Clear Search sequence regions


  • alphavirus (2)
  • cdna (2)
  • cell fusion (2)
  • genomes (1)
  • glycol (1)
  • humans (1)
  • mild symptoms (1)
  • mosquito bites (1)
  • mrna (1)
  • reagent (2)
  • rna (1)
  • rna viral (2)
  • rna virus (2)
  • sars cov (2)
  • sindbis virus (9)
  • spheroplasts (3)
  • yeast (5)
  • Sizes of these terms reflect their relevance to your search.

    Sindbis virus (SINV), a positive-sense single stranded RNA virus that causes mild symptoms in humans, is transmitted by mosquito bites. SINV reverse genetics have many implications, not only in understanding alphavirus transmission, replication cycle, and virus-host interactions, but also in biotechnology and biomedical applications. The rescue of SINV infectious particles is usually achieved by transfecting susceptible cells (BHK-21) with SINV-infectious mRNA genomes generated from cDNA constructed via in vitro translation (IVT). That procedure is time consuming, costly, and relies heavily on reagent quality. Here, we constructed a novel infectious SINV cDNA construct that expresses its genomic RNA in yeast cells controlled by galactose induction. Using spheroplasts made from this yeast, we established a robust polyethylene glycol-mediated yeast: BHK-21 fusion protocol to rescue infectious SINV particles. Our approach is timesaving and utilizes common lab reagents for SINV rescue. It could be a useful tool for the rescue of large single strand RNA viruses, such as SARS-CoV-2.

    Citation

    Lin Ding, David M Brown, John I Glass. Rescue of Infectious Sindbis Virus by Yeast Spheroplast-Mammalian Cell Fusion. Viruses. 2021 Apr 01;13(4)

    Expand section icon Mesh Tags

    Expand section icon Substances


    PMID: 33916100

    View Full Text