Development of a SARS-CoV-2 neutralization assay based on a pseudotyped virus using a HIV system

© 2024 The Authors. MedComm published by Sichuan International Medical Exchange & Promotion Association (SCIMEA) and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd..

Regarding the extensive global attention to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that constitutes an international public health emergency, pseudovirus neutralization assays have been widely applied due to their advantages of being able to be conducted in biosafety level 2 laboratories and having a high safety factor. In this study, by adding a blue fluorescent protein (AmCyan) gene to the HIV system pSG3-△env backbone plasmid HpaI and truncating the C-terminal 21 amino acids of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (S), high-titer SARS-CoV-2-Sdel21-AmCyan fluorescent pseudovirus was successfully packaged. The fluorescent pseudovirus was used to establish a neutralization assay in a 96-well plate using 293T cells stably transfected with the AF cells. Then, parameters such as the ratio of backbone and membrane plasmid, sensitive cells, inoculation of cells and virus, as well as incubation and detection time were optimized. The pseudovirus neutralization assay demonstrated high accuracy, sensitivity, repeatability, and a strong correlation with the luminescent pseudovirus neutralization assay. Additionally, we scaled up the neutralizing antibody determination method by increasing the plate size from 96 wells to 384 wells. We have established a robust fluorescent pseudotyped virus neutralization assay for SARS-CoV-2 using the HIV system, providing a foundation for serum neutralization antibody detection, monoclonal antibody screening, and vaccine development.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

Enthalten in:

MedComm - 5(2024), 4 vom: 20. März, Seite e517

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Liang, Ziteng [VerfasserIn]
Tong, Jincheng [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Xi [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shuo [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Jiajing [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Yuanling [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Li [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Chenyan [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Qiong [VerfasserIn]
Nie, Jianhui [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Weijin [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Youchun [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Fluorescent pseudovirus
HIV system
Journal Article
Neutralization assay
SARS‐CoV‐2

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Date Revised 26.03.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/mco2.517

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370146751