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A New Defective Helper RNA to Produce Recombinant Sindbis Virus that Infects Neurons but does not Propagate

Overview of attention for article published in Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, May 2016
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Title
A New Defective Helper RNA to Produce Recombinant Sindbis Virus that Infects Neurons but does not Propagate
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Frontiers in Neuroanatomy, May 2016
DOI 10.3389/fnana.2016.00056
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Authors

Justus M. Kebschull, Pedro Garcia da Silva, Anthony M. Zador

Abstract

Recombinant Sindbis viruses are important tools in neuroscience because they combine rapid and high transgene expression with a capacity to carry large transgenes. Currently, two packaging systems based on the defective helper (DH) RNAs DH(26S)5'SIN and DH-BB(tRNA;TE12) are available for generating recombinant Sindbis virus that is neurotropic (able to infect neurons and potentially other cells). Both systems produce a fraction of viral particles that can propagate beyond the primary infected neuron. When injected into mouse brain, viruses produced using these DH RNAs produce transgene expression at the injection site, but also elsewhere in the brain. Such ectopic labeling caused recombinant Sindbis viruses to be classified as anterograde viruses with limited retrograde spread, and can complicate the interpretation of neuroanatomical and other experiments. Here we describe a new DH RNA, DH-BB(5'SIN;TE12ORF), that can be used to produce virus that is both neurotropic and propagation-incompetent. We show in mice that DH-BB(5'SIN;TE12ORF)-packaged virus eliminates infection of cells outside the injection site. We also provide evidence that ectopically labeled cells observed in previous experiments with recombinant Sindbis virus resulted from secondary infection by propagation-competent virus, rather than from inefficient retrograde spread. Virus produced with our new packaging system retains all the advantages of previous recombinant Sindbis viruses, but minimizes the risks of confounding results with unwanted ectopic labeling. It should therefore be considered in future studies in which a neurotropic, recombinant Sindbis virus is needed.

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Country Count As %
Japan 1 2%
Unknown 56 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 17 30%
Researcher 9 16%
Student > Bachelor 6 11%
Student > Postgraduate 5 9%
Professor 4 7%
Other 10 18%
Unknown 6 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 21 37%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 16%
Neuroscience 9 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 7%
Psychology 1 2%
Other 5 9%
Unknown 8 14%
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#2,254,190
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#124
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#3
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