Murine leukemia virus (MLV) replication monitored with fluorescent proteins
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cancer gene therapy will benefit from vectors that are able to replicate in tumor tissue and cause a bystander effect. Replication-competent murine leukemia virus (MLV) has been described to have potential as cancer therapeutics, how...
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| author | Bittner Alexandra Erlwein Otto Sliva Katja Schnierle Barbara S |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cancer gene therapy will benefit from vectors that are able to replicate in tumor tissue and cause a bystander effect. Replication-competent murine leukemia virus (MLV) has been described to have potential as cancer therapeutics, however, MLV infection does not cause a cytopathic effect in the infected cell and viral replication can only be studied by immunostaining or measurement of reverse transcriptase activity.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We inserted the coding sequences for green fluorescent protein (GFP) into the proline-rich region (PRR) of the ecotropic envelope protein (Env) and were able to fluorescently label MLV. This allowed us to directly monitor viral replication and attachment to target cells by flow cytometry. We used this method to study viral replication of recombinant MLVs and split viral genomes, which were generated by replacement of the MLV <it>env </it>gene with the red fluorescent protein (RFP) and separately cloning GFP-Env into a retroviral vector. Co-transfection of both plasmids into target cells resulted in the generation of semi-replicative vectors, and the two color labeling allowed to determine the distribution of the individual genomes in the target cells and was indicative for the occurrence of recombination events.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Fluorescently labeled MLVs are excellent tools for the study of factors that influence viral replication and can be used to optimize MLV-based replication-competent viruses or vectors for gene therapy.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0c73b710494043a38d5de078e6eb1a4e2022-12-21T22:03:23ZengBMCVirology Journal1743-422X2004-12-01111410.1186/1743-422X-1-14Murine leukemia virus (MLV) replication monitored with fluorescent proteinsBittner AlexandraErlwein OttoSliva KatjaSchnierle Barbara S<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cancer gene therapy will benefit from vectors that are able to replicate in tumor tissue and cause a bystander effect. Replication-competent murine leukemia virus (MLV) has been described to have potential as cancer therapeutics, however, MLV infection does not cause a cytopathic effect in the infected cell and viral replication can only be studied by immunostaining or measurement of reverse transcriptase activity.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>We inserted the coding sequences for green fluorescent protein (GFP) into the proline-rich region (PRR) of the ecotropic envelope protein (Env) and were able to fluorescently label MLV. This allowed us to directly monitor viral replication and attachment to target cells by flow cytometry. We used this method to study viral replication of recombinant MLVs and split viral genomes, which were generated by replacement of the MLV <it>env </it>gene with the red fluorescent protein (RFP) and separately cloning GFP-Env into a retroviral vector. Co-transfection of both plasmids into target cells resulted in the generation of semi-replicative vectors, and the two color labeling allowed to determine the distribution of the individual genomes in the target cells and was indicative for the occurrence of recombination events.</p> <p>Conclusions</p> <p>Fluorescently labeled MLVs are excellent tools for the study of factors that influence viral replication and can be used to optimize MLV-based replication-competent viruses or vectors for gene therapy.</p>http://www.virologyj.com/content/1/1/14 |
| spellingShingle | Bittner Alexandra Erlwein Otto Sliva Katja Schnierle Barbara S Murine leukemia virus (MLV) replication monitored with fluorescent proteins Virology Journal |
| title | Murine leukemia virus (MLV) replication monitored with fluorescent proteins |
| title_full | Murine leukemia virus (MLV) replication monitored with fluorescent proteins |
| title_fullStr | Murine leukemia virus (MLV) replication monitored with fluorescent proteins |
| title_full_unstemmed | Murine leukemia virus (MLV) replication monitored with fluorescent proteins |
| title_short | Murine leukemia virus (MLV) replication monitored with fluorescent proteins |
| title_sort | murine leukemia virus mlv replication monitored with fluorescent proteins |
| url | http://www.virologyj.com/content/1/1/14 |
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