Wu Yuntao, Beddall Margaret H, Marsh Jon W
Section on Molecular Virology, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Regulation, NIMH, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Curr HIV Res. 2007 Jul;5(4):394-402. doi: 10.2174/157016207781024018.
Measuring virion infectivity is critical for studying and monitoring the process of HIV-1 infection. The easiest and the most common method utilizes reporter cell lines based on the HIV LTR promoter. The early HIV gene product Tat amplifies expression from the LTR; however, there is a background transcriptional activity that is independent of Tat. Furthermore, LTR activity can be influenced by cellular activation states. We have recently constructed a Rev-dependent expression vector, and as a test of this construct's functionality, we have integrated this vector into a continuous T cell line. This novel indicator cell has no measurable background signal, is not affected by elevated metabolic states, and yet responds robustly to the presence of HIV. The line is able to complete TCID50 assays in 3-5 days, and appears sensitive to both CCR5- and CXCR4-utilizing viruses.
测量病毒体感染性对于研究和监测HIV-1感染过程至关重要。最简单且最常用的方法是利用基于HIV LTR启动子的报告细胞系。早期HIV基因产物Tat可增强LTR的表达;然而,存在独立于Tat的背景转录活性。此外,LTR活性会受到细胞激活状态的影响。我们最近构建了一种依赖Rev的表达载体,作为对该构建体功能的测试,我们已将此载体整合到一个连续T细胞系中。这种新型指示细胞没有可测量的背景信号,不受代谢状态升高的影响,但对HIV的存在有强烈反应。该细胞系能够在3至5天内完成TCID50测定,并且对利用CCR5和CXCR4的病毒均表现出敏感性。