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Immunochemical Properties of Recombinant Polypeptides Mimicking Domains I and II of West Nile Virus Glycoprotein E

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Complementary DNA fragments (nucleotides 935–1475, 1091–1310, and 935–1193) encoding the N-terminal portion of glycoprotein E of West Nile virus (WNV), strain LEIV-Vlg99-27889-human, were cloned. Recombinant polypeptides of glycoprotein E (E1–180, E53–126, and E1–86) of the WNV having amino acid sequences corresponding to the cloned cDNA fragments and mimicking the main functional regions of domains I and II of surface glycoprotein E were purified by affinity chromatography. According to ELISA and Western blotting, 12 types of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) raised in our laboratory against recombinant polypeptide E1–180 recognized the WNV glycoprotein E. This is indicative of similarity between the antigenic structures of the short recombinant polypeptides and corresponding regions of the glycoprotein. Analysis of interactions of the MAbs with short recombinant polypeptides and protein E of tick-borne encephalitis virus revealed at least six epitopes within domains I and II of the WNV protein E. We found at least seven MAb types against the region between amino acid residues (aa) 86 and 126 of domain II, which contains the peptide responsible for fusion of the virus and cell membranes (residues 98–110). The epitope for antireceptor MAbs 10H10 was mapped within the 53–86 aa region of domain II of WNV protein E, which is evidence for the spatial proximity of the fusion peptide and the coreceptor of protein E (residues 53–86) for cellular laminin-binding protein (LBP). The X-ray pattern of protein E suggests that the bc loop (residues 73–89) of domain II interacts with LBP and, together with the cd loop (fusion peptide), determines the initial stages of flavivirus penetration into the cell.

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    M. V. Bogachek, E. V. Protopopova, V. A. Ternovoi, A. V. Kachko, A. V. Ivanova & V. B. Loktev

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Translated from Molekulyarnaya Biologiya, Vol. 39, No. 5, 2005, pp. 813–822.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Bogachek, Protopopova, Ternovoi, Kachko, Ivanova, Ivanisenko, Loktev.

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Bogachek, M.V., Protopopova, E.V., Ternovoi, V.A. et al. Immunochemical Properties of Recombinant Polypeptides Mimicking Domains I and II of West Nile Virus Glycoprotein E. Mol Biol 39, 710–718 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11008-005-0086-9

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