PMID- 29513845 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20180419 LR - 20180419 IS - 1678-9849 (Electronic) IS - 0037-8682 (Linking) VI - 51 IP - 1 DP - 2018 Jan-Feb TI - Development and characterization of a packaging cell line for pseudo-infectious yellow fever virus particle generation. PG - 66-70 LID - S0037-86822018000100066 [pii] LID - 10.1590/0037-8682-0220-2017 [doi] AB - INTRODUCTION: Pseudo-infectious yellow fever viral particles (YFV-PIVs) have been used to study vaccines and viral packaging. Here, we report the development of a packaging cell line, which expresses the YFV prM/E proteins. METHODS: HEK293 cells were transfected with YFV prM/E and C (84 nt) genes to generate HEK293-YFV-PrM/E-opt. The cells were evaluated for their ability to express the heterologous proteins and to package the replicon repYFV-17D-LucIRES, generating YFV-PIVs. RESULTS: The expression of prM/E proteins was confirmed, and the cell line trans-packaged the replicon for recovery of a reporter for the YFV-PIVs. CONCLUSIONS: HEK293-YFV-prM/E-opt trans-packaging capacity demonstrates its possible biotechnology application. FAU - Queiroz, Sabrina Ribeiro de Almeida AU - Queiroz SRA AD - Departamento de Virologia e Terapia Experimental, Instituto Aggeu Magalhaes, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brasil. FAU - Silva Junior, Jose Valter Joaquim AU - Silva Junior JVJ AD - Departamento de Virologia e Terapia Experimental, Instituto Aggeu Magalhaes, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brasil. FAU - Silva, Andrea Nazare Monteiro Rangel da AU - Silva ANMRD AD - Laboratorio de Virologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal do Para-UFPA, Belem, Para, Brasil. FAU - Carvalho, Amanda Gomes de Oliveira AU - Carvalho AGO AD - Departamento de Virologia e Terapia Experimental, Instituto Aggeu Magalhaes, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brasil. FAU - Santos, Jefferson Jose da Silva AU - Santos JJDS AD - Department of Population Health, Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, USA. FAU - Gil, Laura Helena Vega Gonzales AU - Gil LHVG AD - Departamento de Virologia e Terapia Experimental, Instituto Aggeu Magalhaes, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Recife, PE, Brasil. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Brazil TA - Rev Soc Bras Med Trop JT - Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical JID - 7507456 RN - 0 (Vaccines, Virus-Like Particle) RN - 147336-22-9 (Green Fluorescent Proteins) SB - IM MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect MH - Green Fluorescent Proteins MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - Vaccines, Virus-Like Particle/genetics/*immunology MH - Virus Assembly/genetics/*immunology MH - Virus Replication/genetics/*immunology MH - Yellow fever virus/genetics/*immunology EDAT- 2018/03/08 06:00 MHDA- 2018/04/20 06:00 CRDT- 2018/03/08 06:00 PHST- 2017/06/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/09/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/03/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/03/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/04/20 06:00 [medline] AID - S0037-86822018000100066 [pii] AID - 10.1590/0037-8682-0220-2017 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2018 Jan-Feb;51(1):66-70. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0220-2017.