Selection of antigenically advanced variants of seasonal influenza viruses
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Chengjun Li Masato Hatta David F Burke Jihui Ping Ying Zhang Makoto Ozawa Andrew S Taft Subash C Das Anthony P Hanson Jiasheng Song Masaki Imai Peter R Wilker Tokiko Watanabe Shinji Watanabe Mutsumi Ito Kiyoko Iwatsuki-Horimoto Colin A Russell Sarah L James Eugene Skepner Eileen A Maher Gabriele Neumann Alexander I Klimov Anne Kelso John Mccauley Dayan Wang Yuelong Shu Takato Odagiri Masato Tashiro Xiyan Xu David E Wentworth Jacqueline M Katz Nancy J Cox Derek J Smith Yoshihiro Kawaoka Toggle all authors (34)
Abstract
Influenza viruses mutate frequently, necessitating constant updates of vaccine viruses. To establish experimental approaches that may complement the current vaccine strain selection process, we selected antigenic variants from human H1N1 and H3N2 influenza virus libraries possessing random mutations in the globular head of the haemagglutinin protein (which includes the antigenic sites) by incubating them with human and/or ferret convalescent sera to human H1N1 and H3N2 viruses. We also selected antigenic escape variants from human viruses treated with convalescent sera and from mice that had been previously immunized against human influenza viruses. Our pilot studies with past influenza viruses identified escape mutants that were antigenically similar to variants that emerged in nature, establishing the feasibility of our approach. Our studies with contemporary human influenza viruses identified escape mutants before they caused an epidemic in 2014-2015. This approach may aid in the prediction of potential antigenic escape variants and the selection of future vaccine candidates before they become widespread in nature.
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Journal Nature Microbiology
Volume 1
Issue number 6
Pages 16058
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Publisher website (DOI) 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.58
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Europe PubMed Central 27572841
Pubmed 27572841