Journal: Journal of Virology
Article Title: A novel antiviral role of ankyrin repeat and LEM domain-containing 2 (ANKLE2) in restricting vaccinia virus through barrier to autointegration factor (BAF)
doi: 10.1128/jvi.01549-25
Figure Lengend Snippet: Characterization of expression and localization of endogenous and mutant ANKLE2 in siRNA-treated transduced HeLa cells. ( A ) Schematic representation of human full-length ANKLE2 and its N-terminal truncation mutants used in this study, showing annotated domains and amino acid positions indicated by black arrows. ( B ) HeLa cells were transduced with lentivirus expressing various siRNA-resistant ANKLE2 truncations, followed by transfection with siCTRL or siANKLE2. Cells were then treated with 1 µg/mL doxycycline for 3 days to induce protein expression and analyzed by immunoblotting. ( C ) Immunofluorescence analysis of HeLa cells transduced with empty vector (CTRL), full-length ANKLE2-3XFLAG, and N-terminal truncation mutants Δ2–53, Δ2–117, and Δ2–252. ANKLE2-transduced HeLa cells were stained with anti-FLAG antibody (red) and DAPI (blue). The representative images shown were taken using an inverted confocal microscope at ×60 magnification. Scale bars represent 25 µm.
Article Snippet: Human cervix epithelial adenocarcinoma HeLa cells were purchased and obtained directly from the ATCC.
Techniques: Expressing, Mutagenesis, Transduction, Transfection, Western Blot, Immunofluorescence, Plasmid Preparation, Staining, Microscopy