Address correspondence to Aravinda M. de Silva,
J Virol. 2012 Apr;86(7):4019-23. doi: 10.1128/JVI.06871-11. Epub 2012 Jan 25.
Humans develop polyclonal, serotype-specific neutralizing antibody responses after dengue virus (DENV) infection. Many mouse antibodies that neutralize DENV bind to the lateral ridge or A strand epitopes on domain III of the viral envelope (EDIII) protein. It has been assumed that these epitopes are also the main target of human neutralizing antibodies. Using recombinant dengue serotype 2 viruses with altered EDIII epitopes, we demonstrate that EDIII epitopes are not the main target of human neutralizing antibody.
人类在感染登革病毒(DENV)后会产生多克隆、血清型特异性中和抗体反应。许多中和 DENV 的小鼠抗体结合到病毒包膜(EDIII)蛋白的 III 结构域上的侧脊或 A 链表位。人们一直认为这些表位也是人类中和抗体的主要靶标。我们使用具有改变的 EDIII 表位的重组登革热血清型 2 病毒证明,EDIII 表位不是人类中和抗体的主要靶标。