A novel neutralizing monoclonal antibody recognizes a linear antigenic epitope of the spike protein of swine acute diarrhoea syndrome coronavirus.

Publication date: Nov 06, 2024

Swine acute diarrhoea syndrome coronavirus (SADS-CoV) causes vomiting, severe diarrhoea and death in newborn piglets. The spike (S) protein plays a crucial role in promoting virus invasion and inducing neutralizing antibody production. In this study, the extracellular region of the S protein was used as an immunogen to immunize BALB/c mice. After immunization, B cells were collected, fused with SP2/0 myeloma cells, cultured and subcloned, and a cell line capable of secreting neutralizing antibodies was obtained and named as 5D6. Additionally, it was determined that the 5D6 mAb could be used as the primary antibody for western blotting and indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) to detect SADS-CoV. Further studies indicated that the 5D6 mAb binds to the STSHAAD motif, which located in the N-terminal domain (NTD) of the spike protein. This result suggested that the NTD of the S protein can induce the production of neutralizing antibodies. Amino acid sequence alignment revealed that the epitope of the 5D6 mAb was conserved among SADS-CoV strains. This study helps elucidate the S protein function of SADS-CoV, and the 5D6 mAb may be used to develop diagnostic and treatment tools for detecting SADS-CoV infection.

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Concepts Keywords
Coronavirus Antigenic epitope
Immunofluorescence Neutralizing antibodies
Mice
Myeloma
Vomiting

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease IDO protein
disease MESH syndrome
disease MESH causes
disease MESH death
disease IDO role
disease IDO cell
disease IDO assay
disease IDO production
disease MESH infection
pathway REACTOME Reproduction
disease IDO pathogen
disease MESH weight loss
drug DRUGBANK Coenzyme M
disease IDO replication
disease IDO host
drug DRUGBANK Amino acids
disease IDO reagent
drug DRUGBANK Hypoxanthine
drug DRUGBANK Aminopterin
drug DRUGBANK Deoxythymidine
drug DRUGBANK Trypsin
drug DRUGBANK Isopropyl beta-D-thiogalactopyranoside
drug DRUGBANK Sodium lauryl sulfate
drug DRUGBANK Spinosad
disease MESH Middle East respiratory syndrome
drug DRUGBANK (S)-Des-Me-Ampa
disease IDO susceptibility
drug DRUGBANK Carboxyamidotriazole
disease IDO history
drug DRUGBANK Guanosine
disease MESH gastroenteritis
drug DRUGBANK Angiotensin II
drug DRUGBANK Troleandomycin

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