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ArticleAntiviral research2020

Generation of a reporter yellow fever virus for high throughput antiviral assays.

Ricardo Sanchez-Velazquez, Giuditta de Lorenzo, Rapeepat Tandavanitj, Chayanee Setthapramote, Peter J Bredenbeek, Leonia Bozzacco, Margaret R MacDonald, Jordan J Clark, Charles M Rice, Arvind H Patel and 2 more

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Article in Antiviral research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ricardo Sanchez-VelazquezMRC-University of Glasgow, Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
Giuditta de LorenzoMRC-University of Glasgow, Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
Rapeepat TandavanitjMRC-University of Glasgow, Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
Chayanee SetthapramoteMRC-University of Glasgow, Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
Peter J BredenbeekLaboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Leonia BozzaccoLaboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Margaret R MacDonaldLaboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Jordan J ClarkMRC-University of Glasgow, Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
Charles M RiceLaboratory of Virology and Infectious Disease, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Arvind H PatelMRC-University of Glasgow, Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
Alain KohlMRC-University of Glasgow, Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK.
Margus VarjakMRC-University of Glasgow, Centre for Virus Research, Glasgow, UK. Electronic address: margus.varjak@glasgow.ac.uk.
MRC University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research · GBRockefeller University · US

Funding

VACCINE INDUCED IMMUNITY IN THE YOUNG AND AGEDU19AI057266 · NIAID · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI Rafi Ahmed · 2003 to 2026
$81.7M
Unraveling yellow fever 17D vaccine attenuation: The role of type I interferon and innate immunityR01AI124690 · NIAID · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI Charles M Rice · 2016 to 2026
$8.3M
Medical Research Council MC_UU_12014/2Medical Research Council MC_UU_12014/8NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI124690NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI057266
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Yellow fever virus (YFV), a member of the Flaviviridae family, is an arthropod-borne virus that can cause severe disease in humans with a lethality rate of up to 60%. Since 2017, increases in YFV activity in areas of South America and Africa have been described. Although a vaccine is available, named strain 17D (Theiler and Smith, 1937), it is contraindicated for use in the elderly, expectant mothers, immunocompromised people, among others. To this day there is no antiviral treatment against YFV to reduce the severity of viral infection. Here, we used a circular polymerase extension reaction (CPER)-based reverse genetics approach to generate a full-length reporter virus (YFVhb) by introducing a small HiBit tag in the NS1 protein. The reporter virus replicates at a similar rate to the parental YFV in HuH-7 cells. Using YFVhb, we designed a high throughput antiviral screening luciferase-based assay to identify inhibitors that target any step of the viral replication cycle. We validated our assay by using a range of inhibitors including drugs, immune sera and neutralizing single chain variable fragments (scFv). In light of the recent upsurge in YFV and a potential spread of the virus, this assay is a further tool in the development of antiviral therapy against YFV.

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AnimalsAntiviral AgentsCell LineDrug DiscoveryGenes, ReporterHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansMiceMice, Inbred BALB CReverse GeneticsVirus ReplicationYellow fever virusAntiviral AgentsCPERDrug screenHiBiTLuciferaseYellow fever virus

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PMID32980446
PMCPMC7649875
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