A Pseudovirus-Based Entry Assay to Evaluate Neutralizing Activity against Respiratory Syncytial Virus

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection can cause life-threatening pneumonia and bronchiolitis, posing a significant threat to human health worldwide, especially to children and the elderly. Currently, there is no specific treatment for RSV infection. The most effective measures for preventing RSV infection are vaccines and prophylactic medications. However, not all population groups are eligible for the approved vaccines or antibody-based preventive medications. Therefore, there is an urgent need to develop novel vaccines and prophylactic drugs available for people of all ages. High-throughput assays that evaluate the efficacy of viral entry inhibitors or vaccine-induced neutralizing antibodies in blocking RSV entry are crucial for evaluating vaccine and prophylactic drug candidates. We developed an efficient entry assay using a lentiviral pseudovirus carrying the fusion (F) protein of type A or B RSV. In addition, the essential parameters were systematically optimized, including the number of transfected plasmids, storage conditions of the pseudovirus, cell types, cell numbers, virus inoculum, and time point of detection. Furthermore, the convalescent sera exhibited comparable inhibitory activity in this assay as in the authentic RSV virus neutralization assay. We established a robust pseudovirus-based entry assay for RSV, which holds excellent promise for studying entry mechanisms, evaluating viral entry inhibitors, and assessing vaccine-elicited neutralizing antibodies against RSV.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Viruses - 15(2023), 7 vom: 14. Juli

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hu, Longbo [VerfasserIn]
Jiang, Jiajing [VerfasserIn]
Tang, Yongjie [VerfasserIn]
Mei, Lingling [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Liping [VerfasserIn]
Li, Leyi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Hongzhou [VerfasserIn]
Long, Fei [VerfasserIn]
Xiao, Jing [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Tao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Entry assay
Journal Article
Neutralization antibody
Pseudovirus
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
Vaccine
Viral Fusion Proteins

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Date Completed 31.07.2023

Date Revised 03.08.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/v15071548

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360151051