Characterization of cells susceptible to SARS-COV-2 and methods for detection of neutralizing antibody by focus forming assay

Abstract The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak and subsequent COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the urgent need to determine what cells are susceptible to infection and for assays to detect and quantify SARS-CoV-2. Furthermore, the ongoing efforts for vaccine development have necessitated the development of rapid, high-throughput methods of quantifying infectious SARS-CoV-2, as well as the ability to screen human polyclonal sera samples for neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2. To this end, our lab has adapted focus forming assays for SARS-CoV-2 using Vero CCL-81 cells, referred to in this text as Vero WHO. Using the focus forming assay as the basis for screening cell susceptibility and to develop a focus reduction neutralization test. We have shown that this assay is a sensitive tool for determining SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody titer in human, non-human primate, and mouse polyclonal sera following SARS-CoV-2 exposure. Additionally, we describe the viral growth kinetics of SARS-CoV-2 in a variety of different immortalized cell lines and demonstrate via human ACE2 and viral spike protein expression that these cell lines can support viral entry and replication..

Medienart:

Preprint

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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bioRxiv.org - (2023) vom: 06. Okt. Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stone, E. Taylor [VerfasserIn]
Geerling, Elizabeth [VerfasserIn]
Steffen, Tara L. [VerfasserIn]
Hassert, Mariah [VerfasserIn]
Dickson, Alexandria [VerfasserIn]
Spencer, Jacqueline F. [VerfasserIn]
Toth, Karoly [VerfasserIn]
DiPaolo, Richard J. [VerfasserIn]
Brien, James D. [VerfasserIn]
Pinto, Amelia K. [VerfasserIn]

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Biology

doi:

10.1101/2020.08.20.259838

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XBI01862801X