Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: CD164 is an endolysomal host factor for entry of Clade A New World Arenaviruses
doi: 10.64898/2026.04.21.719929
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) Phylogenetic tree of mammarenavirus GPC amino acid sequences. Tree generated via MUSCLE alignment, Gblock curation, PhyML phylogeny, and rendered with TreeDyn using phylogeny.fr. (B) Enrichment of guide RNAs from a CRISPR-Cas9 loss-of-function genome-wide screen after the second round of infection with chimeric VSV-eGFP-PICV (CoAN3739). Genes arranged by rank on the x-axis; significance (positive score) on the y-axis. (n=1, experimental replicate). (C) WT A549, CD164 KO , and CD164 KO +CD164 cells were infected with WT or chimeric VSV-eGFP expressing indicated glycoproteins (MACV, LCMV, PICV CoAN4763, PICV CoAN3739, PARV, FLEXV) at MOI=3. Six hours post-infection, % GFP-positive cells determined by flow cytometry (n=3, independent experiments in triplicate and technical replicates in duplicate). One-Way ANOVA: * p <0.05, ** p <0.005, *** p <0.0005. (D) WT A549, CD164 KO , and CD164 KO +CD164 cells were used for plaque assays with WT LCMV (Armstrong), PICV (CoAN4763), and PARV. Dotted line indicates limit of detection (LOD). (n=3, independent experiments in triplicate). One-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparisons: *p< 0.05, **p< 0.005, ***p< 0.0005.
Article Snippet: Alternatively, cells were stained with 1:1000 dilution of a polyclonal sheep anti-human CD164 antibody (“polyclonal antisera,” R&D systems, AF5790) at pH 7.4.
Techniques: Generated, CRISPR, Genome Wide, Infection, Expressing, Flow Cytometry