Cell-based flavivirus infection (CFI) assay for the evaluation of dengue antiviral candidates using high-content imaging

Methods Mol Biol. 2014:1138:99-109. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0348-1_7.

Abstract

Large-scale screening of antiviral compounds that target dengue virus life cycle requires a robust cell-based assay that is rapid, easy to conduct, and sensitive enough to be able to assess viral infectivity and cell viability so that antiviral efficacy can be measured. In this chapter we describe a method that uses high-content imaging to evaluate the in vitro antiviral efficacy in a modification to the cell-based flavivirus immunodetection (CFI) assay that was described previously in Wang et al. (Antimicrob Agents Chemother 53(5):1823-1831, 2009).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antiviral Agents / pharmacology*
  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Survival
  • Dengue / drug therapy
  • Dengue / virology*
  • Dengue Virus / drug effects*
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays / methods*
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional*
  • Indoles / metabolism
  • Staining and Labeling
  • Statistics as Topic

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Indoles
  • DAPI