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Comparisons of rotavirus VP7-typing monoclonal antibodies by competition binding assay.

Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.

ABSTRACT

Three sets of neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) used to type the outer capsid protein VP7 of four group A rotavirus serotypes (1 through 4) were compared in competition immunoassays. Reciprocal competition was observed for each of the VP7 type 2-, 3-, and 4-specific MAbs. The VP7 type 1 MAbs exhibited variable competition patterns with other VP7 type 1 MAbs. MAb RV4:3, which has been used to recognize antigenic variants within VP7 type 1 strains, showed reciprocal competition with the four VP7 type 3 MAbs (RV3:1, YO-1E2, 4F8, and 159) using a VP7 type 3 virus (SA11) as antigen. MAb 2C9, also prepared against VP7 type 1, reacted with VP7 type 3 strains and competed with a VP7 type 3 MAb, 159, using RRV as antigen. Use of the different sets of VP7 type-specific MAbs in the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay permitted the recognition of six antigenic variants within VP7 types 1, 2, and 3 among specimens whose VP7 type could not be determined previously with only one set of typing MAbs. These results demonstrate differences of typing ability among these VP7-specific MAbs and emphasize the need to improve the sensitivity of typing systems by incorporating panels of MAbs reacting with several neutralizing epitopes.

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