Journal: Virology
Article Title: Processing bodies accumulate in human cytomegalovirus-infected cells and do not affect viral replication at high multiplicity of infection.
doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2014.04.022
Figure Lengend Snippet: Fig. 6. Knockdown effect of PB components on viral gene expression in HCMV-infected cells. HFF cells were transfected with siRNAs targeting 4E-T, Lsm1, and LSM14A, or with a non-targeting siRNA (siNeg), and, 2 days after transfection, infected with HCMV at an moi of 3. (A) Effect of siRNAs specific for the PB components, 4E-T, Lsm1, and Lsm14A on mRNA expression of the corresponding gene and viral mRNA expression. The transfected and infected cells were harvested at 0, 3, 6, and 24 hpi. Total RNA was isolated and subjected to quantitative real-time RT-PCR analysis to detect the gene transcripts indicated on the Y axis. RNAs were normalized to HPRT RNA and values were calculated relative to siNeg at 0 (upper panel) or 3 (lower panel) hpi. Data are averages of three independent experiments. Statistical analyses were done using the t-test. RNA expression levels compared to siNeg were assessed for statistical significance. n indicates values of po0.05. nn indicates values of po0.01. (B) The transfected and infected cells were fixed at 24 hpi and stained with rabbit polyclonal antibody specific for Lsm14A and goat polyclonal antibody specific for EDC4, followed by staining with Alexa 568-conjugated donkey anti-rabbit IgG and Alexa 680-conjugated anti-goat secondary antibodies. Histogram showing the effect of siRNAs targeting 4E-T, Lsm1, and LSM14A, or with a non-targeting siRNA (siNeg) on the ratio of the PB number/cell. Thirty cells were selected from multiple fields of view, and the number of Lsm14A and EDC4 double- positive PBs were counted. Data are averages of merged dots determined by counting three times independently, and the error bars indicate SD.
Article Snippet: Goat polyclonal antibody against EDC4 (sc-137444), and rabbit polyclonal antibody against Lsm1 (sc-67365) were from Santa Cruz Biotechnology, (Santa Cruz, CA) and mouse monoclonal antibody against Dcp1a, clone 3G4 (Cat# H00055802-M6), was from Abnova (Taipei, Taiwan).
Techniques: Knockdown, Gene Expression, Infection, Transfection, Expressing, Isolation, Quantitative RT-PCR, RNA Expression, Staining