Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Cryo-electron tomography reveals coupled flavivirus replication, budding and maturation
doi: 10.1101/2024.10.13.618056
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Slice through tomogram of LGTV-infected cell showing an immature virion budding across from a RO (orange arrow), and mature virions (red arrows) in adjacent membranes. (B) Segmentation of the tomogram in (A), with color labels defined for each structure. (C) Slice through tomogram of LGTV-infected showing mature (red arrows) and immature (orange arrows) LGTV virions observed near the viral RO. (D-E) Subtomogram averages of immature (D) and mature (E) LGTV from cellular tomograms. (F) The distance from immature (n=37) and mature (n=24) virions to the closest RO, from five tomograms. Statistical significance by unpaired two-tailed Student’s t test: **** p < 0.005. (G) Representative immunofluorescence micrograph of dsRNA, furin and Golgi marker GM130 in LGTV-infected cells at 24 h p.i. Rightmost panel: merge including DAPI-staining of nuclei (blue). Scale bars 100 nm (A,C), 5 µm (G).
Article Snippet: The cells were then stained with primary antibodies against furin (goat polyclonal, dilution 1:50, Invitrogen), GM130 (mouse monoclonal clone 35/GM130, dilution 1:300, BD Transduction) or dsRNA (mouse monoclonal clone J2, dilution 1:1000, Scicons, Nordic MUbio; conjugated to allophycocyanin, Abcam) and secondary fluorescent antibodies (donkey anti-goat Alexa Fluor 488, dilution 1:1000, Invitrogen; goat anti-mouse Alexa Fluor 568, dilution 1:1000, Invitrogen) and DAPI diluted in blocking buffer for 1 hour each.
Techniques: Infection, Two Tailed Test, Immunofluorescence, Marker, Staining