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Human rotavirus VP4 contains strain-specific, serotype-specific and cross-reactive neutralization sites

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The neutralization epitopes of human rotavirus VP4 were studied by using a panel of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies previously shown to be strain-specific (RV-3:3), serotype-specific (RV-5:2, ST-3:3) or cross-reactive (F45:4). Antigenic variants of human rotaviruses RV-3, ST-3, RV-5 and F45 resistant to neutralization by the appropriate of VP4 specific monoclonal antibodies (RV-3:3, ST-3:3, RV-5:2 and F45:4 respectively) were selected. By nucleotide sequence analysis and single strand conformational polymorphism analysis of these variants, three sites of neutralization on VP5* and one site on VP8* were identified. At or near to the putative fusion region on VP5*, a strain-specific site (aa383), a serotype P1A-P2 cross-reactive site (aa392) and a serotype P2-specific site (aa397) were found. On VP8*, a serotype P1B-specific site at aa148 was detected. These results confirmed the importance of the putative fusion region in neutralization and have identified a new neutralization site in the hypervariable region of VP8* which is specific for serotype P1B human rotaviruses.

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Kirkwood, C.D., Bishop, R.F. & Coulson, B.S. Human rotavirus VP4 contains strain-specific, serotype-specific and cross-reactive neutralization sites. Archives of Virology 141, 587–600 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01718319

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