Sorokin EV, Tsareva TR, Rudneva IA, Timofeev BI, L. Monoclonal antibodies to hemagglutinin of influenza A/H7N3 virus (Orthomyxoviridae: Alphainfluenzavirus: Influenza A virus). Vopr Virusol. 2021 Jul 9;66(3):189-197
Introduction: Variants of influenza virus A/H7 have the same high pandemic potential as A/H5. However, the information about the antigenic structure of H7 hemagglutinin (НА) is considerably inferior in quantitative terms to similar data for H5 НА.The aims of the study were development and characterization of the monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) panel for HA subtype H7 of the influenza A virus.
Material and methods: Viruses were accumulated in 10-day-old chicken embryos. Purification and concentration of the virus, determination of protein concentration, preparation of MAbs and ascitic fluids, hemagglutination and hemagglutination inhibition (HI) tests, assessment of antibodies´ activity in indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), as well as determination of MAbs isotypes and neutralization reaction (NR) were carried out by standard methods.
Results: The obtained MAbs to А/mallard/Netherlands/12/2000 (H7N3) strain were studied in HI test with a set of strains of different years of isolation belonging to different evolutionary groups. MAbs had a reduced reactivity compared to the immunogen-virus for all the studied strains. Cross-interaction of MAbs 9E11 and 9G12 in HI test with influenza A/H15 virus has been observed.
Discussion: Influenza A agent with H7 HA variant could serve as a potential cause of a future pandemic. Development of the MAbs panel for subtype H7 HA is an urgent task for both veterinary medicine and public health.
Conclusion: The obtained MAbs can be used not only for epitope mapping of the H7 HA molecule (currently insufficiently studied) and as reagents for diagnostic assays, but also for determining common (?universal?) epitopes in HA of different strains of this subtype.
Material and methods: Viruses were accumulated in 10-day-old chicken embryos. Purification and concentration of the virus, determination of protein concentration, preparation of MAbs and ascitic fluids, hemagglutination and hemagglutination inhibition (HI) tests, assessment of antibodies´ activity in indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), as well as determination of MAbs isotypes and neutralization reaction (NR) were carried out by standard methods.
Results: The obtained MAbs to А/mallard/Netherlands/12/2000 (H7N3) strain were studied in HI test with a set of strains of different years of isolation belonging to different evolutionary groups. MAbs had a reduced reactivity compared to the immunogen-virus for all the studied strains. Cross-interaction of MAbs 9E11 and 9G12 in HI test with influenza A/H15 virus has been observed.
Discussion: Influenza A agent with H7 HA variant could serve as a potential cause of a future pandemic. Development of the MAbs panel for subtype H7 HA is an urgent task for both veterinary medicine and public health.
Conclusion: The obtained MAbs can be used not only for epitope mapping of the H7 HA molecule (currently insufficiently studied) and as reagents for diagnostic assays, but also for determining common (?universal?) epitopes in HA of different strains of this subtype.
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