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Easily purified baculovirus/insect-system-expressed recombinant hepatitis B virus surface antigen fused to the N- or C-terminus of polyhedrin.
Silva, Leonardo A; Camargo, Brenda R; Araújo, Ana Carolina; Batista, Taylice Leonel; Ribeiro, Bergmann M; Ardisson-Araújo, Daniel M P.
Afiliação
  • Silva LA; Laboratory of Baculovirus, Cell Biology Department, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, 70910-900, Brazil.
  • Camargo BR; Laboratory of Baculovirus, Cell Biology Department, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, 70910-900, Brazil.
  • Araújo AC; Laboratory of Baculovirus, Cell Biology Department, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, 70910-900, Brazil.
  • Batista TL; Laboratory of Insect Virology, Cell Biology Department, University of Brasília, Brasília, DF, 70910900, Brazil.
  • Ribeiro BM; Laboratory of Baculovirus, Cell Biology Department, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, 70910-900, Brazil. bergmann@unb.br.
  • Ardisson-Araújo DMP; Laboratory of Baculovirus, Cell Biology Department, University of Brasilia, Brasília, DF, 70910-900, Brazil. araujo.daniel@unb.br.
Arch Virol ; 167(2): 345-354, 2022 Feb.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34839419
Baculoviruses are circular double-stranded DNA viruses that infect insects and are widely used as the baculoviral expression vectors (BEVs), which provide a eukaryotic milieu for heterologous expression. The most frequently used vector is based on Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV). However, purification of recombinant proteins produced using BEVs is laborious, time-consuming, and often expensive. Numerous strategies have been explored to facilitate purification of heterologous proteins, such as fusion with occlusion body (OBs)-forming proteins like polyhedrin (Polh). Baculoviruses produce OBs in the late stages of infection to protect the virion in the cellular environment, and the main protein responsible for OB formation is Polh. In this study, we investigated the effect of fusing the gene that encodes the surface antigen (S-HBsAg) of hepatitis B virus (HBV) to either the N- or C-terminus of the AcMNPV Polh. The production of recombinant viruses and recombinant proteins was confirmed, and the ability to form chimeric S-HBsAg-containing OBs was accessed by light and scanning electron microscopy of infected cells. The fusion was found to affect the shape and size of the OBs when compared to wild-type OBs, with the N-terminal fusion producing less-amorphous OBs than the C-terminal construct. In addition, the N-terminal construct gave higher levels of expression than the C-terminal construct. Quantitative and qualitative immunoassays with human serum or plasma antibodies against HBsAg showed that the two forms of the antigen reacted differently. Although both reacted with the antibody, the N-terminal fusion protein reacted with more sensitivity (2.27-fold) and is therefore more suitable for quantitative assays than the C-terminal version. In summary, the BEVs represents a promising tool for the production of reagents for the diagnosis of HBV infection.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Vírus da Hepatite B / Baculoviridae Tipo de estudo: Qualitative_research Limite: Animals / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Arch Virol Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Áustria

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Vírus da Hepatite B / Baculoviridae Tipo de estudo: Qualitative_research Limite: Animals / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Arch Virol Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Áustria