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Construction and application of alphavirus single round particle

  • SUN Xinran ,
  • TIAN Sicheng ,
  • MA Yanlong ,
  • FENG Fei ,
  • ZHANG Rong
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  • Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology (MOE/NHC/CAMS), Shanghai Institute of Infectious Disease and Biosecurity, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China

Received date: 2023-02-28

  Online published: 2023-06-25

Abstract

Alphaviruses mainly include old-world alphaviruses that cause arthritis and new-world alphaviruses that cause fatal encephalitis, which can lead to serious diseases in humans. In order to establish a safe and convenient tool to study the entry mechanism of alphaviruses, this study established pseudovirus particle system-based on murine leukemia virus (MLV) and virus replicon particle (VRP) system-based on Sindbis viurs (SINV). Using these pseudoviruses and VRPs, the effects of knockout of heparan sulfate biosynthesis related gene B3 gat3 (beta-1, 3-glucuronyltransferase 3) and arthritogenic alphavirus related entry receptor gene Mxra8 (matrix remodeling associated 8) on cell entry of different alphavirus members were verified. Therefore, the MLV-based pseudovirus and SINV-based VRP systems in this study provide a safe and reliable experimental tool for the research on the entry mechanism of alphavirus members and the development of antiviral strategy.

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SUN Xinran , TIAN Sicheng , MA Yanlong , FENG Fei , ZHANG Rong . Construction and application of alphavirus single round particle[J]. Journal of Microbes and Infections, 2023 , 18(3) : 129 -136 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-6184.2023.03.001

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