Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Herpes simplex virus infection promotes ALS pathology through ICP0-mediated PML body disruption
doi: 10.64898/2026.03.27.714707
Figure Lengend Snippet: a , Schematic overview of the HSV-1 ICP0 gene with mutations to disrupt either RNF8 binding site (T67A), E3 ligase function (C116G/C156A), Cyclin D3 binding site (D199A) or CoREST interaction (D671A/E673A). b , Representative immunofluorescence images of H4 cells co-transfected with TDP-43venus (green) and either vector, wild-type (WT) ICP0 or indicated ICP0 mutant. Cells were fixed 24 h post-transfection and stained for PML (white), ICP0 (red) and DAPI (blue). Scale bar, 10 µm. c , Quantification of nuclear TDP-43venus foci area (µm 2 ) (top) and PML foci count (bottom) of co-transfected cells in (b) using Foci Analyzer (ImageJ). Lines represent mean±SEM, dots represent individual cells (n = 37-74) of three independent biological replicates. *p<0.05, ***p<0.001 Kruskal-Wallis test followed by Dunn’s multiple comparisons test. d , Scatter plot of total nuclear TDP-43venus foci size (y-axis) against the nuclear PML dot count (x-axis). Each dot represents one corresponding measurement from (c). Blue dots represent cells overexpressing ICP0 WT, black dots represent cells transfected with vector. For association testing, all events were taken together in Spearman’s rank correlation test (r = –0.54, ***p<0.001, n = 118). e , Representative immunofluorescence images of H4 cells transduced with lentiviruses encoding TDP-43venus (green). After 3 days, cells were infected with HSV-1 and 1 h post-infection treated with proteasome inhibitor MG132 or DMSO, respectively. Cells were fixed 17 h post-infection and stained for PML (white), ICP27 (red) and DAPI (blue). Scale bar, 10 µm. f , Quantification of PML foci (top) and total nuclear TDP-43venus foci area (µm 2 ) (bottom) in (e). Lines represent mean±SEM. Dots represent individual cells, n = 58-362, three independent biological replicates, ***p<0.001 Kruskal-Wallis test followed by Dunn’s multiple comparisons test. g , Representative immunoblots showing SUMOylation status of FLAG-tagged TDP-43 purified by anti-FLAG immunoprecipitation (IP) from whole cell lysates (WCL) of HEK293T cells at 40 h post-transfection. Cells were co-transfected with HSV-1 ICP0 and/or stimulated with arsenite (500 µM, 1 h), as indicated. IP and WCL was analyzed by immunoblotting. Blots were stained with anti-SUMO2, anti-FLAG, anti-HSV-1 ICP0 and anti-GAPDH. h , Quantification of the full SUMO-2 lane in the TDP-43 IP of ( g ) normalized to the vector control. n = 3, **p<0.01 paired t test.
Article Snippet: Monoclonal mouse anti-FLAG-tag antibody, M2 (1:5,000), Sigma-Aldrich, F1804), anti-GAPDH (BioLegend, 607902; 1:1,000), Polyclonal rabbit anti-TDP-43 antibody (proteintech, 10782-2-AP, 1:2,000), mouse anti-lamin B (proteintech, 66095-1, 1:1,000), mouse anti-HSV-1 ICP0 (abcam, AB6513, 1:7,500), anti-SUMO2 (novus biologicals, NBP1-77163, 1:1,000) Secondary Antibodies: anti-rabbit IgG HRP (Promega, W401B, 1:10,000), anti-mouse IgG HRP (Promega, W402B, 1:10,000), Veriblot HRP (abcam, ab131366, 1:1,000)
Techniques: Binding Assay, Immunofluorescence, Transfection, Plasmid Preparation, Mutagenesis, Staining, Transduction, Infection, Western Blot, Purification, Immunoprecipitation, Control