Transfection-independent production of alphavirus replicon particles based on poxvirus expression vectors

Autor: Seema S Gangolli, Nikos Vasilakis, Darlene Falvey, Timothy J. Zamb, Stephen A. Udem, Jacek Kowalski, Gerald R. Kovacs, John W. Coleman
Rok vydání: 2003
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Zdroj: Nature Biotechnology. 21:932-935
ISSN: 1546-1696
1087-0156
DOI: 10.1038/nbt845
Popis: This report describes a transfection-independent system for packaging alphavirus replicon vectors using modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) vectors to express all of the RNA components necessary for the production of Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus replicon particles (VRP). Infection of mammalian cells with these recombinant MVA vectors resulted in robust expression of VEE structural genes, replication of the alphavirus vector and high titers of VRP. In addition, VRP packaging was achieved in a cell type (fetal rhesus lung) that has been approved for the manufacturing of vaccines destined for human use.
Databáze: OpenAIRE