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Two Methods of Heterokaryon Formation to Discover HCV Restriction Factors
Published on: July 16, 2012
[Construction and recovery of chimeric rabies virus expressing envelop proteins E1E2 of hepatitis C]
Jia-Liang Du1, Ying Huang, Qing Tang
1State Key Laboratory for Molecular Virology and Genetic Engineering, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China.
Objective:
Construction and recovery of chimeric rabies virus expressing HCV envelop proteins E1E2.
Methods:
On the basis of the previously established reverse genetic system CTN-GFP, HCV E1E2 genes were cloned to both replication competent and replication constrained viral vectors based on CTN181 strain and the chimeric viruses CTN-HCV E1E2 and CTNdeltaG-HCV E1E2 were recovered.
Results:
The result demonstrated that both the chimeric viruses were rescued successfully, had the ability to re-infect normal sensitive cell lines and express HCV E1E2 genes detected in the level of mRNA.
Conclusion:
The establishment of chimeric RVs expressing HCV E1E2 genes provides the evidence that it is feasible to develop novel HCV vaccines based on viral vectors in theory and in practice.
