Accession Number:

ADA279844

Title:

Dengue Type-2 Virus Envelope Protein Made Using Recombinant Baculovirus Protects Mice Against Virus Challenge

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Feighny, Robert
• Burrous, Jeanne
• Putnak, Robert

Report Date:

1994-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

8.0

Abstract:

The gene coding for the envelope E glycoprotein of dengue 2 virus was cloned into baculovirus Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus, AcNPV. The recombinant virus contained the entire E protein gene, preceded by 38 nucleotides from the end of the prM gene and followed by the first 83 nucleotides of NS1. When expressed in Spodoptera frugiperda Sf9 cells, about 1 mg of recombinant E antigen was made per 109 cells. This antigen reacted with polyclonal, anti-dengue type 2 antibody and a dengue type 2-specific, neutralizing monoclonal antibody. Balbc mice immunized with the recombinant antigen produced only non-neutralizing antibody against dengue 2 virus but were partially protected against morbidity and mortality after intracranial challenge with virulent dengue 2 virus. Dengue-2 Virus, E Protein, Baculovirus.

Descriptors:

• *ANTIBODIES
• *INFECTIOUS DISEASES
• *DENGUE VIRUS
• *VIRUSES
• REPRINTS
• CELLS
• PROTEINS
• ANTIGENS
• NUCLEOTIDES
• MORBIDITY
• DENGUE
• MICE
• MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES
• GENES
• GLYCOPROTEINS
• CODING

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE