Journal: Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences: CMLS
Article Title: Heparan sulfate as an attachment factor for ASFV is restricted by host HB-EGF
doi: 10.1007/s00018-026-06188-z
Figure Lengend Snippet: Host HB-EGF inhibits ASFV infection by blocking viral attachment and internalization in vitro. A PAMs were infected with purified ASFV-WT (MOI = 2) at 37 °C for 0, 6, 12, and 24 h, respectively. The HB-EGF mRNA expression levels were detected by qPCR. MA-104 cells were transfected with HB-EGF for 24 h, followed by infection with ASFV-WT (MOI = 0.1) at 37 °C for 24 h. The ASFV infection was detected by western blot ( B ) and qPCR ( C ). HB-EGF stable expression MA-104 cells were infected with ASFV-WT (MOI = 0.1) at 37 °C for 24 h. The ASFV infection was detected by western blot ( D ) and qPCR ( E ). HB-EGF-KD MA-104 cells were infected with ASFV-WT (MOI = 0.1) at 37 °C for 24 h. The ASFV infection was detected by western blot ( F ) and qPCR ( G ). The attachment ( H ) and internalization ( I ) of ASFV in Wild-type, HB-EGF stable expression, and HB-EGF-KD MA-104 cells were detected by qPCR. The attachment ( J ) and internalization ( K ) of DiD-ASFV were observed by ZEISS LSM980. The cell membrane stained with green markers was used as a reference, where the cell membrane was colocalized (red) with the binding virus. The attachment ( L ) and internalization ( M ) were counted. More than 100 cells were counted per sample, and the number of cells that bound DiD-ASFV was calculated
Article Snippet: Surfen dihydrochloride, mitoxantrone, heparin, heparan sulfate, DiD perchlorate, and recombinant HB-EGF eukaryotic expression protein were purchased from MedChemExpress (USA).
Techniques: Infection, Blocking Assay, In Vitro, Purification, Expressing, Transfection, Western Blot, Membrane, Staining, Binding Assay, Virus