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ArticleThe Journal of general virology2010

Vaccination with murid herpesvirus-4 glycoprotein B reduces viral lytic replication but does not induce detectable virion neutralization.

Janet S May, Philip G Stevenson

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Article in The Journal of general virology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Janet S MayDivision of Virology, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, UK.
Philip G Stevenson
University of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0701185Medical Research Council G9800943Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust GR076956MAWellcome Trust WT089111MA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Herpesviruses characteristically disseminate from immune hosts. Therefore in the context of natural infection, antibody neutralizes them poorly. Murid herpesvirus-4 (MuHV-4) provides a tractable model with which to understand gammaherpesvirus neutralization. MuHV-4 virions blocked for cell binding by immune sera remain infectious for IgG-Fc receptor(+) myeloid cells, so broadly neutralizing antibodies must target the virion fusion complex - glycoprotein B (gB) or gH/gL. While gB-specific neutralizing antibodies are rare, its domains I+II (gB-N) contain at least one potent neutralization epitope. Here, we tested whether immunization with recombinant gB presenting this epitope could induce neutralizing antibodies in naive mice and protect them against MuHV-4 challenge. Immunizing with the full-length gB extracellular domain induced a strong gB-specific antibody response and reduced MuHV-4 lytic replication but did not induce detectable neutralization. gB-N alone, which more selectively displayed pre-fusion epitopes including neutralization epitopes, also failed to induce neutralizing responses, and while viral lytic replication was again reduced this depended completely on IgG Fc receptors. gB and gB-N also boosted neutralizing responses in only a minority of carrier mice. Therefore, it appears that neutralizing epitopes on gB are intrinsically difficult for the immune response to target.

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AnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralGlycoproteinsHerpesviridae InfectionsHerpesvirus VaccinesImmunoglobulin GMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLNeutralization TestsReceptors, IgGRhadinovirusVaccines, SyntheticViral ProteinsVirus ReplicationAntibodies, NeutralizingAntibodies, ViralGlycoproteinsHerpesvirus VaccinesImmunoglobulin GReceptors, IgGVaccines, SyntheticViral Proteins

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PMID20519454
PMCPMC3052599
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