Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2016, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (2): 221.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20150886

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Modification of Baculovirus with Folic Acid based on Phospholipids Self-insertion in Host Cells

WANG Liying, WEN Li, LÜ Cheng, LIN Yi*(), PANG Daiwen   

  1. Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Biology and Medicine, Ministry of Education,College of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Virology, the Institute for Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
  • Received:2015-11-19 Online:2016-02-10 Published:2016-01-06
  • Contact: LIN Yi E-mail:ylin@whu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    † Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(No.2011CB933600), the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21275111, 21535005) and the China Scholarship Council(No.201406275115)

Abstract:

Baculovirus has the advantages such as outstanding biosafety, large cloning capacity and non-replication in the transduced cells. However, their in vivo applications are hampered for lacking of specificity. Therefore, modification of baculovirus with targeting molecules is urgently needed. Herein, a method is proposed for the modification of folic acid(FA) on baculovirus based on phospho-lipids self-insertionin host cells. Immunofluorescent colocalization and transmission electron microscope(TEM) results showed that the modified baculovirus kept their integrity while maintaining their infectivity. Thus the method offers opportunities for the development of tumor-targeting gene vectors and vaccines.

Key words: Baculovirus, Folic acid, Modification, Lipid, Host cell

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