The conditions under which Japanese encephalitis virus plaques are formed on LLC-MK
2 cell were studied in detail. The conditions concerned were: cellular sensitivity, virus strain, cell aging, washing of the cultured cells, adsorption time, diluent effect, culture temperature, concentration of fetal calf serum, methyl cellulose, sodium bicarbonate and trypsin.
Various vertebrate cell lines were screened for plaguing efficiency. Vero, LLC-MK
2, FL and chick embryo cells all appeared to give comparable viral titers. The LLC-MK
2 cell was suitable for JE virus plaque assay, because of good growth and easy subcultivation. It has been shown that the optimal conditions for JE virus plaque formation in LLC-MK
2 cells were: (i) Incubation temperature of 37°C. (ii) Viral adsorption duration of 60 minutes. (iii) Hanks' balanced salt supplement with 0.5% bovine plasma albumin at pH 7.2 as diluent of viral samples. (iv) Employment of overlayer medium containing 1.5% methyl cellulose and incorporated with 3 % inactivated fetal calf serum, NaHCO
3 2.8 mg/ml. (v) Duration of 7 days for development of plaque. (vi) Mg and Ca cations required for maximal virus adsorption but plaques produced in the absence of Ca and Mg cations. (vii) Trypsin, virus strain, cell age and washing of the monolayer cells before and after exposure to virus seemed to have little effect on either plaque size or viral titer.
The growth curves of LLC-MK
2, Vero cell cultures and serological surveys of the virus were also described.
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