Pseudovirus Binding
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Production and Collection of Pseudovirus Particles Using Mammalian Cell Culture
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Source: Jamieson, T. R., et al. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies using High-Throughput Fluorescent Imaging of Pseudovirus Infection. J. Vis. Exp. (2021)This video demonstrates the procedure for infecting mammalian cells with green fluorescent protein (GFP)-encoding pseudovirus, monitoring viral replication and spread by fluorescence microscopy, and collecting virus-containing supernatant for downstream applications.
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Quantification of Pseudovirus Particles by Plaque Assay
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Source: Jamieson, T. R., et al., Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies using High-Throughput Fluorescent Imaging of Pseudovirus Infection. J. Vis. Exp. (2021)This video describes the virus plaque assay using coronavirus pseudovirus particles. The diluted pseudovirus is added to a monolayer of mammalian cells, followed by incubation with a methylcellulose overlay. Plaques formed by infected cells are counted visually to determine the infectious virus titer.
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Assessing Pseudovirus Infection Using Luciferase Reporter Assay
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Source: Chang, X., et al. Preparation of Pseudo-Typed H5 Avian Influenza Viruses with Calcium Phosphate Transfection Method and Measurement of Antibody Neutralizing Activity. J. Vis. Exp. (2021).This video demonstrates a luciferase-based assay to quantify pseudovirus infection in epithelial cells. The pseudovirus encodes the luciferase gene, which is expressed in infected cells. After washing, and cells are incubated with lysis buffer at an ultra-low temperature, and then thawed to induce lysis.
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Production of Pseudovirus Using Plasmid Transfection in Human Cells
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Source: Chang, X., et al. Preparation of Pseudo-Typed H5 Avian Influenza Viruses with Calcium Phosphate Transfection Method and Measurement of Antibody Neutralizing Activity. J. Vis. Exp. (2021)This video demonstrates the production of influenza pseudoviruses in human cells using calcium phosphate-mediated plasmid transfection, enabling safe generation of single-cycle viral particles for downstream applications such as antibody neutralization assays under biosafety level 2 conditions.
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Determining Optimal Target Cell Density Using a Luciferase-Based Pseudovirus Infection Assay
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Source: Chang, X., et al. Preparation of Pseudo-Typed H5 Avian Influenza Viruses with Calcium Phosphate Transfection Method and Measurement of Antibody Neutralizing Activity. J. Vis. Exp. (2021)This video demonstrates a luciferase-based pseudovirus titration assay to determine the optimal target cell density for maximum infection. By comparing luminescence across cell densities, the method ensures high assay sensitivity and reproducibility for downstream applications.
FAQs
The decisive interaction is recognition between a selected viral surface protein and a compatible molecule on the target cell. This compatibility determines whether particles attach under the experimental conditions, allowing investigators to examine receptor usage and compare how different cell types support the earliest stages of virus–cell interaction.
Differences in attachment among target cells can indicate which cells express molecules recognized by the displayed viral protein. Because cellular tropism concerns the cells associated with viral interaction, binding measurements help map receptor preferences and identify cell-specific patterns before researchers examine later stages of infection.
Binding depends on the interaction between the displayed surface protein and its compatible host-cell receptor, so measurements must be interpreted within the conditions used for the experiment. Keeping those conditions defined supports meaningful comparisons of attachment, receptor usage, and factors that may alter early virus–cell interactions.
Researchers select engineered particles displaying the viral surface protein of interest and expose them to target cells under defined conditions. Fluorescent or otherwise tagged particles provide a way to detect attachment, after which the amount of bound material can be quantified. This workflow supports direct comparisons across cell types or experimental conditions.
Variant comparisons are useful when investigators want to determine whether changes in selected viral surface proteins alter attachment to target-cell receptors. Measuring binding across variants can reveal differences in receptor usage or cellular tropism while avoiding propagation of a fully infectious virus, supporting studies of early entry-related interactions.
Pseudovirus binding assays can be applied to evaluate neutralizing antibodies, entry inhibitors, and vaccine responses by examining whether these factors influence particle attachment to target cells. Fluorescent or tagged particles make the interaction quantifiable, enabling comparisons of how experimental treatments affect receptor engagement and the early stages of virus–cell contact.