Simple and rapid plaque assay for recombinant baculoviruses expressing influenza hemagglutinin.
Simple and rapid plaque assay for recombinant baculoviruses expressing influenza hemagglutinin.
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10.1177/00368504211004261
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发表时间:
2021-01
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影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Quan, Fu-Shi
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作者:
Basak, Swarnendu;Kang, Hae-Ji;Chu, Ki-Back;Oh, Judy;Quan, Fu-Shi
Recombinant baculoviruses (rBVs) have been extensively used to generate virus-like particles, and baculoviruses expressing antigenic proteins have become efficient tools for inducing protective immunity. However, current methods for generating baculoviruses are costly and inefficient. Thus, the development of a simple, rapid, and accurate method of baculovirus titration is critically important. We established a method of plaque assay using an immunostaining method by which plaques can be easily visualized in Sf9 cells under a light microscope. Sf9 cells were infected with recombinant baculoviruses expressing influenza hemagglutinin surface proteins from H1N1 (A/California/04/09) or rH5N1 (A/Vietnam/1203/04). The infected cells were incubated with anti-HA antibody and the plaques were visualized using the chromogen 3′3-diaminobenzidine (DAB). Plaques were observed from days 1 to 6 post-infection, and differences in Sf9 cell seeding densities resulted in variations in the final plaque quantification. Sf9 cells seeded at a concentration of 5.5 × 104 cells/well or 7.5 × 104 cells/well showed the higher plaque titers at days 3, 4, and 5 post-infection than those found at days 1, 2, and 6 post-infection. With 5.5 × 104 cells/well or 7.5 × 104 cells/well of cell concentrations, recombinant baculovirus for rBV-HA (H1N1) showed 6 × 107 pfu/ml of titer and rBVs for rBV-HA (rH5N1) showed 5.4 × 107 pfu/ml of titer. Three days of baculovirus incubation with a certain concentration of Sf9 cells seeded are required for a rapid, simple, and accurate plaque assay, which could significantly contribute to all baculovirus-related studies.
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