Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica ›› 2020, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (5): 1110-1118.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2020.05.022

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Preparation, Identification of the B-cell Epitope and Preliminary Application of a Monoclonal Antibody against P97 Protein of Mycoplasma hypneumoniae

WANG Ning1, JIN Jin1, LIU Lu1, LIU Huanhuan1, JIANG Libo2, XIN Jiuqing1, LIU Henggui1*   

  1. 1. Animal MycoplasmaI Innovation Team, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150069, China;
    2. Qiqihar Animal Hygiene Supervision Station, Qiqihar 161000, China
  • Received:2019-11-07 Online:2020-05-25 Published:2020-05-16

Abstract: In order to prepare a monoclonal antibody (MAb) against Mycoplasma hypneumoniae (Mhp), the splenic cells from BALB/c mice immunized with the P97 C-terminal region of Mhp J strain, which contains R1 region (P97CR1 protein) and was expressed in Escherichia coli (E. coli) BL21(DE3), were fused with SP2/0 myeloma cells, and a hybridoma cell line A3 stably secreting the MAbs against P97 Protein of Mhp were successfully screened. The identification results indicated the A3 MAb was IgG1 subclass with κ light chain. The A3 MAb was able to specifically recognize the P97CR1 protein of Mhp expressed in E. coli BL21(DE3) using Western blot analysis. Flow cytometry analysis showed that the MAb was able to recognize natural P97 protein expressed on the Mhp. The epitope sequence recognized by the A3 MAb was identified as LDDNLQby pepscan technique. The epitope sequence is highly conservative among the P97 proteins of all Mhp strains. The blocking ELISA analysis showed that the binding of the A3 MAb to the P97CR1 protein was blocked by high immune positive serum of Mhp. The preparation of A3 Mab provided foundation for further development of a blocking ELISA assay with high specificity and sensitivity for detecting Mhp infection.

Key words: Mycoplasma hypneumoniae (Mhp), monoclonal antibody (MAb), P97 protein, epitope identification

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