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(2021) 2021. \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022\/lms-lab\/publications\/analysis-sars-cov-2-infection-dynamic-vivo-using-reporter-expressing-viruses\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EAnalysis of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Dynamic in Vivo Using Reporter-Expressing Viruses.\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d. \u003Ci\u003EProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America\u003C\/i\u003E 118 (41). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.2111593118.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-publishers-version field--type-link field--label-visually_hidden field--mode-teaser\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field--label sr-only\u0022\u003EPublisher\u0027s Version\u003C\/div\u003E\n              \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field--item\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/34561300\u0022\u003EPublisher\u0026#039;s Version\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n          \u003C\/div\u003E\n                \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field--label field--abstract\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cbutton class=\u0022btn-abstract collapsed\u0022 data-toggle=\u0022collapse\u0022 data-target=\u0022#collapseAbstract\u0022 aria-expanded=\u0022false\u0022 aria-controls=\u0022collapseAbstract\u0022\u003EAbstract \u003C\/button\u003E\n    \u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field--item abstract--content collapse\u0022 id=\u0022collapseAbstract\u0022 aria-expanded=\u0026quot;false\u0026quot;\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of the current COVID-19 pandemic, is one of the biggest threats to public health. However, the dynamic of SARS-CoV-2 infection remains poorly understood. Replication-competent recombinant viruses expressing reporter genes provide valuable tools to investigate viral infection. Low levels of reporter gene expressed from previous reporter-expressing recombinant (r)SARS-CoV-2 in the locus of the open reading frame (ORF)7a protein have jeopardized their use to monitor the dynamic of SARS-CoV-2 infection in vitro or in vivo. Here, we report an alternative strategy where reporter genes were placed upstream of the highly expressed viral nucleocapsid (N) gene followed by a porcine tescherovirus (PTV-1) 2A proteolytic cleavage site. The higher levels of reporter expression using this strategy resulted in efficient visualization of rSARS-CoV-2 in infected cultured cells and excised lungs or whole organism of infected K18 human angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (hACE2) transgenic mice. Importantly, real-time viral infection was readily tracked using a noninvasive in vivo imaging system and allowed us to rapidly identify antibodies which are able to neutralize SARS-CoV-2 infection in vivo. Notably, these reporter-expressing rSARS-CoV-2, in which a viral gene was not deleted, not only retained wild-type (WT) virus-like pathogenicity in vivo but also exhibited high stability in vitro and in vivo, supporting their use to investigate viral infection, dissemination, pathogenesis, and therapeutic interventions for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 in vivo.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n        \n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\n\u003Carticle class=\u0022bibcite-reference bibcite bibcite--teaser\u0022\u003E\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022bibcite__content\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022bibcite-citation\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022csl-bib-body\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022csl-entry\u0022\u003EChiem, Kevin, Desarey Morales Vasquez, Jesus A Silvas, Jun-Gyu Park, Michael S Piepenbrink, Julien Sourimant, Michelle J Lin, et al. (2021) 2021. \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022\/lms-lab\/publications\/bifluorescent-based-assay-identification-neutralizing-antibodies-against-sars-cov-2\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003EA Bifluorescent-Based Assay for the Identification of Neutralizing Antibodies Against SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern In Vitro and In Vivo.\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d. \u003Ci\u003EJournal of Virology\u003C\/i\u003E 95 (22): e0112621. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1128\/JVI.01126-21.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-publishers-version field--type-link field--label-visually_hidden field--mode-teaser\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field--label sr-only\u0022\u003EPublisher\u0027s Version\u003C\/div\u003E\n              \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field--item\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/34495697\u0022\u003EPublisher\u0026#039;s Version\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n          \u003C\/div\u003E\n                \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field--label field--abstract\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cbutton class=\u0022btn-abstract collapsed\u0022 data-toggle=\u0022collapse\u0022 data-target=\u0022#collapseAbstract\u0022 aria-expanded=\u0022false\u0022 aria-controls=\u0022collapseAbstract\u0022\u003EAbstract \u003C\/button\u003E\n    \u003C\/div\u003E\n                  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field--item abstract--content collapse\u0022 id=\u0022collapseAbstract\u0022 aria-expanded=\u0026quot;false\u0026quot;\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) emerged at the end of 2019 and has been responsible for the still ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Prophylactic vaccines have been authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the prevention of COVID-19. Identification of SARS-CoV-2-neutralizing antibodies (NAbs) is important to assess vaccine protection efficacy, including their ability to protect against emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern (VoC). Here, we report the generation and use of a recombinant (r)SARS-CoV-2 USA\/WA1\/2020 (WA-1) strain expressing Venus and an rSARS-CoV-2 strain expressing mCherry and containing mutations K417N, E484K, and N501Y found in the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the spike (S) glycoprotein of the South African (SA) B.1.351 (beta [\u03b2]) VoC in bifluorescent-based assays to rapidly and accurately identify human monoclonal antibodies (hMAbs) able to neutralize both viral infections \u003Ci\u003Ein vitro\u003C\/i\u003E and \u003Ci\u003Ein vivo.\u003C\/i\u003E Importantly, our bifluorescent-based system accurately recapitulated findings observed using individual viruses. Moreover, fluorescent-expressing rSARS-CoV-2 strain and the parental wild-type (WT) rSARS-CoV-2 WA-1 strain had similar viral fitness \u003Ci\u003Ein vitro\u003C\/i\u003E, as well as similar virulence and pathogenicity \u003Ci\u003Ein vivo\u003C\/i\u003E in the K18 human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2) transgenic mouse model of SARS-CoV-2 infection. We demonstrate that these new fluorescent-expressing rSARS-CoV-2 can be used \u003Ci\u003Ein vitro\u003C\/i\u003E and \u003Ci\u003Ein vivo\u003C\/i\u003E to easily identify hMAbs that simultaneously neutralize different SARS-CoV-2 strains, including VoC, for the rapid assessment of vaccine efficacy or the identification of prophylactic and\/or therapeutic broadly NAbs for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection. IMPORTANCE SARS-CoV-2 is responsible of the COVID-19 pandemic that has warped daily routines and socioeconomics. There is still an urgent need for prophylactics and therapeutics to treat SARS-CoV-2 infections. In this study, we demonstrate the feasibility of using bifluorescent-based assays for the rapid identification of hMAbs with neutralizing activity against SARS-CoV-2, including VoC \u003Ci\u003Ein vitro\u003C\/i\u003E and \u003Ci\u003Ein vivo.\u003C\/i\u003E Importantly, results obtained with these bifluorescent-based assays recapitulate those observed with individual viruses, demonstrating their feasibility to rapidly advance our understanding of vaccine efficacy and to identify broadly protective human NAbs for the therapeutic treatment of SARS-CoV-2.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n        \n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n \u003Cli\u003E\n\u003Carticle class=\u0022bibcite-reference bibcite bibcite--teaser\u0022\u003E\n  \n  \n  \n\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022bibcite__content\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022bibcite-citation\u0022\u003E\n      \u003Cdiv class=\u0022csl-bib-body\u0022\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022csl-entry\u0022\u003EVasquez, Desarey Morales, Kevin Chiem, Jesus Silvas, Jun-Gyu Park, Chengjin Ye, and Luis Martinez-Sobrido. (2021) 2021. \u201c\u003Ca href=\u0022\/lms-lab\/publications\/live-imaging-and-quantification-viral-infection-k18-hace2-transgenic-mice-using\u0022 hreflang=\u0022en\u0022\u003ELive Imaging and Quantification of Viral Infection in K18 HACE2 Transgenic Mice Using Reporter-Expressing Recombinant SARS-CoV-2.\u003C\/a\u003E\u201d. \u003Ci\u003EJournal of Visualized Experiments : JoVE\u003C\/i\u003E, no. 177. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3791\/63127.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n  \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-publishers-version field--type-link field--label-visually_hidden field--mode-teaser\u0022\u003E\n    \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field--label sr-only\u0022\u003EPublisher\u0027s Version\u003C\/div\u003E\n              \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field--item\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/34806704\u0022\u003EPublisher\u0026#039;s Version\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n          \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n  \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003C\/article\u003E\n\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n  \u003Cnav role=\u0022navigation\u0022 aria-labelledby=\u0022pagination-for-coronavirus-development-of-ex-vivo-and-in-vivo-models-of-coronavirus-infection-publications-lop\u0022 id=pager-heading\u003E\n    \u003Ch3 id=\u0022pagination-for-coronavirus-development-of-ex-vivo-and-in-vivo-models-of-coronavirus-infection-publications-lop\u0022 class=\u0022visually-hidden\u0022\u003Epagination for coronavirus development of ex vivo and in vivo models of coronavirus infection publications lop\u003C\/h3\u003E\n    \u003Cul class=\u0022js-pager__items pager-mini\u0022\u003E\n            \u003Cli class=\u0022current\u0022\u003E\n        \u003Cspan aria-live=\u0022polite\u0022\u003E\n            \u003Cspan class=\u0022visually-hidden\u0022\u003ECoronavirus - Development of ex vivo and in vivo models of coronavirus infection Publications LOP\u003C\/span\u003E\n            1 of 2\n          \u003C\/span\u003E      \u003C\/li\u003E\n              \u003Cli\u003E\n          \u003Ca href=\u0022\/lms-lab\/refresh-widget-content\/2929?page=1\u0026amp;selector=list-of-posts\u0026amp;pagerid=pager-heading\u0026amp;moreid=node-readmore\u0022 class=\u0022use-ajax next\u0022 rel=\u0022next\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan aria-hidden=\u0022true\u0022\u003E\u203a\u203a\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022visually-hidden\u0022\u003ENext page\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n        \u003C\/li\u003E\n          \u003C\/ul\u003E\n  \u003C\/nav\u003E\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\u0022node-readmore\u0022 id=node-readmore\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n","settings":null},{"command":"insert","method":"replaceWith","selector":"#","data":"","settings":null},{"command":"insert","method":"replaceWith","selector":"#","data":"","settings":null},{"command":"insert","method":"replaceWith","selector":".field--name-field-widget-title","data":"","settings":null}]