Journal: Frontiers in Immunology
Article Title: STING inhibits viral lytic reactivation and cell growth in primary effusion lymphoma
doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2026.1823240
Figure Lengend Snippet: STING agonist treatment inhibits KSHV lytic replication in BCBL1 and BCBL1-TRex-luciferase cells. (A) Experimental schematic for data shown in B–E . BCBL1 cells were treated with 2 µM diABZI for 24 hours prior to reactivation with NaB (1mM) and TPA (25 ng/mL). At 48 hours post-reactivation, mRNA expression of KSHV (B) immediate early gene ORF57 , (C) early gene ORF39 , and (D) late gene K8.1 were measured by RT-qPCR. (E) Western blot detection of KSHV protein ORF57 at 0 and 48 hours post-reactivation. (F) Experimental schematic for data shown in G–K, M . BCBL1-TRex-luciferase cells were treated with 5 µM diABZI for 24 hours prior to reactivation with doxycycline (1ug/mL). (G) Western blot for cGAS-STING activation (pTBK1, pIRF3) prior to reactivation. At 48 hours post-reactivation, mRNA expression of KSHV (H) immediate early gene ORF57 and (I) early gene ORF39 were measured by RT-qPCR. (J) At 48 hours post-reactivation, genomic DNA was extracted and measured for the number of KSHV ORF39 copies/mL by qPCR, normalized to genome β-actin copies. (K) Western blot detection of KSHV protein vIL6 (K2) at 0 and 48 hours post-reactivation. (L) BCBL1-TRex-luciferase cells were pretreated with 5 µM diABZI for 6 hours prior to reactivation. Equal volumes of supernatant were harvested at 72 hours post-reactivation and extracellular virion production was measured using the KSHV ORF39 gene. (M) RT-qPCR-based whole KSHV transcriptome array was performed. Higher transcript expression levels are indicated by red and lower expression levels by blue as shown in the key. All transcripts normalized to 18S rRNA. Data (B–D, H–J, L) are presented as mean ± SD. * indicates p<0.05; ** indicates p<0.01; *** indicates p<0.001 by Student’s t-test.
Article Snippet: BCBL1 cells were treated with 2 μM diABZI STING agonist-1 [3HCL] prepared in PBS (MedChemExpress, #HY-112921B) for 24 hours prior to lytic induction.
Techniques: Luciferase, Expressing, Quantitative RT-PCR, Western Blot, Activation Assay