Journal: Journal of Virology
Article Title: Interaction of coronavirus E protein with BRD2 plays important regulatory roles in viral replication and induction of pro-inflammatory response
doi: 10.1128/jvi.02201-25
Figure Lengend Snippet: BRD2 promotes the induction of pro-inflammatory response in CoV-infected cells. ( A ) IBV-infected (MOI ~2) or mock-treated HeLa, DF1, and Vero cells were analyzed by RT-qPCR for viral gRNA and cytokine mRNAs (IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α), normalized to 0 hpi GAPDH. Significance levels were presented by the P -value (ns, non-significant; *, P <0.05; **, P < 0.01; ***, P < 0.001). N.D., non-determined. ( B ) Western blot analysis of IBV-infected or mock-treated HeLa, DF1, and Vero cells at the indicated time points. Beta-actin was included as the loading control. Sizes of protein ladders in kDa were indicated on the left. ( C ) RT-qPCR analysis of IBV RNAs (gRNA, sgRNA), cytokines (IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α), and BET family mRNAs (BRD2/3/4, BRDT) in H1299/Vero-shNC/BRD2 cells, normalized to GAPDH in shNC at 0 hpi. Significance as described for panel A . ( D ) IBV-infected or mock-infected H1299 cells pre-transfected with siEGFP/siBRD2 were analyzed by RT-qPCR for viral gRNA, cytokines, and BET mRNAs, normalized to GAPDH in siEGFP mock at 16 hpi. Significance as described for panel A .
Article Snippet: Antibodies against BRD2 (#5848), NF-κB p65 (#8242), Phospho-NF-κB p65 (#3033), IκBα (#4814), Phospho-IκBα (#5209), IL-6 (#12912), FLAG-Tag (#8146), GFP-Tag (#2956), myc-Tag (#2276), H3 (#4499), α-Tubulin (#3873), and β-actin (#4967) were from Cell Signaling Technology.
Techniques: Infection, Quantitative RT-PCR, Western Blot, Control, Transfection