Yeolekar L R, Banerjee K
National Institute of Virology, Maharashtra, India.
Vaccine. 1996 Nov;14(16):1553-9. doi: 10.1016/s0264-410x(96)00091-6.
ISCOMs (immunostimulating complexes) were prepared from envelope glycoprotein (Egp) of Japanese encephalitis (JE) virus. ISCOMs showed a single band of the viral Egp in SDS-PAGE, which reacted with polyclonal and monoclonal antibody (MAb) raised against Egp. Comparison between the epitopes exposed on JE virion and JE ISCOMs, by antigen capture ELISA, utilizing a panel of domain-specific MAbs, revealed identical epitopes exposed on the Egp incorporated in ISCOMs and the whole virion. Electron micrographs of ISCOMs showed spherical cage-like structures of 35 nm. ISCOMs with Egp were good immunogenes, which stimulated high titres of neutralizing antibodies, both in mice and rabbits.
免疫刺激复合物(ISCOMs)由日本脑炎(JE)病毒的包膜糖蛋白(Egp)制备而成。ISCOMs在SDS-PAGE中显示出病毒Egp的单一条带,它能与针对Egp产生的多克隆抗体和单克隆抗体(MAb)发生反应。利用一组结构域特异性单克隆抗体,通过抗原捕获ELISA对JE病毒粒子和JE ISCOMs上暴露的表位进行比较,结果显示ISCOMs中掺入的Egp和整个病毒粒子上暴露的表位相同。ISCOMs的电子显微照片显示出35纳米的球形笼状结构。含有Egp的ISCOMs是良好的免疫原,在小鼠和兔子体内均能刺激产生高滴度的中和抗体。