Production of SARS-CoV-2 Virus-Like Particles in Insect Cells
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Abstract
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) causes a serious threat to human health. Virus-like particles (VLPs) constitute a promising platform in SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development. In this study, the E, M, and S genes were cloned into multiple cloning sites of a new triple expression plasmid with one p10 promoter, two pPH promoters, and three multiple cloning sites. The plasmid was transformed into DH10 BacTMEscherichia coli competent cells to obtain recombinant bacmid. Then the recombinant bacmid was transfected in ExpiSf9TM insect cells to generate recombinant baculovirus. After ExpiSf9TM cells infection with the recombinant baculovirus, the E, M, and S proteins were expressed in insect cells. Finally, SARS-CoV-2 VLPs were self-assembled in insect cells after infection. The morphology and the size of SARS-CoV-2 VLPs are similar to the native virions.
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SciScore for 10.1101/2021.01.30.428979: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Cell Line Authentication not detected. Table 2: Resources
Antibodies Sentences Resources The S protein of VLP was detected by Western blotting, using an anti-SARS-CoV-2 S polyclonal rabbit antibody (Sino Biological, China). anti-SARS-CoV-2suggested: NoneAlkaline phosphatase-conjugated goat-anti-rabbit IgG (immunoway, China) were used as the secondary antibodies to label the protein bands. IgGsuggested: NoneExperimental Models: Cell Lines Sentences Resources Cell lines: ExpiSf9™ cells were presented by Mr. Ru Yi from the State Key Laboratory of … SciScore for 10.1101/2021.01.30.428979: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Cell Line Authentication not detected. Table 2: Resources
Antibodies Sentences Resources The S protein of VLP was detected by Western blotting, using an anti-SARS-CoV-2 S polyclonal rabbit antibody (Sino Biological, China). anti-SARS-CoV-2suggested: NoneAlkaline phosphatase-conjugated goat-anti-rabbit IgG (immunoway, China) were used as the secondary antibodies to label the protein bands. IgGsuggested: NoneExperimental Models: Cell Lines Sentences Resources Cell lines: ExpiSf9™ cells were presented by Mr. Ru Yi from the State Key Laboratory of Lanzhou Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. ExpiSf9™suggested: NoneResults from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
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- No protocol registration statement was detected.
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