Abstract |
Four monospecific antibodies against the hepatitis C virus nucleocapsid protein, which was expressed by recombinant baculovirus, were obtained by Epstein-Barr virus transformation of B cells from three patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection. One of these antibodies was IgG and the other three were IgM. Their specificities were characterized initially by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and immunoblotting against hepatitis C virus proteins expressed by six recombinant baculoviruses with different hepatitis C virus sequence insertions. These specificities were confirmed, and their epitopes were more precisely determined with a series of overlapping decapeptides made by solid-phase pin technology. Two antibodies (1F4 and 2G6) reacted with the same peptides located near the amino(N)-terminus of nucleocapsid protein ( amino acids 33-50). The third antibody (3B5) recognized the peptide consisting of amino acids 133-142, and the fourth antibody (3B9) was mapped to the carboxy(C)-terminus and reacted with a peptide consisting of amino acids 165-174. This epitope has not previously been reported. Two antibodies, 1F4 and 3B9, which are specific to the N-terminus and C-terminus of nucleocapsid protein, respectively, have been stably produced for more than 6 mo and are being subcloned to establish monoclonality. These antibodies should be useful reagents for the study of hepatitis C virus.
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Authors | T Akatsuka, M Donets, L Scaglione, W M Ching, J W Shih, A M Di Bisceglie, S M Feinstone |
Journal | Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.)
(Hepatology)
Vol. 18
Issue 3
Pg. 503-10
(Sep 1993)
ISSN: 0270-9139 [Print] United States |
PMID | 7689529
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigen-Antibody Complex
- Epitopes
- Hepatitis Antibodies
- Hepatitis C Antibodies
- Immunoglobulin G
- Viral Core Proteins
- nucleocapsid protein, Hepatitis C virus
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Topics |
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Antigen-Antibody Complex
- B-Lymphocytes
(immunology)
- Cell Line
- Cell Line, Transformed
- Epitopes
(analysis)
- Hepacivirus
(immunology)
- Hepatitis Antibodies
(biosynthesis, immunology)
- Hepatitis C
(blood, immunology)
- Hepatitis C Antibodies
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
(genetics)
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin G
(biosynthesis, classification)
- Viral Core Proteins
(immunology)
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