Poliovirus-nonsusceptible Vero cell line for the World Health Organization global action plan

Sci Rep. 2021 Mar 24;11(1):6746. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-86050-3.

Abstract

Polio or poliomyelitis is a disabling and life-threatening disease caused by poliovirus (PV). As a consequence of global polio vaccination efforts, wild PV serotypes 2 and 3 have been eradicated around the world, and wild PV serotype 1-transmitted cases have been largely eliminated except for limited regions. However, vaccine-derived PV, pathogenically reverted live PV vaccine strains, has become a serious issue. For the global eradication of polio, the World Health Organization is conducting the third edition of the Global Action Plan, which is requesting stringent control of potentially PV-infected materials. To facilitate the mission, we generated a PV-nonsusceptible Vero cell subline, which may serve as an ideal replacement of standard Vero cells to isolate emerging/re-emerging viruses without the risk of generating PV-infected materials.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Cell Culture Techniques
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Chlorocebus aethiops
  • Global Health
  • Humans
  • Poliomyelitis / epidemiology
  • Poliomyelitis / virology
  • Poliovirus / physiology*
  • Receptors, Virus / chemistry
  • Receptors, Virus / genetics
  • Receptors, Virus / metabolism
  • Vero Cells / virology*
  • Viral Tropism*
  • Virus Replication
  • World Health Organization

Substances

  • Receptors, Virus