Pseudovirus-Based Assays for the Measurement of Antibody-Mediated Neutralization of SARS-CoV-2

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SARS-CoV-2 has emerged as a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Virus neutralization assays are critical for the development and evaluation of vaccines and immunotherapeutics, as well as for conducting basic research into the immune response, spread, and pathogenesis of this disease. However, neutralization assays traditionally require the use of infectious virus which must be carefully handled in a BSL-3 setting, thus complicating the assay and restricting its use to labs with access to BSL-3 facilities. Pseudovirus-based assays are an alternative to the use of infectious virus. SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus contains only the spike structural protein, and infection results in a single round of replication, thus allowing for the assay to be run safely under BSL-2 conditions. In this chapter, we describe protocols and considerations for the production and titration of lentivirus-based SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus, as well as for running and analysis of FACS-based pseudovirus neutralization assays.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2452

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Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 2452(2022) vom: 10., Seite 361-378

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Balinsky, Corey [VerfasserIn]
Jani, Vihasi [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Peifang [VerfasserIn]
Williams, Maya [VerfasserIn]
Defang, Gabriel [VerfasserIn]
Porter, Kevin R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Antibody
COVID-19
Journal Article
Lentivirus
Neutralization
Protocols
Pseudovirus (PV)
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2
Spike
Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus
Spike protein, SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 17.05.2022

Date Revised 13.06.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/978-1-0716-2111-0_21

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NLM34080890X