Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Circadian immunometabolic states impart a temporal response to SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins in mammalian macrophages
doi: 10.64898/2026.02.24.707668
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Measurements of JC-10 590/525 ratios under non-stimulatory PBS control conditions across 24 hrs. Line represents ECHO model filtered for circadian parameters (period = 20-28hrs, BH-adj p-value = <0.05). (B) Mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) at each treatment time point, as a percentage of the vehicle control, for CoV-1, CoV-2, and CoV-2 D614G spike protein treatments. (C) JC-10 590/525 ratios of mBMDMs treated at HPS16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, or 40 with LPS (left) or IL-4 (right), as a percentage of the PBS-treated control. Overlaid line on all graphs indicates significant ECHO fit if response was determined to be circadian (e.g. period = 20-28h, BH-adj p-val = <0.05). (A-C) Bar colors indicate treatment type, and individual point colors represent each biological replicate as indicated in the key. Error bars represent ±1 SD. (D) Confocal maximum projections of representative fixed mBMDMs stained with MitoTracker TM CMXRos Red following treatment with either PBS control, CoV-2 spike protein, LPS, or IL-4 at HPS20, 24, 32, and 36. Images pseudo-colored using the inverted look-up table (LUT) in ImageJ/FIJI. Omitted images indicated within the panels are reported in . Scale bar represents 2μM.
Article Snippet: Starting at 16hrs post-50% FBS shock (HPS), mouse BMDMs or human macrophages were exposed to 11.2nM (1μg/mL) of SARS spike protein in PBS as indicated every 4 hours for 24 hours, for a total of 7 time points (at HPS16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, and 40). mBMDMs were incubated for 6 hours with either PBS (vehicle control), SARS-1 spike protein, SARS-COV-2 S1 spike protein, or SARS-COV-2 D614G S1 spike protein (SinoBiological Cat#40150-V08B1, 40591-V08B1, 40591-V08H3, respectively) as indicated.
Techniques: Control, Membrane, Staining