Journal: Life
Article Title: Ubiquitination Regulates Reorganization of the Membrane System During Cytomegalovirus Infection
doi: 10.3390/life15081212
Figure Lengend Snippet: WASHC1 in MCMV-infected cells. ( A ) NIH 3T3 cells were infected with wt MCMV or left uninfected and analysed 16 h later by immunofluorescence for the expression of pIE1 (green) and WASH1C (red). DAPI (blue) was used to stain the cell nuclei. The percentage of cells with perinuclear WASHC1 (mean ± SD (red bar)) is shown on the right. ( B ) Doxycycline-treated NIH3T3 HA-Ub cells were infected with wt MCMV or left uninfected. After 16 h, 10% of cells were lysed for WCL and 90% of cells were lysed for the immunoprecipitation of ubiquitinated proteins with rabbit anti-HA. The expression of WASHC1, pIE1 and β-actin was visualized with the corresponding primary and secondary antibodies. The fold change represents the signal expression of Ub-WASHC1 relative to the uninfected cells. HC—Heavy chain of anti-Rb IgG pAb. ( C , D ) NIH3T3 cells were transfected with Scr. or WASHC1 siRNA or left untransfected (control). After 48 h, cells were infected with wt MCMV for 16 h or left uninfected and analyzed either by Western blot ( C ) or immunofluorescence ( D ). Signals were normalized to β-actin and fold change represents signal expression relative to uninfected and mock-treated samples. ( D ) Triple staining of Rab10 (red), pIE1 (green) and DAPI (blue) was analyzed by confocal imaging. ( E ) Percentage of MCMV-infected (pIE1-positive) cells with perinuclear accumulation of Rab10 in Scr. and WASH1 siRNA-treated cells at 16 h post-infection, shown as mean ± SD. Ctrl., control the level in non-transfected cells. The number of independent experiments is indicated in parenthesis. ( F ) Cells were treated with Scr., Rab11 or WASHC1 siRNA for 48 h and infected with wt MCMV. Supernatants and cell lysates were harvested at 48 hpi, and the number of infectious units was determined by plaque assay. The number of experiments is indicated in the bars. The error bars show the standard deviation. Statistical significance was determined using the Mann–Whitney test (* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001). Bars—10 μm.
Article Snippet: Murine fibroblast-like cell line NIH3T3 (ATCC CRL-1658) was used for most experiments, and murine embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs), derived from 17-day-old BALB/c mouse embryos, were used for virus production and plaque assays.
Techniques: Infection, Immunofluorescence, Expressing, Staining, Immunoprecipitation, Transfection, Control, Western Blot, Imaging, Plaque Assay, Standard Deviation, MANN-WHITNEY