Antigen capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for specific detection of Reston Ebola virus nucleoprotein

Clin Diagn Lab Immunol. 2003 Jul;10(4):552-7. doi: 10.1128/cdli.10.4.552-557.2003.

Abstract

Antigen capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is one of the most useful methods to detect Ebola virus rapidly. We previously developed an antigen capture ELISA using a monoclonal antibody (MAb), 3-3D, which reacted not only to the nucleoprotein (NP) of Zaire Ebola virus (EBO-Z) but also to the NPs of Sudan (EBO-S) and Reston Ebola (EBO-R) viruses. In this study, we developed antigen capture ELISAs using two novel MAbs, Res2-6C8 and Res2-1D8, specific to the NP of EBO-R. Res2-6C8 and Res2-1D8 recognized epitopes consisting of 4 and 8 amino acid residues, respectively, near the C-terminal region of the EBO-R NP. The antigen capture ELISAs using these two MAbs detected the EBO-R NP in the tissues from EBO-R-infected cynomolgus macaques. The antigen capture ELISAs using Res2-6C8 and Res2-1D8 are useful for the rapid detection of the NP in EBO-R-infected cynomolgus macaques.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology*
  • Antibodies, Viral / immunology*
  • Antibody Specificity
  • Antigens, Viral / analysis*
  • Antigens, Viral / immunology
  • Ebolavirus / immunology*
  • Ebolavirus / isolation & purification
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay*
  • Epitopes / immunology
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / diagnosis*
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / immunology
  • Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / virology
  • Macaca fascicularis
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Nucleocapsid Proteins / analysis*
  • Nucleocapsid Proteins / chemistry
  • Nucleocapsid Proteins / immunology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Antigens, Viral
  • Epitopes
  • Nucleocapsid Proteins
  • nucleocapsid protein, Ebola virus