Luciferase Based Plasmid Reporter System for the Detection and Quantification of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus Progress Report 1, 12/6/2007 Melanie Aston, Michael Chi, Monica Deterding, Matt Huckabee
Background Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in children under 1 year of age (CDC) ~800000 children die per year due to RSV infection, which is about 91 per hour There is no current vaccine available for hRSV Need quick cheap way to quantify RSV Oral Report 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Current Method: Viral Plaque Assay Procedure Culture cells in 12 well plates (2 per sample) Infect cells Continue culturing cells in media with methyl cellulose for 5 days Stain with hematoxylin and eosin RSV Sample 1:1 1:10 1:102 1:103 Talk about the “system” as a whole, meaning the plasmid and how to use it Oral Report 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2018 3
Our Solution Novel plasmid based reporter system A luciferase plasmid and cell line that will luminesce when infected with RSV Stable transfection of plasmid into cell Optimization of system protocol Talk about the “system” as a whole, meaning the plasmid and how to use it Oral Report 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Methods Remove luciferase gene from pGEM-luc Oral Report 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Methods Ligate luciferase and additional sequence together Blue: leader, NS1 gene start, and non-coding regions Red: non-coding, L gene end, and trailer regions Oral Report 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Methods Cut pcDNA3.1. Ligate luciferase, additional sequence, and pcDNA3.1 together Oral Report 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Methods Transfect cells with plasmid Plasmid Oral Report 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Methods Plate cells onto a 96-well plate Tests run in triplicate for each concentration Pipette cells into rows/columns of plate Oral Report 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Methods Infect cells with various RSV concentrations mRNA mRNA Luciferase Luciferin Oral Report 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Plate Reader Methods Measure luminescence Oral Report 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Comparison: Evaluation Chart Plaque Assay Luciferase System Criteria Weight (1-5) Value Product Quick 5 2 10 4 20 Low Cost 3 Objective 25 Efficient 15 Total 55 90 Oral Report 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Comparison Plaque Assay Luciferase System Detection Method Staining/Counting Luminescence Objectivity Partial Yes Time (work / total) 10 hours / 7 days 2.5 hours / 2 days Materials Cost $8 $1 Efficiency 30 samples/experiment 240 samples/experiment Oral Report 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Current Progress Completed: In Progress: Literature research Laboratory training Proof of Concept experiment Purchased stock plasmids In Progress: Design of insertion sequences Maxiprep purchased plasmids and create glycerol stocks Oral Report 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Future Work Finalize insertion sequences and test on computer Order insertion sequences Remove luciferase gene from pGEM-luc Ligate insertion sequences and luciferase into pcDNA3.1 Test luminescence of cells using varying amounts of RSV Optimizing the system Oral Report 1 Wednesday, November 14, 2018