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. 2010 Feb 19;6(2):e1000762. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000762

Figure 2. Functional and conformational characterization of HCV E2e.

Figure 2

A) Stoichiometric complex formation between H77 E2e and mAb H53. H77-E2e, mAb H53 and a mixture of the two (molar ratio 2∶1) were loaded to the column (in three different runs) (E2e∼50kD, H53∼150kD, complex∼250kD). No peaks corresponding to either of the isolated proteins were observed in the profile of the complex, indicating a 2∶1 complex stoichiometry and a high affinity of H77 E2e for mAb H53. B) Dose-dependent inhibition of infection of Huh7.5 cells by HCVcc. Huh-7.5 cells were preincubated with increasing concentrations of HCV E2e, WNV sE or BVDV E2e and subsequently infected with HCVcc in the corresponding recombinant protein concentration. The number of infected foci was determined after immunofluorescence analysis detecting intracellular HCV core antigen. The columns represent mean values of duplicates in a representative experiment; bars indicate mean deviation, 100% corresponds to the mean value of the infection in the presence of the control proteins.