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ArticleJournal of medical virology2022

Construction and characterization of two SARS-CoV-2 minigenome replicon systems.

Hu Zhang, Douglas K Fischer, Masahiro Shuda, Patrick S Moore, Shou-Jiang Gao, Zandrea Ambrose, Haitao Guo

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Article in Journal of medical virology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hu ZhangDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Douglas K FischerDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Masahiro ShudaDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Patrick S MooreDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Shou-Jiang GaoDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6194-1742
Zandrea AmbroseDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Haitao GuoDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7146-916X
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic severely impacts global public health and economies. To facilitate research on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virology and antiviral discovery, a noninfectious viral replicon system operating under biosafety level 2 containment is warranted. We report herein the construction and characterization of two SARS-CoV-2 minigenome replicon systems. First, we constructed the IVT-CoV2-Rep complementary DNA template to generate a replicon messenger RNA (mRNA) with nanoluciferase (NLuc) reporter via in vitro transcription (IVT). The replicon mRNA transfection assay demonstrated a rapid and transient replication of IVT-CoV2-Rep in a variety of cell lines, which could be completely abolished by known SARS-CoV-2 replication inhibitors. Our data also suggest that the transient phenotype of IVT-CoV2-Rep is not due to host innate antiviral responses. In addition, we have developed a DNA-launched replicon BAC-CoV2-Rep, which supports the in-cell transcription of a replicon mRNA as initial replication template. The BAC-CoV2-Rep transient transfection system exhibited a much stronger and longer replicon signal compared to the IVT-CoV2-Rep version. We also found that a portion of the NLuc reporter signal was derived from the spliced BAC-CoV2-Rep mRNA and was resistant to antiviral treatment, especially during the early phase after transfection. In summary, the established SARS-CoV-2 transient replicon systems are suitable for basic and antiviral research, and hold promise for stable replicon cell line development with further optimization.

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COVID-19SARS-CoV-2Antiviral AgentsHumansPandemicsRepliconRNA, MessengerVirus ReplicationAntiviral AgentsRNA, Messengerantiviral agentscellular effectdisease controlimmune responsesinnate immunitymRNA/splicingSARS coronavirusvirus classification

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PMID35137972
PMCPMC9088700
OpenAlexW4210866144

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