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ArticleJournal of virology2005

Amino acids 1055 to 1192 in the S2 region of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus S protein induce neutralizing antibodies: implications for the development of vaccines and antiviral agents.

Choong-Tat Keng, Aihua Zhang, Shuo Shen, Kuo-Ming Lip, Burtram C Fielding, Timothy H P Tan, Chih-Fong Chou, Chay Boon Loh, Sifang Wang, Jianlin Fu and 4 more

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Article in Journal of virology, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 69 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Choong-Tat KengInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Proteos, 61 Biopolis Dr., Singapore 138673.
Aihua Zhang
Shuo Shen
Kuo-Ming Lip
Burtram C Fielding
Timothy H P Tan
Chih-Fong Chou
Chay Boon Loh
Sifang Wang
Jianlin Fu
Xiaoming Yang
Seng Gee Lim
Wanjin Hong
Yee-Joo Tan
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology · SGWuhan Institute of Bioengineering · CN

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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The spike (S) protein of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV) interacts with cellular receptors to mediate membrane fusion, allowing viral entry into host cells; hence it is recognized as the primary target of neutralizing antibodies, and therefore knowledge of antigenic determinants that can elicit neutralizing antibodies could be beneficial for the development of a protective vaccine. Here, we expressed five different fragments of S, covering the entire ectodomain (amino acids 48 to 1192), as glutathione S-transferase fusion proteins in Escherichia coli and used the purified proteins to raise antibodies in rabbits. By Western blot analysis and immunoprecipitation experiments, we showed that all the antibodies are specific and highly sensitive to both the native and denatured forms of the full-length S protein expressed in virus-infected cells and transfected cells, respectively. Indirect immunofluorescence performed on fixed but unpermeabilized cells showed that these antibodies can recognize the mature form of S on the cell surface. All the antibodies were also able to detect the maturation of the 200-kDa form of S to the 210-kDa form by pulse-chase experiments. When the antibodies were tested for their ability to inhibit SARS-CoV propagation in Vero E6 culture, it was found that the anti-SDelta10 antibody, which was targeted to amino acid residues 1029 to 1192 of S, which include heptad repeat 2, has strong neutralizing activities, suggesting that this region of S carries neutralizing epitopes and is very important for virus entry into cells.

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Epitope MappingAnimalsAntibodies, ViralBlotting, WesternCells, CulturedChlorocebus aethiopsCloning, MolecularEpitopesEscherichia coliFluorescent Antibody TechniqueImmunoprecipitationMembrane GlycoproteinsNeutralization TestsRabbitsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSevere acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirusAntibodies, ViralEpitopesMembrane GlycoproteinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsSpike Glycoprotein, Coronavirusspike glycoprotein, SARS-CoVspike protein, mouse hepatitis virusViral Envelope Proteins

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PMID15731223
PMCPMC1075733
OpenAlexW2138061826

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