The role of scavenger receptor BI in hepatitis - eTheses Repository ...
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Table <strong>of</strong> contents.<br />
1 Introduction............................................................................................. 1<br />
1.1 <strong>The</strong> disease. ..................................................................................... 1<br />
1.2 An elusive pathogen. ......................................................................... 9<br />
1.3 Basic virology................................................................................... 15<br />
1.4 Attachment and entry....................................................................... 24<br />
1.4.1 Co-<strong>receptor</strong>s............................................................................. 26<br />
1.4.2 Attachment factors.................................................................... 35<br />
1.4.3 Endocytosis and fusion............................................................. 37<br />
1.4.4 Co-<strong>receptor</strong> <strong>in</strong>terplay and localisation. ..................................... 39<br />
1.5 Lipoprote<strong>in</strong>s ..................................................................................... 43<br />
1.6 Scavenger <strong>receptor</strong> B-I.................................................................... 48<br />
1.7 HCV and lipoprote<strong>in</strong>s....................................................................... 54<br />
1.7.1 Assembly and release. ............................................................. 57<br />
1.7.2 Low density lipoprote<strong>in</strong> <strong>receptor</strong> and virus entry. ..................... 60<br />
1.8 Project Objectives............................................................................ 62<br />
2 Materials and methods......................................................................... 63<br />
2.1 Cell l<strong>in</strong>es. ......................................................................................... 63<br />
2.2 Antibodies........................................................................................ 63<br />
2.3 Plasmids and prote<strong>in</strong>s. .................................................................... 66<br />
2.4 Basic techniques.............................................................................. 67<br />
2.5 Cell culture pr<strong>of</strong>icient <strong>hepatitis</strong> C virus............................................. 74<br />
2.6 Clon<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> TRIP SR-<strong>BI</strong>I.................................................................... 82<br />
2.7 Clon<strong>in</strong>g and synthesis <strong>of</strong> JFH-1 wt and G451R soluble E2............. 85<br />
3 Results: Investigations us<strong>in</strong>g CHO cell expressed SR-<strong>BI</strong>. ............... 93<br />
3.1 Expression <strong>of</strong> SR-<strong>BI</strong> <strong>in</strong> CHO cells. .................................................. 93<br />
3.2 CHO cells express<strong>in</strong>g human SR-<strong>BI</strong> b<strong>in</strong>d soluble HCV E2<br />
glycoprote<strong>in</strong>. ............................................................................................... 95<br />
3.3 <strong>The</strong> <strong>in</strong>teraction <strong>of</strong> sE2 with a panel <strong>of</strong> SR-<strong>BI</strong> mutants. .................... 99<br />
3.4 Expression <strong>of</strong> SR-<strong>BI</strong>I <strong>in</strong> CHO cells. ............................................... 105<br />
3.5 Discussion. .................................................................................... 107<br />
4 Results: Scavenger Receptor <strong>BI</strong> and <strong>BI</strong>I Expression Levels Modulate<br />
HCV Infectivity............................................................................................ 110<br />
4.1 Over expression <strong>of</strong> SR-<strong>BI</strong>/II <strong>in</strong> Huh-7.5 cells. ................................ 110<br />
4.2 Exogenous expression <strong>of</strong> SR-<strong>BI</strong>/II <strong>in</strong> Huh-7.5 cells enhances HCVcc<br />
<strong>in</strong>fection. ................................................................................................... 113<br />
4.3 Evidence <strong>of</strong> enhanced JFH-1 transmission <strong>in</strong> cells over express<strong>in</strong>g<br />
SR-<strong>BI</strong>. ....................................................................................................... 115<br />
4.4 SR-<strong>BI</strong> expression levels limit the entry <strong>of</strong> HCV pseudo-particles. . 117<br />
4.5 Mur<strong>in</strong>e SR-<strong>BI</strong> does not enhance HCVcc <strong>in</strong>fection......................... 119<br />
4.6 SR-<strong>BI</strong>/II expression levels modulate plasma-derived J6/JFH<br />
<strong>in</strong>fectivity................................................................................................... 121<br />
4.7 Anti-SR-<strong>BI</strong> serum <strong>in</strong>hibits cell culture and plasma derived J6/JFH<br />
<strong>in</strong>fection. ................................................................................................... 124<br />
4.8 Cell culture adaptation <strong>of</strong> JFH-1 HCVcc reduces SR-<strong>BI</strong> dependency.<br />
....................................................................................................... 126<br />
4.9 Discussion. .................................................................................... 128