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4.7 Anti-SR-<strong>BI</strong> serum <strong>in</strong>hibits cell culture and plasma derived J6/JFH<br />

<strong>in</strong>fection.<br />

We have used cells over express<strong>in</strong>g SR-<strong>BI</strong> to demonstrate that SR-<strong>BI</strong> levels<br />

modulate HCVcc and HCVplasma <strong>in</strong>fection. In the absence <strong>of</strong> robust siRNA<br />

silenc<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> SR-<strong>BI</strong> we employed anti-SR-<strong>BI</strong> sera to limit <strong>receptor</strong> availability<br />

dur<strong>in</strong>g J6/JFHHCVcc/plasma <strong>in</strong>fection (Figure 4-6A). Pre-<strong>in</strong>cubation <strong>of</strong> Huh-7.5<br />

cells with anti-SR-<strong>BI</strong> <strong>in</strong>hibits cell culture and plasma derived J6/JFH <strong>in</strong>fection<br />

equally (Figure 4-6B), an anti-CD81 antibody was used as a positive control.<br />

To <strong>in</strong>vestigate whether the anti-serum is capable <strong>of</strong> prevent<strong>in</strong>g HCV E2-SR-<strong>BI</strong><br />

<strong>in</strong>teractions, we treated CHO SR-<strong>BI</strong> cells prior to perform<strong>in</strong>g a sE2 b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g<br />

assay (Figure 4-6C). A known sub saturat<strong>in</strong>g concentration <strong>of</strong> anti-serum<br />

reduced sE2 b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g to CHO-SR-<strong>BI</strong> cells by ~3 fold. Taken together these<br />

data support a model where HCV <strong>in</strong>fection <strong>of</strong> Huh-7.5 cells is limited by the<br />

expression <strong>of</strong> SR-<strong>BI</strong>/II.

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