Immunological properties of a chimeric protein containing the major capsid protein of echovirus 30 (Picornaviridae: Enterovirus: Enterovirus betacoxsackie)
- Authors: Melentev D.A.1, Novikov D.V.1, Mokhonova E.V.1, Novikova N.A.1, Kashnikov A.Y.1, Selivanova S.G.1, Golitsyna L.N.1, Lapin V.A.1, Tsyganova M.I.1, Zaitsev D.E.1, Novikov V.V.1
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- Academician I.N. Blokhina Nizhny Novgorod Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor)
- Issue: Vol 70, No 2 (2025)
- Pages: 189-198
- Section: ORIGINAL RESEARCH
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0507-4088/article/view/310657
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.36233/0507-4088-311
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/peagdt
- ID: 310657
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Introduction. Enterovirus infection, widespread in the world and in Russia, is characterized by a variety of clinical forms, one of which is serous meningitis. The most common cause of enterovirus meningitis in children is echovirus 30 (E30). Previously, we obtained a chimeric protein consisting of the S domain of norovirus VP1 protein(SN), fused into one molecule with VP1 protein of E30 (SN-VP1E30), which in the future can be used to develop a vaccine for the prevention of enterovirus meningitis caused by the E30 virus.
The aim of this work was to study the immunological properties of the SN-VP1E30 protein.
Materials and methods. Balb/c mice and a guinea pig were immunized with the SN-VP1E30 protein. The production of IgG and IgM antibodies was studied by ELISA. The interaction of antibodies against SN-VP1E30 with virions of enteroviruses E30 of different genotypes was studied by electron microscopy. The reaction of neutralization of E30 by antibodies was carried out in vitro in RD cells.
Results. In mice immunized with SN-VP1E30 without adjuvant, the average titers of total antibodies against E30 VP1 protein were 1 : 19,000. The use of adjuvant increased the average titer of antibodies by 3 times. The level of IgM antibodies was significantly lower and amounted to, on average, 1 : 1500. Using immunoelectron microscopy, it was shown that guinea pig antibodies against chimeric SN-VP1E30 are able to bind virions of E30 genotypes h and eC2. Mouse and guinea pig antibodies were able to neutralize E30 in RD cell line. Neutralizing antibody titers in mice varied from 20 to 40, and were 40 in guinea pigs.
Conclusion. The immunogenicity of SN-VP1E30 in two animal species and the ability of antibodies to bind and neutralize enterovirus E30 allows us to propose it as an antigen in a vaccine for the prevention of diseases caused by E30.
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Dmitry A. Melentev
Academician I.N. Blokhina Nizhny Novgorod Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor)
Author for correspondence.
Email: dim-melente@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2441-6874
Junior Researcher, laboratory of immunochemistry
Russian Federation, 603950, Nizhny NovgorodDmitry V. Novikov
Academician I.N. Blokhina Nizhny Novgorod Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor)
Email: novikov.dv75@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7049-6935
PhD, Leading Researcher, laboratory of immunochemistry
Russian Federation, 603950, Nizhny NovgorodEkaterina V. Mokhonova
Academician I.N. Blokhina Nizhny Novgorod Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor)
Email: ekaterinamohonova@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9742-7646
researcher, laboratory of immunochemistry
Russian Federation, 603950, Nizhny NovgorodNadezhda A. Novikova
Academician I.N. Blokhina Nizhny Novgorod Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor)
Email: novikova_na@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3710-6648
Dr. Sci., Professor, Leading Researcher, Head of the laboratory of molecular epidemiology of viral infections
Russian Federation, 603950, Nizhny NovgorodAlexander Yu. Kashnikov
Academician I.N. Blokhina Nizhny Novgorod Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor)
Email: mevirfc@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1033-7347
Researcher, laboratory of molecular epidemiology of viral infections
Russian Federation, 603950, Nizhny NovgorodSvetlana G. Selivanova
Academician I.N. Blokhina Nizhny Novgorod Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor)
Email: svetafor22@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6610-1774
PhD, Senior researcher, laboratory of molecular epidemiology of viral infections
Russian Federation, 603950, Nizhny NovgorodLyudmila N. Golitsyna
Academician I.N. Blokhina Nizhny Novgorod Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor)
Email: lyudmila_galitzina@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8064-4476
PhD, Leading Researcher, laboratory of molecular epidemiology of viral infections
Russian Federation, 603950, Nizhny NovgorodVladislav A. Lapin
Academician I.N. Blokhina Nizhny Novgorod Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor)
Email: fridens.95@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5905-5722
Junior Researcher, laboratory of immunochemistry
Russian Federation, 603950, Nizhny NovgorodMaria I. Tsyganova
Academician I.N. Blokhina Nizhny Novgorod Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor)
Email: maria_che@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2811-6844
PhD, Leading Researcher, laboratory of immunochemistry
Russian Federation, 603950, Nizhny NovgorodDmitry E. Zaitsev
Academician I.N. Blokhina Nizhny Novgorod Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor)
Email: mitya.zaitseff@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7663-6924
Senior Lab Assistant, laboratory of immunochemistry
Russian Federation, 603950, Nizhny NovgorodViktor V. Novikov
Academician I.N. Blokhina Nizhny Novgorod Scientific Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor)
Email: mbre@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2449-7213
Dr. Sci., Professor, Leading Researcher, Head of the laboratory of immunochemistry
Russian Federation, 603950, Nizhny NovgorodReferences
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