Journal
VIROLOGY JOURNAL
Volume 10, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-10-129
Keywords
Flavivirus envelope glycoprotein; Domain III; Retroviral Gag; Virus-like particles (VLPs); Pseudotyping; VLP-display; CD16/Fc epsilon RI gamma chimera; Recombinant baculovirus
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Funding
- Franco-Singaporean Cooperation Program 'MERLION'
- French National Agency for Research on AIDS and Viral Hepatitis (Inserm-ANRS [11344/2011-2013]
- French Foundation for Cystic Fibrosis (Vaincre la Mucoviscidose
- VLM) [TG2011-12]
- Contrat d'Interface Inserm-Hospices Civils de Lyon [CIF-2008-2013]
- Region Rhone-Alpes (ADR Cluster-ARC)
- Merlion Programme [R-182-000-140-646]
- Biomedical Research Council [BMRC/06/1/21/19/451, R-182-000-109-305]
- BMRC
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CD16-RIgE is a chimeric human membrane glycoprotein consisting of the CD16 ectodomain fused to the transmembrane domain and cytoplasmic tail of the gamma chain of the high affinity receptor of IgE (RIgE). Coexpression of CD16-RIgE and HIV-1 Pr55Gag polyprotein precursor (Pr55Gag(HIV)) in insect cells resulted in the incorporation of CD16-RIgE glycoprotein into the envelope of extracellular virus-like particles (VLPs), a phenomenon known as pseudotyping. Taking advantage of this property, we replaced the CD16 ectodomain of CD16-RIgE by the envelope glycoprotein domain III (DIII) of dengue virus serotype 1 (DENV1) or West Nile virus Kunjin (WNVKun). The two resulting chimeric proteins, DIII-DENV1-RIgE and DIII-WNVKun-RIgE, were addressed to the plasma membrane, exposed at the surface of human and insect cells, and incorporated into extracellular VLPs when coexpressed with Pr55Gag(HIV) in insect cells. The DIII domains were accessible at the surface of retroviral VLPs, as shown by their reactivity with specific antibodies, and notably antibodies from patient sera. The DIII-RIgE proteins were found to be incorporated in VLPs made of SIV, MLV, or chimeric MLV-HIV Gag precursors, indicating that DIII-RIgE could pseudotype a wide variety of retroviral VLPs. VLP-displayed DIII were capable of inducing specific neutralizing antibodies against DENV and WNV in mice. Although the neutralization response was modest, our data confirmed the capability of DIII to induce a flavivirus neutralization response, and suggested that our VLP-displayed CD16-RIgE-based platform could be developed as a vaccine vector against different flaviviruses and other viral pathogens.
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