Viral Replication and Infection Assays

The rapid emergence of infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, highlight the critical need to better understand the biology of viral infection, propagation in host cells, as well as the immune response that results.

Viral replication and infection assays enable the study of pathogenesis in host cultures and the testing of novel antiviral therapeutics and vaccines. The IncuCyte® Live-Cell Analysis System offers an automated option for working with pathogenic microorganisms, while they remain in the incubator undisturbed for greater biological relevance. Using simple and reliable quantification and non-perturbing reagents, IncuCyte enables real-time analysis of viral infection and replication, host interactions, cell viability, and antiviral screening providing a platform to enable drug discovery for new treatments and vaccine development. The iQue Advanced Flow Cytometry Platform can be used for viral research activities such as antibody library screening, immune response assessment, epitope mapping, and antibody neutralization studies. The small sample volumes enable maximum data collection from each precious sample.

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Real time analysis of viral infection

Fluorescent ‘reporter’ proteins enable quantification of virus infection
Compare infection time-courses and efficiencies

Time-course of nuclear GPF expression in A549 human lung carcinoma cells transduced with IncuCyte® NucLight Green lenti- virus

Time-course of nuclear GPF expression in A549 human lung carcinoma cells transduced with IncuCyte® NucLight Green lenti- virus. Transduction of cells with NucLight Green is titratable (HUVECs).

Investigate infection modulation and synergy

Study factors that promote coinfection

BHK-21 cells were cotransfected with two foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) replicons containing either a GFP (green) or mCherry (red) reporters

BHK-21 cells were cotransfected with two foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) replicons containing either a GFP (green) or mCherry (red) reporters. IncuCyte® coincident object analysis was used to quantify the proportion of cells expressing one (green or red) or both (yellow) of the replicons over time. Data courtesy of Dr. Morgan Herod (University of Leeds).

fiona Webinar: Furthering Insight and Productivity in Cell Biology with Real-Time Quantitative Live-Cell Analysis

Webinar: Furthering Insight and Productivity in Cell Biology with Real-Time Quantitative Live-Cell Analysis

In this webinar you will learn:

How live cell analysis enables the study of FMDV RNA replication without the need for high level bio-containment facilities.
How fluorescent ‘reporter’ proteins allow us to monitor RNA replication by live-cell imaging / image analyses.
How you can use live-cell analysis and imaging, inside your incubator, to handle sensitive experiments

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Representative Publications

IncuCyte® Live-Cell Analysis System:

Host-Virus Interactions

Study interactions between host cells and viral components for greater biological insights into immune responses, apoptosis, and necroptosis.

Cubas-Gaona LL et al. Exacerbated Apoptosis of Cells Infected with Infectious Bursal Disease Virus upon Exposure to Interferon Alpha. J Virol. 2018 May 14;92(11). Read More

Lim K, et al. Biophysical characterization of sites of host adaptive mutation in the influenza A virus RNA polymerase PB2 RNA-binding domain. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2014 Aug;53:237-45. Read More

Guo H, et al. Herpes simplex virus suppresses necroptosis in human cells. Cell Host Microbe. 2015 Feb 11;17(2):243-51. Read More

Viral Replication and Infection

Study viral entry, replication and propagation of viruses, and how they spread.

Herod MR, et al. Employing transposon mutagenesis to investigate foot-and-mouth disease virus. J Gen Virol. 2015 Dec;96(12):3507-3518.

Hassanzadeh G, et al. Characterizing Cellular Responses During Oncolytic Maraba Virus Infection. Int J Mol Sci. 2019 Jan 29;20(3).

Andreu-Moreno I and, Sanjuán R. Collective Infection of Cells by Viral Aggregates Promotes Early Viral Proliferation and Reveals a Cellular-Level Allee Effect. Curr Biol. 2018 Oct 22;28(20):3212-3219.e4. Read More

Qiu S et al. Ebola virus requires phosphatidylinositol (3,5) bisphosphate production for efficient viral entry. Virology. 2018 Jan 1;513:17-28. Read More

Viral Replication and Infection assays

Viral Titers, Antiviral Screening, Vaccine Development

Determine viral titers and screen

Stewart H et al. A novel method for the measurement of hepatitis C virus infectious titres using the IncuCyte ZOOM and its application to antiviral screening. J Virol Methods. 2015 Jun 15;218:59-65. Read More

Viral Therapeutics and Vaccine Development

Identify new therapeutic antiviral candidates and explore development of vaccines.

Smith CA, et al. Macrophage migration inhibitory factor enhances influenza-associated mortality in mice. JCI Insight. 2019 Jul 11;4(13). Read More

Xiao JH et al. Characterization of Influenza Virus Pseudotyped with Ebolavirus Glycoprotein. J Virol. 2018 Jan 30;92(4). Read More

Tang N, et al. Generation of A Triple Insert Live Avian Herpesvirus Vectored Vaccine Using CRISPR/Cas9-Based Gene Editing. Vaccines (Basel). 2020 Feb 21;8(1). pii: E97. Read More

Intellicyt® iQue3 Advance Flow Cytometry:

Host Pathogen Interactions

Screening of antibodies for efficacy against infection.

Stein KR et al. CD46 facilitates entry and dissemination of human cytomegalovirus. Nat Commun. 2019 Jun 20;10(1):2699. Read More

Epitope Mapping

Perform epitope mapping to aid in the identification of therapeutics and develop vaccines.

Gilchuk P, et al. Analysis of a Therapeutic Antibody Cocktail Reveals Determinants for Cooperative and Broad Ebolavirus Neutralization. Immunity. 2020 Feb 18;52(2):388-403.e12. Read More

Niu X et al. Convalescent patient-derived monoclonal antibodies targeting different epitopes of E protein confer protection against Zika virus in a neonatal mouse model. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2019;8(1):749-759. Read More

Behzadi MA, et al. An Influenza Virus Hemagglutinin-Based Vaccine Platform Enables the Generation of Epitope Specific Human Cytomegalovirus Antibodies. Vaccines (Basel). 2019 Jun 14;7(2). pii: E51. Read More

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