Monoclonal antibodies which recognize the acidic configuration of the rabies glycoprotein at the surface of the virion can be neutralizing

Virology
H RauxA Flamand

Abstract

Around 15% of our anti-glycoprotein monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) failed to neutralize the infectivity of the rabies virus during a 1-hr incubation at room temperature. In previous studies, we have demonstrated that it is possible to induce a massive conformational change of the glycoprotein population by incubating the virus at acidic pH. The conformational change is reversible and consequently viral infectivity is not affected by transient exposure at acidic pH. The proportion of glycoproteins in acidic or neutral configuration depends on the pH which means that even at neutral pH some glycoproteins transiently adopt the acidic configuration and vice versa. Here we report that some of our nonneutralizing MAbs recognize the acidic form of the glycoprotein at the virion surface. After incubation of the virus at pH 6.4, most glycoproteins are in the acidic configuration. Further 1-hr incubation with these MAbs at the same pH resulted in more immunoglobulins being attached to the virus and consequently neutralization was induced. It was also possible to induce neutralization with the same MAbs by incubation at neutral pH for a longer period or at a higher temperature. Mutants resistant to neutralization by these MAbs could be sele...Continue Reading

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