Figure 3. Effect of A3C Expression in SupT1.
(A) The A3C gene cloned into the pTT-IRES-GFP lentiviral vector with an HA tag was expressed in 293T cells, and the protein detected with a polyclonal HA antibody.
(B) This construct was used to transfect SupT1 cells. After 48 h, transfection efficiency of the construct was monitored by FACS analysis of GFP expression.
(C) Transfected SupT1 cells were infected with the VSV-G-pseudotyped 210WW and NL4–3 HIV-1 and collected 24 h later. Viral DNA was amplified using the sensitive mutation assay, and population sequencing performed to analyze G-to-A mutation. The total number of G-to-A mutations in the protease region (positions 2255–2485) was counted separately for the GA and GG contexts. No mutations were detected after infection of SupT1 cells transfected with an empty vector. ND, non-detectable mutations.
