An In Vitro Recombinant Virus Reporter System for the Detection of Viral Infection

Abstract

Source: Nishitsuji, H., et al. Development of a Hepatitis B Virus Reporter System to Monitor the Early Stages of the Replication Cycle. J. Vis. Exp. (2017).

This video demonstrates an in vitro technique to detect hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection via a recombinant HBV reporter system. Upon infecting host cells, the recombinant viral genome expresses the luciferase reporter enzyme, which produces bioluminescence upon oxidizing its substrate — helping detect viral infection.

Protocol

1. Production of Recombinant HBV Encoding the Reporter Protein

1. Preparation of HepG2 cells
   1. Prepare cell culture medium (Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium or DMEM) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), 100 U/ml penicillin, 100 µg/ml streptomycin, and 100 U/ml nonessential amino acids).
   2. Plate 4 x 10⁶ HepG2 cells in a 10-cm collagen-coated dish in 10 ml of culture medium the day before transfection. Incubate HepG2 cells at 37 °C in a humidified 5% CO₂ incubator.
      NOTE: When approximately 4 x 10⁶ HepG2 cells are plated in a 10 c....

Materials

List of materials used in this article

Name	Company	Catalog Number	Comments
Nano-Glo Luciferase Assay Regent	Promega	N1110
Penicillin-Streptomycin Mixed Solution	Nacalai tesque	09367-34
MEM Non-Essential Amino Acids Solution	Thermo Fisher Scientific	11140050
DMEM	Thermo Fisher Scientific	11995065
Opti-MEM I Reduced Serum Medium	Thermo Fisher Scientific	31985070
100 mm/collagen-coated dish	Iwaki	4020-010
Lipofectamine 3000 Transfection Reagent	Thermo Fisher Scientific	L3000001
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) 6000	Sigma-Aldrich	81255
Polyethylene glycol (PEG) 8000	Sigma-Aldrich	89510
NaCl	Nacalai tesque	31319-45
0.5 mol/l-EDTA Solution	Nacalai tesque	06894-14
Tris-HCl	Nacalai tesque	35434-21
Millex-HP, 0.45 μm, polyethethersulfone, filter	Merck Millipore	SLHP033RS
Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)	Sigma-Aldrich	D2650
Collagen coated 96-well plate	Corning	NO3585
Passive Lysis 5xBuffer	Promega	E1941
GloMax 96 Microplate Luminometer	Promega	E6501
Sucrose	Nacalai tesque	30403-55
Luminometer plate	Greiner bio-one	655075
HepG2-NTCP1-myc-clone22	-	-	Nishitsuji, H., et al. Cancer. Sci. (2015)
pUC1.2HBV delta epsilon	-	-	Nishitsuji, H., et al. Cancer. Sci. (2015)
pUC1.2HBV/NL	-	-	Nishitsuji, H., et al. Cancer. Sci. (2015)
50 ml tube	Violamo	1-3500-02
Anti-Myc antibody	Sigma-Aldrich	C3956
HBIG	Japan Blood Products Organization	-
IFN-β	Mochida Pharmaceutical	1.49872E+13
Heparin	Sigma-Aldrich	H3393