| Assay Method Information | |
| | Infectivity Assay |
| Description: | HIV cell culture assay MT-2 cells, 293T cells and the proviral DNA clone of NL4-3 virus were obtained from the NIH AIDS Research and Reference Reagent Program. MT-2 cells were propagated in RPMI 1640 media supplemented with 10% heat inactivated fetal bovine serum (FBS), 100 ug/ml penicillin G and up to 100 units/ml streptomycin. The 293T cells were propagated in DMEM media supplemented with 10% heat inactivated FBS, 100 ug/ml penicillin G and 100 ug/ml streptomycin. A recombinant NL4-3 proviral clone, in which a section of the nef gene was replaced with the Renilla luciferase gene, was used to make the reference virus used in these studies. The recombinant virus was prepared through transfection of the recombinant NL4-3 proviral clone into 293T cells using Transit-293 Transfection Reagent from Mirus Bio LLC (Madison, Wis.). Supernatent was harvested after 2-3 days after transfection, and the amount of virus present was titered in MT-2 cells using luciferase enzyme activity as a marker. Luciferase activity was quantitated using the EnduRen Live Cell Substrate from Promega (Madison, Wis.). Antiviral activities of compounds toward the recombinant virus were quantified by measuring luciferase activity in MT-2 cells infected for 4-5 days with the recombinant virus in the presence of serial dilutions of the compound.The 50% effective concentration (EC50) was calculated by using the exponential form of the median effect equation where (Fa)=1/[1+(ED50/drug conc.)m](Johnson V A, Byington R T. Infectivity Assay. In Techniques in HIV Research. ed. Aldovini A, Walker B D. 71-76. New York: Stockton Press. 1990). |
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