Monoclonal antibodies to various epitopes of hepatitis B surface antigen inhibit hepatitis B virus infection

Forough Golsaz Shirazi, Hamed Mohammadi, Mohammad Mehdi Amiri, Katrin Singethan, Yuchen Xia, Ali Ahmad Bayat, Motahareh Bahadori, Hodjatallah Rabbani, Mahmood Jeddi-Tehrani, Ulrike Protzer, Fazel Shokri

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Abstract

Background and Aim: Antibodies against the "a" determinant of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) are able to neutralize circulating hepatitis B virus (HBV) particles and prevent HBV infection. It has been proposed that a single amino acid exchange may allow the virus to escape the immune response. We used a set of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to investigate whether a single mutation may account for virus escape from humoral immunity. Methods: Nine murine HBsAg-specific MAbs were raised. Reactivity of all antibodies with 14 recombinant mutants of HBsAg was assessed by ELISA. HBV infection of HepaRG cells was used to evaluate viral neutralization capacity of MAbsin vitro. Results: All MAbs were able to inhibit the establishment of HBV infection in a dose-dependent fashion, but recognition of HBsAg variants varied. The MAbs were classified into three subgroups based on their pattern of reactivity to the HBsAg variants. Accordingly, three MAbs showed weak reactivity (<40%) to variants with mutations within the first loop of "a" determinant, five MAbs displayed negligible binding to variants with mutations within the second loop, and one MAb lost its binding to variants having mutations in both loops of the "a" determinant. Conclusions: Our results indicate that antibodies against different epitopes of the "a" determinant of HBsAg are able to neutralize HBV. It seems that mutations within a single or a limited number of amino acids within this determinant can hardly result in viral escape. These results have important implications for the development of antibody-based therapies against HBV.

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1083-1091
Seitenumfang9
FachzeitschriftJournal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)
Jahrgang29
Ausgabenummer5
DOIs
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Mai 2014

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