Journal: Journal of Virology
Article Title: Critical role for ribonucleoside-diphosphate reductase subunit M2 in ALV-J-induced activation of Wnt/β-catenin signaling via interaction with P27
doi: 10.1128/jvi.00267-23
Figure Lengend Snippet: RRM2 affects ALV-J replication by regulating Wnt/β-catenin pathway. (A to H) Overexpression of RRM2 enhance ALV-J growth by activating Wnt/β-catenin signaling. CEF cells were transfected with pEGFP-rrm2 or pEGFP-N1 as a control, followed by infection with ALV-J. Cells were harvested to detect the expression of viral protein and β-catenin using Western Blot (A to C), and the transcriptional level of lef1, tcf4, axin2, c-myc, and Cyclin D1 using qRT-PCR (D to H). The density of bands in A was quantitated by densitometry (B and C). (I to Q) Knockdown of RRM2 inhibits ALV-J growth by suppressing Wnt/β-catenin signaling. CEF cells receiving RRM2-specific siRNA or control siRNA were infected ALV-J or DMEM as a control. Cells were harvested to detect the expression of viral protein and the expression of β-catenin in cytoplasm and nucleus using Western Blot (I to L) and the transcriptional level of lef1, tcf4, axin2, c-myc, and Cyclin D1 using qRT-PCR (M to Q). The density of bands in I was quantitated by densitometry (J to L). (R to Y) Inhibition of RRM2 by 3-AP suppresses ALV-J growth by inhibiting Wnt/β-catenin signaling. CEF cells treated with 3-AP or DMSO as a control were infected ALV-J or DMEM as a control. Cells were harvested to detect the expression of viral protein and the expression of β-catenin in cytoplasm and nucleus using Western Blot (R to T) and the transcriptional level of lef1, tcf4, axin2, c-myc, and Cyclin D1 using qRT-PCR (U to Y). The density of bands in H was quantitated by densitometry (S and T). The relative levels of target proteins in cytoplasm were calculated as follows: band density of target proteins/band density of GAPDH. The relative levels of target proteins in nucleus were calculated as follows: band density of target protein/band density of PCNA. Error bars indicate mean ± SD from three independent experiments. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01.
Article Snippet: Gallus RRM2 was cloned from DF-1 cells using the specific primers ( ). pRK5-flag- rrm2 , pCMV-myc- rrm2 , pEGFP- rrm2, and pEGFP- p27 were constructed by standard molecular biology techniques. pRK5-flag- p15 , pRK5-flag- p19 , pRK5-flag- p27 , pRK5-flag- p32 , pRK5-flag- p68 , pRK5-flag-g p37 , pRK5-flag-g p85 ,and pEGFP- p27 were kept in our laboratory.
Techniques: Over Expression, Transfection, Control, Infection, Expressing, Western Blot, Quantitative RT-PCR, Knockdown, Inhibition