A convenient cell fusion assay for the study of SARS‐CoV entry and inhibition

Autor: Ying Zhu, Da He Jiang, Wen Lan Wu, Xin Mao, Rui Gong, Zhi Jian Cao, Wenxin Li, Ying Liang Wu, Hui Liu, Xiu Ling Xu, Yong Gang Sha
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2008
Předmět:
fusion inhibition
Time Factors
viruses
Clinical Biochemistry
Green Fluorescent Proteins
ACE2
Biology
Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
Biochemistry
Article
Flow cytometry
S protein
Cell Fusion
Viral Envelope Proteins
Viral entry
Chlorocebus aethiops
Genetics
medicine
Escherichia coli
Animals
Trypsin
cell‐to‐cell fusion assay
Molecular Biology
Fluorescent Dyes
Glutathione Transferase
Syncytium
COS cells
Cell fusion
Membrane Glycoproteins
medicine.diagnostic_test
Ligand binding assay
SARS‐CoV
Cell Biology
Articles
Molecular biology
Coculture Techniques
Recombinant Proteins
Cell biology
Luminescent Proteins
Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus
Cell culture
COS Cells
Spike Glycoprotein
Coronavirus

Biological Assay
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2
Peptides
Fusion mechanism
Zdroj: Iubmb Life
ISSN: 1521-6551
1521-6543
Popis: SARS‐CoV spike (S) protein‐mediated cell fusion is important for the viral entry mechanism and identification of SARS‐CoV entry inhibitors. In order to avoid the high risks involved in handling SARS‐CoV and to facilitate the study of viral fusion mechanism, we established the cell lines: SR‐COS7 cells that stably express both SARS‐CoV S protein and red fluorescence protein, R‐COS7 cells that stably express red fluorescence protein, and AG‐COS7 cells that stably express both ACE2 and green fluorescence protein, respectively. When SR‐COS7 cells or R‐COS7 cells were cocultured with AG‐COS7 cells, syncytia with yellow fluorescence were conveniently observed after 12 h in SR‐COS7 cells plus AG‐COS7 cells, but not in R‐COS7 cells plus AG‐COS7 cells. The cell‐to‐cell fusion efficiency was simply determined for quantitative analysis based on the number of syncytium detected by flow cytometry. Such new cell‐to‐cell fusion model was further assessed by the potent HR2 peptide inhibitor, which led to the obvious decrease of the cell‐to‐cell fusion efficiency. The successful fusion and inhibition of cell‐based binding assay shows that it can be well used for the study of SARS‐CoV entry and inhibition. iubmb Life, 58: 480 ‐ 486, 2006
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