Multiplexed multicolor antiviral assay amenable for high-throughput research.


Journal

Nature communications
ISSN: 2041-1723
Titre abrégé: Nat Commun
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101528555

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
02 Jan 2024
Historique:
received: 09 02 2023
accepted: 08 12 2023
medline: 4 1 2024
pubmed: 4 1 2024
entrez: 3 1 2024
Statut: epublish

Résumé

To curb viral epidemics and pandemics, antiviral drugs are needed with activity against entire genera or families of viruses. Here, we develop a cell-based multiplex antiviral assay for high-throughput screening against multiple viruses at once, as demonstrated by using three distantly related orthoflaviviruses: dengue, Japanese encephalitis and yellow fever virus. Each virus is tagged with a distinct fluorescent protein, enabling individual monitoring in cell culture through high-content imaging. Specific antisera and small-molecule inhibitors are employed to validate that multiplexing approach yields comparable inhibition profiles to single-virus infection assays. To facilitate downstream analysis, a kernel is developed to deconvolute and reduce the multidimensional quantitative data to three cartesian coordinates. The methodology is applicable to viruses from different families as exemplified by co-infections with chikungunya, parainfluenza and Bunyamwera viruses. The multiplex approach is expected to facilitate the discovery of broader-spectrum antivirals, as shown in a pilot screen of approximately 1200 drug-like small-molecules.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38168091
doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-44339-z
pii: 10.1038/s41467-023-44339-z
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

42

Subventions

Organisme : Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Research Foundation Flanders)
ID : no. 30981113 (VirEOS)
Organisme : Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Research Foundation Flanders)
ID : no. 30981113 (VirEOS)
Organisme : KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
ID : C3/19/057 (Lab of Excellence))
Organisme : KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
ID : DBOF/14/062
Organisme : KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
ID : C24/18/080
Organisme : KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
ID : STG/21/028

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© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Li-Hsin Li (LH)

KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Leuven, Belgium.
Molecular Vaccinology and Vaccine Discovery group, Leuven, Belgium.

Winston Chiu (W)

KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Leuven, Belgium.

Yun-An Huang (YA)

KU Leuven Department of Neuroscience, Research Group Neurophysiology, Laboratory for Circuit Neuroscience, Leuven, Belgium.
Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie, Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders (NERF), Leuven, Belgium.

Madina Rasulova (M)

KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Translational Platform Virology and Chemotherapy (TPVC), Leuven, Belgium.

Thomas Vercruysse (T)

KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Translational Platform Virology and Chemotherapy (TPVC), Leuven, Belgium.
AstriVax, Heverlee, Belgium.

Hendrik Jan Thibaut (HJ)

KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Translational Platform Virology and Chemotherapy (TPVC), Leuven, Belgium.

Sebastiaan Ter Horst (S)

KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Leuven, Belgium.
Cerba Research, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Joana Rocha-Pereira (J)

KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Leuven, Belgium.

Greet Vanhoof (G)

Janssen Therapeutics Discovery, Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV, Beerse, Belgium.

Doortje Borrenberghs (D)

Janssen Global Public Health, Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV, Beerse, Belgium.

Olivia Goethals (O)

Janssen Global Public Health, Janssen Pharmaceutica, NV, Beerse, Belgium.

Suzanne J F Kaptein (SJF)

KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Leuven, Belgium.

Pieter Leyssen (P)

KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Leuven, Belgium.

Johan Neyts (J)

KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Leuven, Belgium.

Kai Dallmeier (K)

KU Leuven Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, Laboratory of Virology and Chemotherapy, Leuven, Belgium. kai.dallmeier@kuleuven.be.
Molecular Vaccinology and Vaccine Discovery group, Leuven, Belgium. kai.dallmeier@kuleuven.be.

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