Journal: Viruses
Article Title: The M2 Protein of the Influenza A Virus Interacts with PEX19 to Facilitate Virus Replication by Disrupting the Function of Peroxisome
doi: 10.3390/v16081309
Figure Lengend Snippet: PEX19 inhibits the replication of IAV. ( a ) A549 cells were transfected with siRNA targeting PEX19 or scrambled siRNA for 48 h. Whole-cell lysates were then analyzed by Western blotting with a mouse anti-PEX19 mAb. The band intensities of PEX19, quantified using ImageJ, were normalized to GAPDH and are expressed as relative ratios compared to RNAimax-treated cells. The cell viability of siRNA-treated A549 cells was measured using the CellTiter-Glo assay. The data are presented as means ± standard deviations for triplicate transfections. ( b ) PEX19 siRNA1- or scrambled siRNA-transfected A549 cells as in ( a ) were infected with the WSN/33 (H1N1), AH05 (H5N1), or AH13 (H7N9) virus. At 24 and 48 h p.i., supernatants were titrated for infectious viruses by plaque assays on MDCK cells. ( c ) The stable overexpression of PEX19 in PEX19-overexpressing cells was confirmed by Western blotting with a rabbit anti-PEX19 pAb. ( d ) The WSN (H1N1) virus was used to infect the PEX19-overexpressing or control A549 cells at an MOI of 0.01. Supernatants were collected at 24 and 48 h p.i., and virus titers were determined by plaque assays on MDCK cells. ( e ) A stable PEX19_KO A549 cell line was established by the CRISPR/Cas9 system, and the knockout of PEX19 was confirmed by Western blotting with a rabbit anti-PEX19 pAb. ( f ) PEX19_KO or control A549 cells were infected with the WSN/33 (H1N1) or AH05 (H5N1) virus. At 24 and 48 h p.i., supernatants were titrated for infectious viruses by plaque assays on MDCK cells. Three independent experiments were performed in ( b , d , f ), and data are shown as means ± standard deviations for triplicates from a representative experiment. *, p < 0.05; **, p < 0.01; and ***, p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: The primary antibodies used in this study include rabbit anti-Flag polyclonal antibody (pAb) (F7425; Sigma-Aldrich, Saint Louis, MO, USA), mouse anti-Flag monoclonal antibody (mAb) (F3165; Sigma-Aldrich), rabbit anti-Myc pAb (C3965; Sigma-Aldrich), mouse anti-Myc mAb (M4439; Sigma-Aldrich), mouse anti-actin mAb (sc-47778; Santa Cruz, Dallas, TX, USA), rabbit anti-GAPDH pAb (10494-1-AP; Proteintech, Wuhan, China), rabbit anti-GFP pAb (AG279; Beyotime Biotech, Shanghai, China), mouse anti-GFP mAb (ab1218; Abcam, Cambridge, MA, USA), rabbit anti-GST pAb (A00097; Genscript, Nanjing, China), mouse anti-GST mAb (A00865; Genscript), rabbit anti-V5 pAb (14440-1-AP; Proteintech), mouse anti-V5 mAb (A01724; Genscript), rabbit anti-M2 pAb (GTX125951; GeneTex, Irvine, CA, USA), mouse anti-M2 mAb (ab5416; Abcam), rabbit anti-PEX19 pAb (GTX110721; GeneTex), mouse anti-PEX19 mAb (GT554; GeneTex), and mouse anti-PMP70 mAb (ab211533; Abcam).
Techniques: Transfection, Western Blot, Glo Assay, Infection, Virus, Over Expression, Control, CRISPR, Knock-Out