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Protective immunity of Hantaan virus nucleocapsid and envelope protein studied using baculovirus-expressed proteins

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Recombinant Hantaan virus nucleocapsid protein (rNP) and recombinant envelope (rEnv) proteins were prepared using a baculovirus expression system to examine the role of Hantaan virus structural proteins in protective immunity. Passive transfer of spleen cells from mice immunized with rNP conferred partial protection or prolongation of time to death from fatal Hantaan virus infection in suckling mice which were challenged with Hantaan virus at 40 LD50 (survival rate: 43%) or 4 LD50 (survival rate: 43%). The T cell-enriched fraction protected one mouse from lethal infection but the B cell-enriched fraction had no such effect on fatal HTN infection. The protective effects of the antibody against HTN challenge were examined by passive immunization. The monoclonal antibody ECO 2 directed to NP also conferred partial survival and significant difference in time to death. Although rEnv antigen failed to induce neutralizing antibody, both immune spleen cells and immune serum to rEnv conferred partial protection upon suckling mice. These results indicate that both nucleocapsid and envelope proteins of Hantaan virus were responsible for induction of cell mediated protective immunity. Vero E 6 cells infected with Hantaan virus expressed envelope protein on the surface, as determined by flow cytometry. However, there was only negligible expression of nucleocapsid protein.

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    K. Yoshimatsu, Y-C. Yoo, R. Yoshida, I. Azuma & J. Arikawa

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Yoshimatsu, K., Yoo, YC., Yoshida, R. et al. Protective immunity of Hantaan virus nucleocapsid and envelope protein studied using baculovirus-expressed proteins. Archives of Virology 130, 365–376 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01309667

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