A Neutralization Assay Based on Pseudo-Typed Lentivirus with SARS CoV-2 Spike Protein in ACE2-Expressing CRFK Cells. 2021

Yalçın Pısıl, and Hisatoshi Shida, and Tomoyuki Miura
Laboratory of Primate Model, Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Science, Kyoto University, 53 Shogoin Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly pathogenic zoonotic virus that spreads rapidly. In this work, we improve the hitherto existing neutralization assay system to assess SARS-CoV-2 inhibitors using a pseudo-typed lentivirus coated with the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (LpVspike +) and angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2)-transfected cat Crandell-Rees feline kidney (CRFK) cells as the host cell line. Our method was 10-fold more sensitive compared to the typical human embryonic kidney 293T (HEK293T) cell system, and it was successfully applied to quantify the titers of convalescent antisera and monoclonal anti-spike antibodies required for pseudo virus neutralization. The 50% inhibition dilution (ID50) of two human convalescent sera, SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G (IgG) and SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin M (IgM), which were 1:350 (±1:20) and 1:1250 (±1:350), respectively. The 50% inhibitory concentration (IC50) of the IgG, IgM and immunoglobulin A (IgA) anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against LpVspike(+) were 0.45 (±0.1), 0.002 (±0.001) and 0.004 (±0.001) µg mL-1, respectively. We also found that reagents typically used to enhance infection were not effective in the CFRK system. This methodology is both efficient and safe; it can be employed by researchers to evaluate neutralizing monoclonal antibodies and contribute to the discovery of new antiviral inhibitors against SARS-CoV-2.

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