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ArticlePloS one2007

The murine gammaherpesvirus-68 gp150 acts as an immunogenic decoy to limit virion neutralization.

Laurent Gillet, Janet S May, Susanna Colaco, Philip G Stevenson

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Article in PloS one, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Laurent GilletDivision of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Janet S May
Susanna Colaco
Philip G Stevenson
University of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0400427Medical Research Council G9800943Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herpesviruses maintain long-term infectivity without marked antigenic variation. They must therefore evade neutralization by other means. Immune sera block murine gammaherpesvirus-68 (MHV-68) infection of fibroblasts, but fail to block and even enhance its infection of IgG Fc receptor-bearing cells, suggesting that the antibody response to infection is actually poor at ablating virion infectivity completely. Here we analyzed this effect further by quantitating the glycoprotein-specific antibody response of MHV-68 carrier mice. Gp150 was much the commonest glycoprotein target and played a predominant role in driving Fc receptor-dependent infection: when gp150-specific antibodies were boosted, Fc receptor-dependent infection increased; and when gp150-specific antibodies were removed, Fc receptor-dependent infection was largely lost. Neither gp150-specific monoclonal antibodies nor gp150-specific polyclonal sera gave significant virion neutralization. Gp150 therefore acts as an immunogenic decoy, distorting the MHV-68-specific antibody response to promote Fc receptor-dependent infection and so compromise virion neutralization. This immune evasion mechanism may be common to many non-essential herpesvirus glycoproteins.

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AnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingEpitope MappingGlycoproteinsImmunoglobulin GMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLReceptors, FcRhadinovirusViral ProteinsVirionAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, NeutralizingGlycoproteinsImmunoglobulin GReceptors, FcViral Proteins

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PMID17684552
PMCPMC1931612
OpenAlexW2010495206

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