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A synthetic peptide derived from domain III envelope glycoprotein of Dengue virus induces neutralizing antibody

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Abstract

Dengue virus (DENV) is an arthropod-borne human pathogen that represents a severe public health threat in both endemic and non-endemic regions. So far, there is no licensed vaccine or specific drugs available for dengue fever. A fifteen-amino-acid-long peptide that includes the NGR motif was chemically synthesized and conjugated with keyhole limpet hemocyanin. A standard immunization protocol was followed for the production of polyclonal antibodies by immunizing rabbits against the synthetic peptide. The immune response elicited high-titer polyclonal antibodies with the reactivity of the anti-peptide antibody against both synthetic peptide and four serotypes of DENV confirmed by DOT-ELISA. Neutralizing activity of anti-peptide antibody was found to be cross-reactive and effective resulting in 60% reduction of infectivity at 1:200 dilution in all four serotypes of DENV. Our findings have the potential to further improve our understanding of virus–host interactions and provide new insights into neutralizing antibodies and could also be used as a drug target.

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Acknowledgments

The work was supported by Bioinformatics Infrastructure Facility (BT/BI/25/017/2012), Bioinformatics Division, Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi. Authors would like to thank Dr.R. Paramasivan, Scientist E, CRME (ICMR), Madurai, for the comments and suggestions.

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JAM conceived or designed study. AJ, PL, and RS coordinated and analyzed data, and wrote the paper. SC and JAM performed research, analyzed data, and wrote the paper.

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    Present address: Department of Zoology, Fatima College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 625018, India

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  1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

    Akanitt Jittmittraphap, Siriporn Chattanadee & Pornsawan Leaungwutiwong

  2. PG and Research Department of Zoology and Biotechnology, Lady Doak College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, 625002, India

    J. Asnet Mary & R. Shenbagarathai

  3. Tropical Medicine Diagnostic Reference Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, 420/6 Ratchawithi Rd., Ratchadewee, Bangkok, 10400, Thailand

    Pornsawan Leaungwutiwong

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The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Animal Ethical Committee (IAEC) of the Postgraduate and Research Department of Zoology and Biotechnology, Lady Doak College, Madurai. The rabbits were handed over to pet lovers after the completion of the work.

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Mary, J.A., Jittmittraphap, A., Chattanadee, S. et al. A synthetic peptide derived from domain III envelope glycoprotein of Dengue virus induces neutralizing antibody. Virus Genes 54, 25–32 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11262-017-1508-1

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