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In-cell Western assay to quantify infection with pathogenic orthohantavirus Puumala virus in replication kinetics and antiviral drug testing
| Title: | In-cell Western assay to quantify infection with pathogenic orthohantavirus Puumala virus in replication kinetics and antiviral drug testing |
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| Authors: | Christian Nusshag, Pamela Schreiber, Josephine Uhrig, Martin Zeier, Ellen Krautkrämer |
| Source: | Virus Research, Vol 337, Iss , Pp 199230- (2023) |
| Publisher Information: | Elsevier, 2023. |
| Publication Year: | 2023 |
| Collection: | LCC:Microbiology LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Subject Terms: | Orthohantavirus, Puumala virus, Podocytes, Infectivity, N protein, Antivirals, Microbiology, QR1-502, Infectious and parasitic diseases, RC109-216 |
| More Details: | Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) represents a serious zoonotic disease caused by orthohantaviruses in Eurasia. A specific antiviral therapy is not available. HFRS is characterized by acute kidney injury (AKI) with often massive proteinuria. Infection of kidney cells may contribute to the clinical picture. However, orthohantaviral replication in kidney cells is not well characterized. Therefore, we aimed to perform a reliable high-throughput assay that allows the quantification of infection rates and testing of antiviral compounds in different cell types. We quantified relative infection rates of Eurasian pathogenic Puumala virus (PUUV) by staining of nucleocapsid protein (N protein) in an in-cell Western (ICW) assay. Vero E6 cells, derived from the African green monkey and commonly used in viral cell culture studies, and the human podocyte cell line CIHP (conditionally immortalized human podocytes) were used to test the ICW assay for replication kinetics and antiviral drug testing. Quantification of infection by ICW revealed reliable results for both cell types, as shown by their correlation with immunofluorescence quantification results by counting infected cells. Evaluation of antiviral efficacy of ribavirin by ICW assay revealed differences in the toxicity (TC) and inhibitory concentrations (IC) between Vero E6 cells and podocytes. IC5O of ribavirin in podocytes is about 12-fold lower than in Vero E6 cells. In summary, ICW assay together with relevant human target cells represents an important tool for the study of hantaviral replication and drug testing. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1872-7492 |
| Relation: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168170223001922; https://doaj.org/toc/1872-7492 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.virusres.2023.199230 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/f12b8d4807b94743a81ce510ce81cce8 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.f12b8d4807b94743a81ce510ce81cce8 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 18727492 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.virusres.2023.199230 |
| Published in: | Virus Research |
| Language: | English |