TY - JOUR
T1 - Development of a stable insect cell line constitutively expressing rotavirus VP2
AU - Shoja, Zabihollah
AU - Tagliamonte, Maria
AU - Jalilvand, Somayeh
AU - Mokhtari-Azad, Talat
AU - Hamkar, Rasool
AU - Shahmahmoodi, Shohreh
AU - Rezaei, Farhad
AU - Tornesello, MariaLina
AU - Buonaguro, Franco M.
AU - Buonaguro, Luigi
AU - Nategh, Rakhshandeh
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - An insect High-Five cell line was generated constitutively and stably expressing the VP2 protein of rotavirus RF strain leading to the formation of core-like particles. The integration of the VP2 gene was confirmed by PCR, Real-time PCR and Southern blot, and the protein expression was confirmed by Western blot and immunofluorescence microscopy. Integrity and self assembly of VP2 as core-like particles was demonstrated by electron microscopy. The High-Five cell system stably expressing rotavirus core-like particles can be applied to the study of viral protein structure and functions; it may be useful for vaccine development, gene therapy and drug delivery.
AB - An insect High-Five cell line was generated constitutively and stably expressing the VP2 protein of rotavirus RF strain leading to the formation of core-like particles. The integration of the VP2 gene was confirmed by PCR, Real-time PCR and Southern blot, and the protein expression was confirmed by Western blot and immunofluorescence microscopy. Integrity and self assembly of VP2 as core-like particles was demonstrated by electron microscopy. The High-Five cell system stably expressing rotavirus core-like particles can be applied to the study of viral protein structure and functions; it may be useful for vaccine development, gene therapy and drug delivery.
KW - Core-like particles
KW - High-Five cell
KW - Rotavirus
KW - Self assembly
KW - VP2
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U2 - 10.1016/j.virusres.2012.12.015
DO - 10.1016/j.virusres.2012.12.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 23287060
AN - SCOPUS:84873750109
VL - 172
SP - 66
EP - 74
JO - Virus Research
JF - Virus Research
SN - 0168-1702
IS - 1-2
ER -