Premium
Murine Humoral Immune Response against Recombinant Structural Proteins of Hepatitis C Virus Distinct from Those of Patients
Author(s) -
Ahmed Mamun,
Shikata Toshio,
Esumi Mariko
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1996.tb03321.x
Subject(s) - recombinant dna , immune system , biology , epitope , virology , glycoprotein , antibody , hepatitis c virus , humoral immunity , virus , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , gene
We examined the humoral immune response to recombinant structural proteins of hepatitis C virus (HCV) such as C, E1 and E2 in immunized mice. Mice showed high induction of antibodies against these three structural proteins. Conformational and/or linear epitopes of these regions showed high responses in mice. Comparison with patients revealed higher anti‐E1 and anti‐E2 responses in mice and 15 immunoreactive peptides which are unique to mice, especially 11 peptides from the E2 region. The hydrophilic regions of these proteins were found to be the most immunogenic. Therefore, the murine immune system against recombinant E1 and E2 glycoproteins was distinct from those of patients in natural infection, and may be a target to find protective activity against HCV infection.