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. 1990 Feb;64(2):957–961. doi: 10.1128/jvi.64.2.957-961.1990

Cationic liposomes (Lipofectin) mediate retroviral infection in the absence of specific receptors.

C L Innes 1, P B Smith 1, R Langenbach 1, K R Tindall 1, L R Boone 1
PMCID: PMC249198  PMID: 2153257

Abstract

We have used cationic liposomes (Lipofectin) to facilitate retrovirus infection of cells lacking the homologous viral receptor. Ecotropic murine leukemia virus and packaged retroviral vectors were shown to infect mink cells, and amphotropic packaged retroviral vectors were shown to infect hamster cells in the presence of Lipofectin but not in the presence of Polybrene. Lipofectin-mediated infection of cells lacking the homologous receptor results in a titer approximately 0.1% of the titer in cells with the homologous receptor, using the standard Polybrene protocol. The use of Lipofectin may provide a simple means to experimentally infect a wide variety of cells with viruses not normally infectious for the species, tissue, or cell type of interest.

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