Journal: mBio
Article Title: A single-dose intranasal immunization with a novel bat influenza A virus-vectored MERS vaccine provides effective protection against lethal MERS-CoV challenge
doi: 10.1128/mbio.01107-25
Figure Lengend Snippet: Attenuation of bat influenza-vectored MERS vaccine candidates. ( A, B ) Schematic diagrams of two approaches used to attenuate bat influenza-vectored MERS vaccine candidates. ( A ) The NS1 protein was truncated by introducing three consecutive stop codons at the 128th codon and deleting nucleotides 412-474. ( B ) Amino acids responsible for the ts , ca , and att phenotypes in AA and Len viruses were introduced into the corresponding genes of Bat09. ( C ) MDCK cells were infected with vector, H17ps_S1, or NS128_S1 at an MOI of 0.01 at 37°C. Supernatants were collected at 24, 36, 48, 60, and 72 hpi to compare viral growth dynamics. ( D–F ) MDCK cells were infected with H17ps_S1, AA_S1, or Len_S1 at an MOI of 0.01 and cultured at 33°C, 37°C, or 39°C. Supernatants were harvested at the indicated time points and titrated on MDCK cells at 37°C to determine the growth kinetics of parental H17ps_S1 ( D ), AA_S1 ( E ), and Len_S1 ( F ). ( G ) MDCK cells were infected with H17ps_S1, AA_S1, or Len_S1 at an MOI of 0.1 and cultured at 33°C, 37°C, or 39°C. At 24 hpi, cells were fixed and stained for S1 expression using an MERS-CoV S1 antibody. Nuclei were stained with DAPI. Scale bar: 150 µm. ( H ) MDCK cells were infected with 10-fold dilutions (10 −1 to 10 −6 ) of the vector or the indicated viruses. At 3 days post-infection (dpi), cells were fixed with cold methanol and stained with crystal violet. ( I ) Plaque sizes formed by each virus were quantified using ImageJ software.
Article Snippet: S1 expression was detected using an anti-MERS-CoV S1 rabbit polyclonal antibody (1:1,000, Sino Biological, 40069-T52), and viral NP was detected using an anti-influenza A NP rabbit polyclonal antibody (1:1,000, Fisher, PA5-32242).
Techniques: Infection, Plasmid Preparation, Cell Culture, Staining, Expressing, Virus, Software