Neutralizing Epitopes and Residues Mediating the Potential Antigenic Drift of the Hemagglutinin-Esterase Protein of Influenza C Virus

We mapped the hemagglutinin-esterase (HE) antigenic epitopes of the influenza C virus on the three-dimensional (3D) structure of the HE glycoprotein using 246 escape mutants that were selected by a panel of nine anti-HE monoclonal antibodies (MAbs), including seven of the C/Ann Arbor/1/50 virus and two of the C/Yamagata/15/2004 virus. The frequency of variant selection in the presence of anti-HE MAbs was very low, with frequencies ranging from 10-4.62 to 10-7.58 for the C/Ann Arbor/1/50 virus and from 10-7.11 to 10-9.25 for the C/Yamagata/15/2004 virus. Sequencing of mutant HE genes revealed 25 amino acid substitutions at 16 positions in three antigenic sites: A-1, A-2, and A-3, and a newly designated Y-1 site. In the 3D structure, the A-1 site was widely located around the receptor-binding site, the A-2 site was near the receptor-destroying enzyme site, and the Y-1 site was located in the loop on the topside of HE. The hemagglutination inhibition reactions of the MAbs with influenza C viruses, circulating between 1947 and 2016, were consistent with the antigenic-site amino acid changes. We also found some amino acid variations in the antigenic site of recently circulating strains with antigenic changes, suggesting that viruses that have the potential to alter antigenicity continue to circulate in humans.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

Viruses - 10(2018), 8 vom: 09. Aug.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Matsuzaki, Yoko [VerfasserIn]
Sugawara, Kanetsu [VerfasserIn]
Furuse, Yuki [VerfasserIn]
Shimotai, Yoshitaka [VerfasserIn]
Hongo, Seiji [VerfasserIn]
Mizuta, Katsumi [VerfasserIn]
Nishimura, Hidekazu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Antigenic structure
Antigens, Viral
Epidemiology
Epitopes
Escape mutant
Hemagglutinin esterase
Hemagglutinins, Viral
Influenza C virus
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Viral Fusion Proteins

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 13.03.2019

Date Revised 13.12.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/v10080417

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM287359387