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Cross-reactivity of human monoclonal antibodies generated with peripheral blood lymphocytes from dengue patients with Japanese encephalitis virus

Authors Pipattanaboon C, Sasaki T, Nishimura M, Setthapramote C, Pitaksajjakul P, Leaungwutiwong P, Limkittikul K, Puiprom O, Sasayama M, Chaichana P, Okabayashi T, Kurosu T, Ono K, Ramasoota P, Ikuta K

Received 2 May 2013

Accepted for publication 7 June 2013

Published 15 August 2013 Volume 2013:7 Pages 175—187

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/BTT.S47438

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Chonlatip Pipattanaboon,1,3,8,* Tadahiro Sasaki,2,8,* Mitsuhiro Nishimura,2,8 Chayanee Setthapramote,1,8 Pannamthip Pitaksajjakul,1,4,8 Pornsawan Leaungwutiwong,1,3,8 Kriengsak Limkittikul,5,8 Orapim Puiprom,6 Mikiko Sasayama,6 Panjaporn Chaichana,6 Tamaki Okabayashi,6 Takeshi Kurosu,2,8 Ken-ichiro Ono,7,8 Pongrama Ramasoota,1,4,8 Kazuyoshi Ikuta2,8

1Center of Excellence for Antibody Research, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; 2Department of Virology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan; 3Department of Microbiology and Immunology, 4Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, 5Department of Tropical Pediatrics, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 6Mahidol-Osaka Center for Infectious Diseases, Bangkok, Thailand; 7Medical and Biological Laboratories Corporation Ltd, Nagano, Japan; 8JST/JICA, Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development, Tokyo, Japan

*These authors made an equal contribution to this study

Background: Hybridomas that produce human monoclonal antibodies (HuMAbs) against Dengue virus (DV) had been prepared previously using peripheral blood lymphocytes from patients with DV during the acute and convalescent phases of a secondary infection. Anti-DV envelope glycoprotein (E) 99 clones, anti-DV premembrane protein (prM) 8 clones, and anti-DV nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) 4 clones were derived from four acute-phase patients, and anti-DV E 2 clones, anti-DV prM 2 clones, and anti-DV NS1 8 clones were derived from five convalescent-phase patients.
Methods and results: In the present study, we examined whether these clones cross-reacted with Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), which belongs to the same virus family. Forty-six of the above-described 99 (46/99) anti-E, 0/8 anti-prM, and 2/4 anti-NS1 HuMAbs from acute-phase, and 0/2 anti-E, 0/2 anti-prM, and 5/8 anti-NS1 HuMAbs from convalescent-phase showed neutralizing activity against JEV. Thus, most of the anti-E and anti-NS1 (but not the anti-prM) antibodies cross-reacted with JEV and neutralized this virus. Interestingly, 3/46 anti-E HuMAbs derived from acute-phase patients and 3/5 anti-NS1 HuMAbs from convalescent-phase patients showed particularly high neutralizing activity against JEV. Consequently, the HuMAbs showing neutralization against JEV mostly consisted of two populations: one was HuMAbs recognizing DV E and showing neutralization activity against all four DV serotypes (complex-type) and the other was HuMAbs recognizing DV NS1 and showing subcomplex-type cross-reaction with DV.
Conclusion: Anti-DV E from acute phase (46/99) and anti-DV NS1 (7/12) indicate neutralizing activity against JEV. In particular, three of 46 anti-DV E clones from acute phase and three of five anti-NS1 clones from convalescent phase showed strong neutralizing activity against JEV.

Keywords: Dengue virus, Japanese encephalitis virus, viral neutralization, human monoclonal antibody, envelope, nonstructural protein 1

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