Diagnostic potential of baculovirus-expressed rubella virus envelope proteins.
AUTOR(ES)
Seppänen, H
RESUMO
The envelope glycoproteins E1 and E2 of rubella virus were abundantly expressed in Spodoptera frugiperda Sf9 insect cells by using a baculovirus expression vector. The recombinant protein products were purified by immunoaffinity chromatography and characterized by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, immunoblotting, and enzyme immunoassay (EIA). The purified recombinant antigen consisted of the envelope polypeptides, corresponding to the viral E1 and E2 proteins, and a polyprotein precursor (molecular mass, 90 to 95 kDa). The antigen was reactive with human convalescent-phase sera in immunoblot analysis, and the reactivity correlated well (r = 0.861) with that of a whole-virus antigen when tested by EIA by using a total of 106 rubella virus immunoglobulin G-positive and -negative serum specimens. When the sera from patients with recent rubella virus infection were tested with the recombinant glycoproteins by EIA, the correlation was not as close (r = 0.690). However, all of the 26 serum specimens were reactive with the recombinant antigen. The results demonstrate that these bioengineered antigens have a potential for use in routine diagnostic assays of rubella virus immunity and recent infection.
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