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Published on: June 5, 2020
Establishment of competitive binding assay to detect and differentiate hepatitis E virus infection
Jiyue Wen1, Weizhuo Lu2, Jihong Meng3
1Department of Pharmacology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China.
Introduction And Objectives:
This study was undertaken to demonstrate a promising approach for detection and differentiation the serum immunoglobulin G (IgG) against hepatitis E virus (anti-HEV IgG) using a competitive binding assay established with known genotype-specific monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) 2B1 and 4C5.
Materials And Methods:
The mAb 2B1 derived from genotype 1 hepatitis E virus (HEV) antigen and specifically reacted with genotype 1, 2 antigens; 4C5 induced by genotype 4 HEV antigen was specific to genotypes 3, 4 antigens. The 2B1 and 4C5 were labeled with Horseradish peroxidase (HRP), respectively. Subsequently, the titers of coated antigens and HRP-conjugated mAbs for establishment of competitive binding assay were determined by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). And then, the competitive binding assay was performed to assess the inhibition percentage of mAbs binding to antigens inhibited by different genotypes anti-HEV IgG.
Results:
The results of competitive binding assay revealed that genotype 1 anti-HEV IgG could inhibit the binding of mAb 2B1 to genotype 1 antigen more strongly than that of mAb 4C5 to genotype 4 antigen. Whereas, the genotype 3 or 4 anti-HEV IgG could inhibit the binding of mAb 4C5 to genotype 4 antigen more remarkably than that of mAb 2B1 to genotype 1 antigen.
Conclusions:
These findings provided us a valuable approach for detection and differentiation the HEV infection derived from genotypes 1, 2 (human) or genotypes 3, 4 (zoonosis).
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