Production and characterization of high-titer serum-free cell culture grown hepatitis C virus particles of genotype 1-6
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Recently, cell culture systems producing hepatitis C virus particles (HCVcc) were developed. Establishment of serum-free culture conditions is expected to facilitate development of a whole-virus inactivated HCV vaccine. We describe generation of genotype 1-6 serum-free HCVcc (sf-HCVcc) from Huh7.5 hepatoma cells cultured in adenovirus expression medium. Compared to HCVcc, sf-HCVcc showed 0.6-2.1 log10 higher infectivity titers (4.7-6.2 log10 Focus Forming Units/mL), possibly due to increased release and specific infectivity of sf-HCVcc. In contrast to HCVcc, sf-HCVcc had a homogeneous single-peak density profile. Entry of sf-HCVcc depended on HCV co-receptors CD81, LDLr, and SR-BI, and clathrin-mediated endocytosis. HCVcc and sf-HCVcc were neutralized similarly by chronic-phase patient sera and by human monoclonal antibodies targeting conformational epitopes. Thus, we developed serum-free culture systems producing high-titer single-density sf-HCVcc, showing similar biological properties as HCVcc. This methodology has the potential to advance HCV vaccine development and to facilitate biophysical studies of HCV.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Virology |
Volume | 458-459 |
Pages (from-to) | 190-208 |
Number of pages | 19 |
ISSN | 0042-6822 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2014 |
- Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Survival, Culture Media, Serum-Free, Gene Expression Regulation, Viral, Genotype, Hepacivirus, Humans, Virus Cultivation
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