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Epitope mapping of pneumococcal surface protein A of strain Rx1 using monoclonal antibodies and molecular structure modelling
Authors:Kolberg Jan  Aase Audun  Rødal Gunnhild  Littlejohn James E  Jedrzejas Mark J
Institution:Department of Airborne Infections, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, P.O. Box 4404, Nydalen, 0403 Oslo, Norway. jan.kolberg@fhi.no
Abstract:Pneumococcal surface protein A (PspA) is an antigenic variable vaccine candidate of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Epitope similarities between PspA from the American vaccine candidate strain Rx1 and Norwegian clinical isolates were studied using PspA specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) made against clinical Norwegian strains. Using recombinant PspA/Rx1 fragments and immunoblotting the epitopes for mAbs were mapped to two regions of amino acids, 1-67 and 67-236. The discovered epitopes were visualized by modelling of the PspA:Fab part of mAb in three dimensions. Flow cytometric analysis showed that the epitopes for majority of mAbs were accessible for antibody binding on live pneumococci. Also, the epitopes for majority of the mAbs are widely expressed among clinical Norwegian isolates.
Keywords:Streptococcus pneumoniae            Pneumococcal surface protein A  Monoclonal antibody  Pneumococcal vaccine
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