Mapping of linear antigenic determinants on glycoprotein C of herpes simplex virus type 1 and type 2 recognized by human serum immunoglobulin G antibodies
✍ Scribed by Ackermann, Grit; Ackermann, Frank; Eggers, Hans J.; Wieland, Ulrike; Kühn, Joachim E.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 118 KB
- Volume
- 55
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0146-6615
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✦ Synopsis
Using membrane-based dekapeptides, the reactivity of human serum antibodies with linear antigenic determinants of herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 1 and type 2 glycoprotein C (gC-1, gC-2) was studied by pep scan and immunodot assay. The entire coding sequences of gC-1 and gC-2 were screened for the presence of linear epitopes by pep scan. Peptides recognized in an HSV-1 type-specific manner were mainly identified within the N-terminal third and at the Cterminus of gC-1, whereas most type-common antibodies were directed against colinear peptides within the central parts of gC-1 and gC-2. The type-specific reaction of human sera with gC-2 peptides in pep scan was poor. Eight peptides identified as immunoreactive by pep scan were further tested in immunodot assay for their reactivity with a human serum panel. None of the eight HSV-negative sera gave positive results by immunodot assay. Positive reactions with gC peptides were found to be strongly agedependent, i.e., the rate of positive reactions was significantly higher in HSV-positive adults than in HSV-positive children. Antibody reactivity with two type-common gC peptides was demonstrated in 17 out of 28 HSV-positive sera. A putative type-specific gC-2 peptide employed in immunodot assay was inconsistently recognized by human sera. Twenty HSV-positive sera reacted with at least 1 of 5 type-specific gC-1 peptides. Nine sera showing no reactivity with glycoprotein G of HSV-1 (gG-1) by immunoblotting recognized type-specific gC-1 peptides in immunodot assay. Thus, gC-1 peptides might allow the detection of HSV-1-specific antibodies in individuals showing no reactivity with commonly employed HSV-1-specific diagnostic antigens, i.e., purified or recombinant gG-1.