Journal: eLife
Article Title: Phospholipid scramblase 1 (PLSCR1) regulates interferon-lambda receptor 1 (IFN-λR1) and IFN-λ signaling in influenza A virus (IAV) infection
doi: 10.7554/eLife.104359
Figure Lengend Snippet: Plscr1 floxStop and Plscr1 floxStop ;Foxj1-Cre + mice were exposed to sublethal (300 pfu) influenza A virus (IAV) (WSN) infection and sacrificed at 3 dpi. ( A ) Schematic representation of the experimental design of ciliated epithelial cell conditional Plscr1 KI mice. ( B ) Validation of Plscr1 overexpression in lungs of Plscr1 floxStop ;Foxj1-Cre + mice by qRT-PCR. ( C ) Representative immunofluorescent staining for Plscr1, Ifn-λr1, and Foxj1 in lungs. Scale bars represent 50 μm (main) and 10 μm (inlays).( D ) Mean relative weight of mice. ( E ) Viral RNA load in the lungs was assessed by quantifying M gene by qRT-PCR. ( F ) Infectious viral titer in the lungs was assessed by plaque assays. ( G ) Total Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) leukocyte numbers. ( H ) Neutrophil percentages in BAL. ( I ) Whole lungs were analyzed for Ifnlr1 RNA by qRT-PCR and Ifn-λr1 protein by western blot. ( J ) Whole lungs were analyzed for Ifna , Ifnb , Ifng , and Ifnl RNA by qRT-PCR. ( K ) Model depicting proposed mechanism of PLSCR1-regulated IFN-λ signaling. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM of n=3–10 mice/group. All data were pooled from three independent experiments and described biological replicates. ns, not significant, * p <0.05, ** p <0.01, *** p <0.001. dpi, days post-infection. Figure 8—source data 1. PDF file containing original membrane for , indicating the relevant bands and treatments. The membrane was cut just under 50 kDa marker after transfer. The top part was incubated with α-Ifn-λr1 antibody and the bottom part was incubated with α-β-actin antibody. They were then incubated with corresponding secondary antibodies separately. The exposure time was adjusted to visualize Ifn-λr1 (top) or β-actin (middle). A colorimetric photo was taken to visualize the molecular weight markers (bottom). Lanes 2 and 3 were from an unrelated experiment. Figure 8—source data 2. Original membrane corresponding to .
Article Snippet: In control Calu-3 groups, cells were first incubated with 1 μg/mL of anti-human interferon lambda receptor 1 neutralizing antibody (PBL Assay Science, cat #21885–1, clone #MMHLR-1) for 1 hr, and then treated with IFN-λ.
Techniques: Virus, Infection, Biomarker Discovery, Over Expression, Quantitative RT-PCR, Staining, Western Blot, Membrane, Marker, Incubation, Molecular Weight