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Enhancing dengue virus maturation using a stable furin over-expressing cell line.

Authors :
Mukherjee, Swati
Sirohi, Devika
Dowd, Kimberly A.
Chen, Zhenguo
Diamond, Michael S.
Kuhn, Richard J.
Pierson, Theodore C.
Source :
Virology. Oct2016, Vol. 497, p33-40. 8p.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

Flaviviruses are positive-stranded RNA viruses that incorporate envelope (E) and premembrane (prM) proteins into the virion. Furin-mediated cleavage of prM defines a required maturation step in the flavivirus lifecycle. Inefficient prM cleavage results in structurally heterogeneous virions with unique antigenic and functional characteristics. Recent studies with dengue virus suggest that viruses produced in tissue culture cells are less mature than those produced in primary cells. In this study, we describe a Vero cell line that ectopically expresses high levels of human furin (Vero-furin) for use in the production of more homogenous mature flavivirus populations. Laboratory-adapted and clinical dengue virus isolates grow efficiently in Vero-furin cells. Biochemical and structural techniques demonstrate efficient prM cleavage in Vero-furin derived virus preparations. These virions also were less sensitive to neutralization by antibodies that bind efficiently to immature virions. This furin-expressing cell line will be of considerable utility for flavivirus neutralization and structural studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00426822
Volume :
497
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Virology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
118074067
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virol.2016.06.022