Plate-Based High-Throughput Fluorescence Assay for Assessing Enveloped Virus Integrity.

ABSTRACT: Viruses are a considerable threat to global health and place major burdens on economies worldwide. Manufactured viruses are also being widely used as delivery agents to treat (gene therapies) or prevent diseases (vaccines). Therefore, it is vital to study and fully understand the infectious state of viruses. Current techniques used to study viruses are often slow or nonexistent, making the development of new techniques of paramount importance. Here we present a high-throughput and robust, cell-free plate-based assay (FAIRY: Fluorescence Assay for vIRal IntegritY), capable of differentiating intact from nonintact enveloped viruses, i.e, infectious from noninfectious. Using a thiazole orange-terminated polymer, a 99% increase in fluorescence was observed between treated (heat or virucide) an

SUBMITTER: Macleod SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11323024 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature