Expanding the bat toolbox: Carollia perspicillata bat cell lines and reagents enable the characterization of viral susceptibility and innate immune responses.
Multiple viruses that are highly pathogenic in humans are known to have evolved in bats. How bats tolerate infection with these viruses, however, is poorly understood. As viruses engage in a wide range of interactions with their hosts, it is essential to study bat viruses in a system that resembles...
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| author | Victoria Gonzalez Cierra Word Nahomi Guerra-Pilaquinga Mitra Mazinani Stephen Fawcett Christine Portfors Darryl Falzarano Alison M Kell Rohit K Jangra Arinjay Banerjee Stephanie N Seifert Michael Letko |
| author_facet | Victoria Gonzalez Cierra Word Nahomi Guerra-Pilaquinga Mitra Mazinani Stephen Fawcett Christine Portfors Darryl Falzarano Alison M Kell Rohit K Jangra Arinjay Banerjee Stephanie N Seifert Michael Letko |
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| description | Multiple viruses that are highly pathogenic in humans are known to have evolved in bats. How bats tolerate infection with these viruses, however, is poorly understood. As viruses engage in a wide range of interactions with their hosts, it is essential to study bat viruses in a system that resembles their natural environment like bat-derived in vitro cellular models. However, stable and accessible bat cell lines are not widely available for the broader scientific community. Here, we generated in vitro reagents for the Seba's short-tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata), tested multiple methods of immortalization, and characterized their susceptibility to virus infection and response to immune stimulation. Using pseudotyped virus library and authentic virus infections, we show that these C. perspicillata cell lines derived from a diverse array of tissues are susceptible to viruses bearing the glycoprotein of numerous orthohantaviruses, including Andes and Hantaan virus and are also susceptible to live hantavirus infection. Furthermore, stimulation with synthetic double-stranded RNA prior to infection with vesicular stomatitis virus and Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome coronavirus induced a protective antiviral response, demonstrating the suitability of our cell lines to study the bat antiviral immune response. Taken together, the approaches outlined here will inform future efforts to develop in vitro tools for virology from non-model organisms and these C. perspicillata cell lines will enable studies on virus-host interactions in these bats. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a7d1c41c041f4ba58b7d3b39ebf59b8c2025-08-20T02:19:18ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Biology1544-91731545-78852025-04-01234e300309810.1371/journal.pbio.3003098Expanding the bat toolbox: Carollia perspicillata bat cell lines and reagents enable the characterization of viral susceptibility and innate immune responses.Victoria GonzalezCierra WordNahomi Guerra-PilaquingaMitra MazinaniStephen FawcettChristine PortforsDarryl FalzaranoAlison M KellRohit K JangraArinjay BanerjeeStephanie N SeifertMichael LetkoMultiple viruses that are highly pathogenic in humans are known to have evolved in bats. How bats tolerate infection with these viruses, however, is poorly understood. As viruses engage in a wide range of interactions with their hosts, it is essential to study bat viruses in a system that resembles their natural environment like bat-derived in vitro cellular models. However, stable and accessible bat cell lines are not widely available for the broader scientific community. Here, we generated in vitro reagents for the Seba's short-tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata), tested multiple methods of immortalization, and characterized their susceptibility to virus infection and response to immune stimulation. Using pseudotyped virus library and authentic virus infections, we show that these C. perspicillata cell lines derived from a diverse array of tissues are susceptible to viruses bearing the glycoprotein of numerous orthohantaviruses, including Andes and Hantaan virus and are also susceptible to live hantavirus infection. Furthermore, stimulation with synthetic double-stranded RNA prior to infection with vesicular stomatitis virus and Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome coronavirus induced a protective antiviral response, demonstrating the suitability of our cell lines to study the bat antiviral immune response. Taken together, the approaches outlined here will inform future efforts to develop in vitro tools for virology from non-model organisms and these C. perspicillata cell lines will enable studies on virus-host interactions in these bats.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003098 |
| spellingShingle | Victoria Gonzalez Cierra Word Nahomi Guerra-Pilaquinga Mitra Mazinani Stephen Fawcett Christine Portfors Darryl Falzarano Alison M Kell Rohit K Jangra Arinjay Banerjee Stephanie N Seifert Michael Letko Expanding the bat toolbox: Carollia perspicillata bat cell lines and reagents enable the characterization of viral susceptibility and innate immune responses. PLoS Biology |
| title | Expanding the bat toolbox: Carollia perspicillata bat cell lines and reagents enable the characterization of viral susceptibility and innate immune responses. |
| title_full | Expanding the bat toolbox: Carollia perspicillata bat cell lines and reagents enable the characterization of viral susceptibility and innate immune responses. |
| title_fullStr | Expanding the bat toolbox: Carollia perspicillata bat cell lines and reagents enable the characterization of viral susceptibility and innate immune responses. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Expanding the bat toolbox: Carollia perspicillata bat cell lines and reagents enable the characterization of viral susceptibility and innate immune responses. |
| title_short | Expanding the bat toolbox: Carollia perspicillata bat cell lines and reagents enable the characterization of viral susceptibility and innate immune responses. |
| title_sort | expanding the bat toolbox carollia perspicillata bat cell lines and reagents enable the characterization of viral susceptibility and innate immune responses |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3003098 |
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