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ArticleJournal of virology2021

Identification of Two Critical Neutralizing Epitopes in the Receptor Binding Domain of Hepatitis B Virus preS1.

Keigo Yato, Taishi Onodera, Mami Matsuda, Saya Moriyama, Akira Fujimoto, Koichi Watashi, Hideki Aizaki, Tomohisa Tanaka, Kohji Moriishi, Hironori Nishitsuji and 7 more

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Keigo YatoDepartment of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
Taishi OnoderaDepartment of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
Mami MatsudaDepartment of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
Saya MoriyamaDepartment of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
Akira FujimotoDepartment of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases ryosuke@niid.go.jp.
Koichi WatashiDepartment of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
Hideki AizakiDepartment of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8346-4729
Tomohisa TanakaDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Graduate Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Yamanashi.
Kohji MoriishiDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Graduate Faculty of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Yamanashi.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9542-5188
Hironori NishitsujiDepartment of Virology and Parasitology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine.
Kunitada ShimotohnoGenome Medical Sciences Project, National Center for Global Health and Medicine.
Koji TamuraDepartment of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science.
Yoshimasa TakahashiDepartment of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
Takaji WakitaDepartment of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
Masamichi MuramatsuDepartment of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
Takanobu KatoDepartment of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases.
Ryosuke SuzukiDepartment of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases ryosuke@niid.go.jp.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0296-8843

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a major public health problem. Human hepatocytes are infected with HBV via binding between the preS1 region in the large envelope protein of HBV and sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide. Although several monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) that recognize the receptor binding domain in preS1 and neutralize HBV infection have been isolated, details of neutralizing epitopes are not understood. In this study, we generated 13 MAbs targeting the preS1 receptor binding domain from preS1-specific memory B cells derived from DNA immunized mice. The MAbs were classified into three groups according to the epitope regions, designated epitopes I-III. A virus neutralization assay revealed that MAbs recognizing epitopes I and III neutralized HBV infection, suggesting that these domains are critical epitopes for viral neutralization. In addition, a neutralization assay against multiple genotypes of HBV revealed that epitope I is a semi-pangenotypic neutralizing epitope, whereas epitope III is a genotype-specific epitope. We also showed that neutralizing MAbs against preS1 could neutralize HBV bearing vaccine-induced escape mutation. These findings provide insight into novel immunoprophylaxis for the prevention and treatment of HBV infection.

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PMCPMC8092832

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