Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology
Article Title: Transfection of unmodified oligodeoxynucleotide with polyethylenimine reduces the level of hepatitis B surface antigen
doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1600679
Figure Lengend Snippet: PEI/40 nt-AC complex selectively reduces the secretion of HBsAg in HepAD38 cells. (A) The gel retardation assay indicated that PEI complexing to 40 nt length oligonucleotide (adenosine-cytosine repeated sequences) at different weight ratio as indicated. 1 μL of 40 nt-AC water solution (100 μM) contains approximately 1.2 ug of 40 nt-AC oligonucleotide. (B) Internalization of FITC-labeled oligonucleotides in HepAD38 cells with fluorescent vision (up) and bright field (down). (C) The cytotoxicity of PEI/oligonucleotide was measured by using the Cell Counting Kit-8 assay. HepAD38 cells were cultured in 12-well plate and transfected with PEI/ON. The culture supernatants were collected to detect HBsAg (D) , HBeAg (E) , and HBV DNA (F) levels after 48 h. Means and SDs of data from three independent experiments are plotted. (G) HepAD38 cells were cultured in 6-well plate and transfected with PEI/ON as indicated. Cells were lysed with 100 μL of RIPA lysis buffer (25 mM Tris, pH 7.4, 150 mM NaCl, 1% NP-40, 1% sodium deoxycholate, 0.1% SDS). The intracellular levels of HBsAg and HBeAg were determined. (H) The replication intermediates in viral core particles were examined by Southern blot and Viral RNAs by Northern blot. RC, relaxed circular DNA. 18S/28S rRNAs served as the RNA loading control. Means and SDs of data from at least three independent tests were plotted. *** p < 0.001.
Article Snippet: Polyclonal rabbit anti-Hepatitis B virus core antigen (HBc) antibody (B0586) was purchased from the Dako (Glostrup, Denmark), polyclonal rabbit anti-HBsAg antibody (NB100-62652) from Novus Biological (Littleton, CO, USA) and β-actin (AF0003) was purchased from the Beyotime Biotechnology (Shanghai, China).
Techniques: Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay, Labeling, Cell Counting, Cell Culture, Transfection, Lysis, Southern Blot, Northern Blot, Control