Zahno, Marie-Luise; Bertoni, Giuseppe (2018). An Immunodominant Region of the Envelope Glycoprotein of Small Ruminant Lentiviruses May Function as Decoy Antigen. Viruses, 10(5) MDPI 10.3390/v10050231
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(1) Background: Small ruminant lentiviruses (SRLV) persist in infected goats that mount a strong humoral immune response characterized by low neutralizing titers. In this study, we characterized the antibody response to SU5, a variable, immunodominant epitope of the envelope glycoprotein of SRLV. We tested the working hypothesis that the variability of SU5 reflects escape from neutralizing antibody. (2) Methods: Affinity purified anti-SU5 antibody were tested for their neutralizing activity to the homologous lentivirus. Virus culture supernatant—in native form or following sonication and filtration—was used to test the ability of free envelope glycoproteins to compete for binding in a SU5-peptide-ELISA. (3) Results: Anti-SU5 antibodies are not neutralizing, strongly suggesting that they do not bind intact viral particles. In contrast, shed envelope glycoproteins efficiently compete for binding in a SU5-ELISA, providing convincing evidence that the SU5 epitope is exposed only on shed envelope glycoproteins. (4) Conclusions: Our results show that the antibody engaging SU5 is not neutralizing and does not appear to bind to SU expressed at the surface of virus particles. We propose that SU5 is a potential decoy epitope exposed on shaded envelope glycoproteins, luring the humoral immune response in committing an original antigenic sin to a functionally irrelevant epitope.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Virology and Immunology 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Zahno, Marie-Luise, Bertoni, Giuseppe |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture |
ISSN: |
1999-4915 |
Publisher: |
MDPI |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Barbara Bach |
Date Deposited: |
17 Dec 2018 09:41 |
Last Modified: |
07 Aug 2024 15:45 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3390/v10050231 |
PubMed ID: |
29724026 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
caprine arthritis encephalitis virus CAEV decoy antigen escape immunodominant epitope lentivirus neutralizing antibody original antigenic sin small ruminant lentiviruses SRLV |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.122132 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/122132 |
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