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A model of the binding, entry, uncoating, and RNA synthesis of Semliki Forest virus in baby hamster kidney (BHK‐21) cells

A model of the binding, entry, uncoating, and RNA synthesis of Semliki Forest virus in baby... 10.1002/bit.260460513.abs A quantitative understanding of viral trafficking would be useful in treating viral‐mediated diseases, designing protocols for viral gene therapy, and optimizing heterologous protein production. In this article, a model for the trafficking of Semliki Forest virus and its RNA synthesis in baby hamster kidney (BHK‐21) cells is presented. This model includes the various steps leading to infection such as attachment, endocytosis, and viral fusion in the endosome. The model estimates a mean fusion time of 4 to 6 min for the wild‐type virus, and 38 min for Fus‐1, an SFV mutant which requires a lower pH for fusion. These mean fusion times are consistent with the time‐scale of endosomal acidification, suggesting viruses fuse almost instantaneously with the endosomal membrane as soon as the pH of the endosome drops below the pH threshold of the virus. Infection is most likely controlled at the level of viral uncoating, as shown by the close agreement between the efficiency of uncoating and the experimentally determined fraction of viruses that is infectious. The viral RNA synthesized per cell is best described by assuming that it depends on the number of uncoated viruses prior to the onset of replication according to a saturation‐type expression. A Poisson distribution is used to determine the distribution of uncoated viruses among the cells. Because attachment is the rate‐limiting step in the uncoating of the virus, increasing the attachment rate can lead to enhanced RNA synthesis and, hence, new virion production. Such an increase in the attachment rate may be obtained by lowering the medium pH or the addition of a polycation. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Biotechnology and Bioengineering Wiley

A model of the binding, entry, uncoating, and RNA synthesis of Semliki Forest virus in baby hamster kidney (BHK‐21) cells

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Copyright © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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0006-3592
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10.1002/bit.260460513
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10.1002/bit.260460513.abs A quantitative understanding of viral trafficking would be useful in treating viral‐mediated diseases, designing protocols for viral gene therapy, and optimizing heterologous protein production. In this article, a model for the trafficking of Semliki Forest virus and its RNA synthesis in baby hamster kidney (BHK‐21) cells is presented. This model includes the various steps leading to infection such as attachment, endocytosis, and viral fusion in the endosome. The model estimates a mean fusion time of 4 to 6 min for the wild‐type virus, and 38 min for Fus‐1, an SFV mutant which requires a lower pH for fusion. These mean fusion times are consistent with the time‐scale of endosomal acidification, suggesting viruses fuse almost instantaneously with the endosomal membrane as soon as the pH of the endosome drops below the pH threshold of the virus. Infection is most likely controlled at the level of viral uncoating, as shown by the close agreement between the efficiency of uncoating and the experimentally determined fraction of viruses that is infectious. The viral RNA synthesized per cell is best described by assuming that it depends on the number of uncoated viruses prior to the onset of replication according to a saturation‐type expression. A Poisson distribution is used to determine the distribution of uncoated viruses among the cells. Because attachment is the rate‐limiting step in the uncoating of the virus, increasing the attachment rate can lead to enhanced RNA synthesis and, hence, new virion production. Such an increase in the attachment rate may be obtained by lowering the medium pH or the addition of a polycation. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Biotechnology and Bioengineering – Wiley

Published: Jun 5, 1995

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