Abstract
Chinese hamster ovary cells have been engineered to secrete an anchorless form of the varicella-zoster virus gpII protein. Purification of the recombinant product was achieved by a combination of hydrophobic and gel filtration chromatography giving rise to a protein more than 85% pure. Recombinant gpII was composed of several polypeptides which, on the basis of amino-terminal sequence analysis, corresponded to a 93-kDa precursor and to the N- and C-terminal subunits of the molecule (64 and 39/36 kDa, respectively). Ah polypeptides carried N-linked high-mannose and complex glycosylations, whereas O-glycosylations were carried by the precursor and the N-terminal subunits only. Surprisingly, purified recombinant gpII spontaneously formed large oligomeric structures of variable size. These complexes contained noncovalently linked lipids. Mice inoculated with the recombinant gpII absorbed onto the weak adjuvant, aluminium hydroxide, produced virus neutralizing antibodies. The recombinant gpII may thus constitute a good candidate for the development of a subunit vaccine against varicella-zoster virus.
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