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ArticleGene therapy2008

Visualization of targeted transduction by engineered lentiviral vectors.

K-I Joo, P Wang

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Article in Gene therapy, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

K-I JooMork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
P Wang
University of Southern California · US

Funding

Targeting lentiviruses to infect chosen cellsR01AI068978 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI WANG, PIN · 2006 to 2010
$2.9M
NIAID NIH HHS AI068978NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI068978
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We have reported a method to target lentiviral vectors to specific cell types. This method requires the incorporation of two distinct molecules on the viral vector surface: one is an antibody that renders the targeting specificity for the engineered vector, and the other is a fusogenic protein that allows the engineered vector to enter the target cell. However, the molecular mechanism that controls the targeted infection needs to be defined. In this report, we tracked the individual lentiviral particles by labeling the virus with the GFP-Vpr fusion protein. We were able to visualize the surface-displayed proteins on a single virion as well as antibody-directed targeting to a desired cell type. We also demonstrated the dynamics of virus fusion with endosomes and monitored endosome-associated transport of viruses in target cells. Our results suggest that the fusion between the engineered lentivirus and endosomes takes place at the early endosome level, and that the release of the viral core into the cytosol at the completion of the virus-endosome fusion is correlated with the endosome maturation process. This imaging study sheds some light on the infection mechanism of the engineered lentivirus and can be beneficial to the design of more efficient gene delivery vectors.

Indexed as

Actin CytoskeletonAntibodiesCell LineEndosomesGene ExpressionGene TargetingGenetic EngineeringGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansLentivirusLentivirus InfectionsMicroscopy, ConfocalMicroscopy, FluorescenceRecombinant Fusion ProteinsAntibodiesGreen Fluorescent ProteinsRecombinant Fusion ProteinsViral Envelope Proteins

Identifiers

PMID18480844
PMCPMC2575058
OpenAlexW2140470175

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