Journal: PLoS Pathogens
Article Title: GP73 represses host innate immune response to promote virus replication by facilitating MAVS and TRAF6 degradation
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006321
Figure Lengend Snippet: ( A ) HEK293 cells (2×10 5 ) were co-transfected with GP73 plasmids at 0, 0.125, 0.25 or 0.5 μg and β-actin plasmid (0.05 μg) along with MAVS or TRAF6 plasmids (0.5 μg) for 24 h. WCLs were subjected to WB with indicated antibodies. ( B ) HEK293 cells (5×10 5 ) were co-transfected with GP73 plasmids at 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5 or 2 μg for 24 h. Endogenous MAVS was determined by WB. ( C ) THP-1-GP73-RNAi cells were collected and endogenous MAVS, TRAF6, IRF3 and IκBα proteins were detected by WB. ( D ) HEK293 cells (5×10 5 ) were transfected with control or GP73 plasmids for 24 h, the mRNA levels of MAVS and TRAF6 were determined by RT-PCR (left panel). THP-1-GP73-RNAi cells were collected to determine the mRNA levels of MAVS and TRAF6 by RT-PCR (right panel). ( E ) Huh7-MAVSR cells were un-infected or infected with HCV (MOI = 2) for 4 days, CHX (cycloheximide, 40 μg/ml) were added for the indicated time points followed by WB analysis. ( F ) HEK293 cells (2×10 5 ) were transfected with GP73 plasmid (1 μg) for 20 h followed by treatment with DMSO, proteasome inhibitor MG132 (20 μM), autophagosome inhibitor 3-MA (1 mg/ml), lysosome inhibitor CQ (Chloroquine, 100 μM) or apoptosis inhibitor Z-FAD-FMK (50 μM) for 4 h. Endogenous MAVS was detected by WB. ( G ) HEK293 cells (2×10 5 ) were co-transfected with GP73 plasmid (0.1 μg) together with TRAF6 plasmid (0.2 μg) for 20 h followed by treatment with DMSO, proteasome inhibitor MG132 (20 μM) or BTZ (Bortezomib, 10 μM), lysosome inhibitor CQ (100 μM) or ER-to-Golgi transport inhibitor BFA (Brefeldin A, 20 μg/ml) for 4 h. WCLs were subjected to immunoblots with the indicated antibodies.
Article Snippet: Antibodies against Flag, HA, c-Myc, TRAF6, Calnexin, Syntaxin 6, p-IκBα and IκBα were purchased from Cell Signaling Technology (Danvers, MA, USA).
Techniques: Transfection, Plasmid Preparation, Control, Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction, Infection, Western Blot