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- ArticleVelicer LF, Yager DR, Clark JL.J Virol. 1978 Jul;27(1):205-17.Sera from chickens naturally infected with Marek's disease herpesvirus (MDHV) form preciptin lines with at least two immunologically distinct soluble antigens designated MDHV-A and MDHV-B. Partial purification and characterization of the glycoprotein MDHV-A antigen was previously reported. MDHV-B was found predominantly in the sonically treated extracts of infected cells, in contrast to the predominantly extracellular MDHV-A. Analysis of these extracts from [14C]glucosamine-labeled cells by immunodiffusion with chicken anti MDHV-B serum negative for MDHV-A followed by autoradiography confirmed that MDHV-B was a common antigen between MDHV and herpesvirus of turkeys and revealed that it was also a glycoprotein. Because of their glycoprotein nature, both MDHV-A and MDHV-B bound to concanavalin A affinity chromatography columns and could then be eluted by alpha-methyl-D-mannoside and recovered for further analysis. Concanavalin A affinity chromatography was an excellent technique for initial purification of MDHV-A and MDHV-B, since approximately 5- and 15- fold purification, respectively, was achieved in a single simple step. MDHV-B was resistant to trypsin under conditions where MDHV-A was sensitive, but was similar to MDHV-A in resistance to pH 2.0 and to 1.0 or 2.0 M urea and 0.05% Brij 35. Partially purified MDHV-B was analyzed by sucrose gradient sedimentation, isoelectric focusing, and gel filtration on Sephadex G-200 in the presence of 1.0 or 2.0 M urea and 0.05% Brij 35 to purify the antigen and to determine its physical and chemical properties in comparison with those already reported for MDHV-A. MDHV-B had a much lower isoelectric point in pH 4,54, a higher sedimentation coefficient of 4.4S, and a greater molecular weight of 58,250. These data indicate that MDHV-B is physically distinct from MDHV-A antigen, although the size difference is not sufficient to allow for effective separation. In contrast, the isoelectric point difference of greater than 2 pH units makes isoelectric focusing an effective means of purifying the antigens free of one another. The four-step purification procedure achieved greater than 200-fold purification of MDHV-B. Immunization of rabbits with this highly purified antigen results in the preparation of antisera that appeared monospecific for MDHV-B in immunodiffusion.