PMID- 36715481 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230131 LR - 20230215 IS - 1938-4351 (Electronic) IS - 0005-2086 (Linking) VI - 66 IP - 4 DP - 2022 Dec TI - Analysis of the Immune Response and Identification of Antibody Epitopes Against the Sigma C Protein of Avian Orthoreovirus Following Immunization with Live or Inactivated Vaccines. PG - 465-478 LID - 10.1637/aviandiseases-D-22-99992 [doi] AB - Avian orthoreoviruses are causative agents of tenosynovitis and viral arthritis in both chickens and turkeys. Current commercial reovirus vaccines do not protect against disease caused by emerging variants. Custom-made inactivated reovirus vaccines are commonly utilized to help protect commercial poultry against disease. Antibody epitopes located on the viral attachment protein, sigmaC, involved in virus neutralization, have not been clearly identified. In this study, the S1133 vaccine strain (Genetic Cluster 1 [GC1], a GC1 field isolate (117816), and a GC5 field isolate (94826) were determined to be genetically and serologically unrelated. In addition, chickens were vaccinated with either a commercial S1133 vaccine, 117816 GC1, or 94826 GC5, and sera were used in peptide microarrays to identify linear B-cell epitopes within the sigmaC protein. Specific-pathogen-free (SPF) chickens were vaccinated twice with either: 1) live and live, 2) inactivated and inactivated, or 3) a combination of live and inactivated vaccines. Epitope mapping was performed on individual serum samples from birds in each group using S1133, 117816, and 94826 sigmaC sequences translated into an overlapping peptides and spotted onto microarray chips. Vaccination with a combination of live and inactivated viruses resulted in a greater number of B-cell binding sites on the outer-capsid domains of sigmaC for 117816 and 94826, but not for S1133. In contrast, the S1133-vaccinated birds demonstrated fewer epitopes, and those epitopes were located in the stalk region of the protein. However, within each of the vaccinated groups, the highest virus-neutralization titers were observed in the live/inactivated groups. This study demonstrates differences in antibody binding sites within sigmaC between genetically and antigenically distinct reoviruses and provides initial antigenic characterization of avian orthoreoviruses and insight into the inability of vaccine-induced antibodies to provide adequate protection against variant reovirus-induced disease. FAU - Dawe, W H AU - Dawe WH AD - Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. FAU - Kapczynski, D R AU - Kapczynski DR AD - U.S. National Poultry Research Center, Agricultural Research Services, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Athens, GA 30605. FAU - Linnemann, E G AU - Linnemann EG AD - Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. FAU - Gauthiersloan, V R AU - Gauthiersloan VR AD - Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602. FAU - Sellers, H S AU - Sellers HS AD - Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, hsellers@uga.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Avian Dis JT - Avian diseases JID - 0370617 RN - 0 (Epitopes) RN - 0 (Vaccines, Inactivated) RN - 0 (Antibodies, Viral) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Chickens MH - *Orthoreovirus, Avian MH - Epitopes MH - Vaccines, Inactivated MH - *Poultry Diseases/prevention & control MH - Vaccination/veterinary MH - Immunity MH - Antibodies, Viral OTO - NOTNLM OT - antibody OT - avian reovirus OT - epitope OT - immune response OT - vaccine EDAT- 2023/01/31 06:00 MHDA- 2023/02/01 06:00 CRDT- 2023/01/30 08:41 PHST- 2022/08/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/09/01 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/01/30 08:41 [entrez] PHST- 2023/01/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/01 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1637/aviandiseases-D-22-99992 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Avian Dis. 2022 Dec;66(4):465-478. doi: 10.1637/aviandiseases-D-22-99992.