Preparation and characterization of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies to feline calicivirus

Nihon Juigaku Zasshi. 1990 Apr;52(2):251-6. doi: 10.1292/jvms1939.52.251.

Abstract

Fourteen neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (N-MoAbs) were prepared against the F4 strain of feline calicivirus (FCV), the prototype strain of FCV in Japan, and examined for their ability to neutralize FCV isolates. Neutralization-resistant variants of the F4 strain were selected under the presence of 4 individual N-MoAbs in cell culture systems and used in cross-neutralization tests and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay with all of the 14 N-MoAbs. The results revealed the identification of at least two antigenic determinants on FCV F4: one being more broadly conserved among FCV isolates than the other. Usefulness of antigenic variants resistant to N-MoAbs for analysis of neutralization determinants on FCV was also demonstrated.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / metabolism
  • Antibodies, Viral / immunology*
  • Antibodies, Viral / metabolism
  • Caliciviridae / immunology*
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Culture Media
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Epitopes / analysis
  • Epitopes / immunology*
  • Immunoglobulin G / metabolism
  • Immunoglobulin M / metabolism
  • Neutralization Tests
  • Species Specificity

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Culture Media
  • Epitopes
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M