encephalitis virus. The significance of this finding is that this monoclonal antibody was shown to be effective in the serological detection of infections with these viruses in sheep and goats.

Technical Abstract: Four immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to the gp135 surface envelope glycoprotein (SU) of the 79-63 isolate of caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus (CAEV), referred to as CAEV-63, were characterized and evaluated for their ability to compete with antibody from CAEV-infected goats. Three murine MAbs (MAbs GPB16A, 29A, and 74A) and one caprine MAb (MAb F7-299) were examined. All MAbs reacted in nitrocellulose dot blots with native CAEV-63 SU purified by MAb F7-299 affinity chromatography, whereas none reacted with denatured and reduced SU. All MAbs reacted in Western blots with purified CAEV-63 SU or the SU component of whole-virus lysate following denaturation in the absence of reducing agent, indicating that intramolecular disulfide bonding was essential for epitope integrity. Peptide-N-glycosidase F digestion of SU abolished the reactivities of MAbs 74A and F7-299, whereas treatment of SU with N- acetylneuraminate glycohydrolase (sialidase A) under nonreducing conditions enhanced the reactivities of all MAbs as well as polyclonal goat sera. MAbs 29A and F7-299 were cross-reactive with the SU of an independent strain of CAEV (CAEV-Co). By enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), the reactivities of horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-conjugated MAbs 16A and 29A with homologous CAEV-63 SU were <10% of that of HRP-conjugated MAb 74A. A competitive-inhibition ELISA based on displacement of MAb 74A reactivity has potential applicability for the serologic diagnosis of CAEV infection.