Mapping Putative B-Cell Zika Virus NS1 Epitopes Provides Molecular Basis for Anti-NS1 Antibody Discrimination between Zika and Dengue Viruses | Zendy

Marjorie Caroline Liberato Cavalcanti Freire | Zendy; Laércio Pol Fachin | Zendy; Danilo F. Côelho | Zendy; Isabelle F. T. Viana | Zendy; Tereza Magalhães | Zendy; Marli Tenório Cordeiro | Zendy; Nico Fischer | Zendy; Felix F. Loeffler | Zendy; Thomas Jaenisch | Zendy; Rafael Freitas de Oliveira França | Zendy; Ernesto T. A. Marques | Zendy; Roberto D. Lins | Zendy

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Mapping Putative B-Cell Zika Virus NS1 Epitopes Provides Molecular Basis for Anti-NS1 Antibody Discrimination between Zika and Dengue Viruses

Author(s) -

Marjorie Caroline Liberato Cavalcanti Freire,

Laércio Pol Fachin,

Danilo F. Côelho,

Isabelle F. T. Viana,

Tereza Magalhães,

Marli Tenório Cordeiro,

Nico Fischer,

Felix F. Loeffler,

Thomas Jaenisch,

Rafael Freitas de Oliveira França,

Ernesto T. A. Marques,

Roberto D. Lins

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

acs omega

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779

H-Index - 40

ISSN - 2470-1343

DOI - 10.1021/acsomega.7b00608

Subject(s) - epitope , zika virus , virology , dengue virus , linear epitope , dengue fever , biology , monoclonal antibody , epitope mapping , serotype , conformational epitope , antibody , virus , genetics

B-cell epitope sequences from Zika virus (ZIKV) NS1 protein have been identified using epitope prediction tools. Mapping these sequences onto the NS1 surface reveals two major conformational epitopes and a single linear one. Despite an overall average sequence identity of ca. 55% between the NS1 from ZIKV and the four dengue virus (DENV) serotypes, epitope sequences were found to be highly conserved. Nevertheless, nonconserved epitope-flanking residues are responsible for a dramatically divergent electrostatic surface potential on the epitope regions of ZIKV and DENV2 serotypes. These findings suggest that strategies for differential diagnostics on the basis of short linear NS1 sequences are likely to fail due to immunological cross-reactions. Overall, results provide the molecular basis of differential discrimination between Zika and DENVs by NS1 monoclonal antibodies.

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