Selection of unique antigenic variants of Newcastle disease virus with neutralizing monoclonal antibodies and anti-immunoglobulin.
AUTOR(ES)
Iorio, R M
RESUMO
Monoclonal antibodies were used to isolate nonneutralizable antigenic variants in the hemagglutinin-neuraminidase glycoprotein of Newcastle disease virus. It had been found that a large percentage of virus retains infectivity despite binding neutralizing antibody. This high persistent fraction of nonneutralized virus precluded the isolation of variants by the standard treatment with antibody alone. Rabbit anti-mouse immunoglobulin was used to reduce the percentage of virus that remains infectious despite the presence of bound antibody. This procedure made possible the isolation of variants of two distinct types: classical variants, not neutralized because they do not bind the antibody used to select them; and unique variants that, although still capable of binding the selecting antibody, are only slightly neutralized. The general applicability of this method for the isolation of antigenic variants in nonneutralizing epitopes is also discussed.
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