Production of High-Titer Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Pseudotyped with Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Glycoprotein |
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Authors: | Steven R Bartz Marie A Vodicka |
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Institution: | Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, 98109 |
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Abstract: | We describe a method for the production of high-titer stocks of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) pseudotyped with vesicular stomatitis virus envelope glycoprotein (VSV G). VSV G pseudotypes provide several advantages over other retroviral envelope proteins. The VSV G envelope is mechanically stable, enabling ultracentrifugal concentration of virions to high titers, and VSV G has a broad host range, enabling infection of many mammalian and nonmammalian cell types. VSV G pseudotypes of HIV-1 are useful for the study of HIV infection and replication kinetics and for the study of the function of specific viral proteins. We describe applications for the study of HIV-1 using VSV G pseudotypes. Additionally, we describe a method for pseudotyping retroviral vectors with VSV G. The same advantages of VSV G pseudotypes of HIV-1 apply to retroviral vectors; VSV G pseudotyped retroviral vectors may be used to introduce genes of interest into a wide variety of cell lines. |
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