Journal: Journal of Virology
Article Title: Interferon-Stimulated Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerases Are Potent Inhibitors of Cellular Translation and Virus Replication
doi: 10.1128/JVI.03443-13
Figure Lengend Snippet: Expression of PARP12L, but not replication of VEErep itself, leads to destruction of polysomes. (A) BHK-21 cells were infected with packaged replicon VEErep/PARP12L at an MOI of 20 infectious units per cell. At 12 h postinfection, cells were harvested and lysed with NP-40, and the lysate was analyzed without additional treatment by ultracentrifugation in a sucrose gradient. Ribosomes, their subunits, and other protein complexes were pelleted from the fractions by additional ultracentrifugation and further analyzed by quantitative Western blotting using Flag-specific MAbs and antibodies specific to ribosomal RPL7a protein. Images were acquired and processed on a Li-Cor imager. The lower panel presents the results of quantitative analysis of Flag-PARP12L and 60S ribosomal subunit distribution in the sucrose gradient. The data were normalized to the signals detected in the fractions containing the highest concentrations of Flag-PARP12L and 60S subunit. (B) BHK-21 cells were infected with packaged VEErep/PARPrev replicon at an MOI of 20 infectious units per cell. At 4 and 12 h postinfection, cells were harvested and lysed with NP-40, and the lysates were analyzed without additional treatment by ultracentrifugation as described above for panel A.
Article Snippet: Pellets were resuspended in protein loading buffer and analyzed by Western blotting using anti-Flag M2 antibodies (Sigma-Aldrich), polyclonal rabbit anti-RPL7a antibodies (Bethyl), and infrared dye-labeled secondary antibodies and scanned on a Li-Cor imager.
Techniques: Expressing, Infection, Western Blot