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- Title
Development of a Cell-Based SARS-CoV-2 Pseudovirus Neutralization Assay Using Imaging and Flow Cytometry Analysis.
- Authors
Izac, Jerilyn R.; Kwee, Edward J.; Tian, Linhua; Elsheikh, Elzafir; Gaigalas, Adolfas K.; Elliott, John T.; Wang, Lili
- Abstract
COVID-19 is an ongoing, global pandemic caused by the novel, highly infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus. Efforts to mitigate the effects of SARS-CoV-2, such as mass vaccination and development of monoclonal therapeutics, require precise measurements of correlative, functional neutralizing antibodies that block virus infection. The development of rapid, safe, and easy-to-use neutralization assays is essential for faster diagnosis and treatment. Here, we developed a vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV)-based neutralization assay with two readout methods, imaging and flow cytometry, that were capable of quantifying varying degrees of neutralization in patient serum samples. We tested two different spike-pseudoviruses and conducted a time-course assay at multiple multiplicities of infection (MOIs) to optimize the assay workflow. The results of this assay correlate with the results of previously developed serology and surrogate neutralization assays. The two pseudovirus readout methods produced similar values of 50% neutralization titer values. Harvest-free in situ readouts for live-cell imaging and high-throughput analysis results for flow cytometry can provide unique capabilities for fast evaluation of neutralization, which is critical for the mitigation of future pandemics.
- Subjects
MONOCLONAL antibodies; FLOW cytometry; SARS-CoV-2; VESICULAR stomatitis; VIRUS diseases; IMAGE analysis
- Publication
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023, Vol 24, Issue 15, p12332
- ISSN
1661-6596
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ijms241512332