Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Lenacapavir binding to immature Gag triggers the emergence of giant HIV-1 virions
doi: 10.1101/2025.07.16.665102
Figure Lengend Snippet: a , b , Infectivity of HIV-1 virions produced from pNL4-3-transfected ( a ) and pJR-FL-transfected ( b ) 293T/Vpr-HiBiT cells treated with LEN, assessed by Tat-driven firefly luciferase activity in TZM-bl cells. c , Infectivity of virions from pNL4-3-transfected 293T/Vpr-HiBiT cells measured in CEM-GFP cells by flow cytometry, based on GFP-positive cells. d , Infectivity of virions from pNL4-3-transfected 293T/Vpr-HiBiT cells measured in Jurkat cells by flow cytometry, based on intracellular p24-staining. e , f , Infectivity of HIV-1 virions produced from pNL4-3-infected Jurkat/Vpr-HiBiT cells ( e ) and pNL4-3-infected primary CD4 + T cells ( f ) treated with LEN, assessed by Tat-driven firefly luciferase activity in TZM-bl cells. Data are presented as mean ± s.d. from three independent experiments (biological triplicates where applicable) ( a – f ). g , Representative western blot showing HIV-1 gp120 incorporation in the presence or absence of LEN. h , Quantification of gp120 incorporation normalized to p24 levels, based on ImageJ analysis. Data are presented as mean ± s.d. from four independent experiments. i , HIV-1 fusion assessed using a BlaM-Vpr reporter assay and flow cytometric detection of CCF4 dye cleavage in the presence of LEN. Data are presented as mean ± s.d. from three independent experiments.
Article Snippet: HIV-1 Gag, Env, and FLAG-tagged proteins were detected by immunoblotting using the following primary antibodies: HIV-1 Immunoglobulin G (HIV-Ig: NIH AIDS reagent program), anti-HIV-1 gp120 antibody (Cat. No. D7324; Aalto Bio Reagents Ltd. Dublin, Ireland), Anti-DYKDDDDK tag monoclonal antibody (Cat. No. 012-22384; Fujifilm), and anti-p24 Gag monoclonal (#24-4: NIH AIDS Research and Reference Reagent Program).
Techniques: Infection, Produced, Transfection, Luciferase, Activity Assay, Flow Cytometry, Staining, Western Blot, Reporter Assay