PMID- 22981434 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130110 LR - 20121008 IS - 1096-0341 (Electronic) IS - 0042-6822 (Linking) VI - 433 IP - 2 DP - 2012 Nov 25 TI - Dissociation of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus neutralization from antibodies specific to major envelope protein surface epitopes. PG - 367-76 LID - S0042-6822(12)00407-2 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.virol.2012.08.026 [doi] AB - Glycoprotein 5 (GP5) and membrane (M) protein are the major proteins in the envelope of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV). Although viral neutralization epitopes are reported in GP5 and M of type 2 PRRSV, their significance as targets of porcine humoral immunity is not well described. Thus, we constructed recombinant polypeptides containing ectodomain neutralization epitopes to examine their involvement in porcine antibody neutralization and antiviral immunity. PRRSV infection elicited ectodomain-specific antibodies, whose titers did not correlate with the neutralizing antibody (NA) response. Ectodomain-specific antibodies from PRRSV-neutralizing serum bound virus but did not neutralize infectivity. Furthermore, immunization of pigs with ectodomain polypeptides raised specific antibodies and provided partial protection without a detectable NA response. Finally the polypeptides did not block infection of porcine macrophages. These results suggest that the GP5/M ectodomain peptide epitopes are accessible for host antibody recognition, but are not associated with antibody-mediated virus neutralization. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Li, Juan AU - Li J AD - Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA. FAU - Murtaugh, Michael P AU - Murtaugh MP LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20120912 PL - United States TA - Virology JT - Virology JID - 0110674 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Neutralizing) RN - 0 (Antibodies, Viral) RN - 0 (Antigens, Viral) RN - 0 (Epitopes) RN - 0 (M protein, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus) RN - 0 (Viral Envelope Proteins) RN - 0 (Viral Matrix Proteins) RN - 0 (glycoprotein 5, PRRSV) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Antibodies, Neutralizing/biosynthesis MH - Antibodies, Viral/biosynthesis MH - Antibody Affinity MH - Antibody Specificity MH - Antigens, Viral/genetics MH - Epitopes/genetics MH - Female MH - Immunization MH - Macrophages, Alveolar/immunology/virology MH - Male MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome/immunology/virology MH - Porcine respiratory and reproductive syndrome virus/genetics/*immunology/pathogenicity MH - Sus scrofa MH - Swine MH - Viral Envelope Proteins/genetics/immunology MH - Viral Matrix Proteins/genetics/immunology EDAT- 2012/09/18 06:00 MHDA- 2013/01/11 06:00 CRDT- 2012/09/18 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/06/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/08/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/09/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/09/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/01/11 06:00 [medline] AID - S0042-6822(12)00407-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.virol.2012.08.026 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Virology. 2012 Nov 25;433(2):367-76. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2012.08.026. Epub 2012 Sep 12.