FIGURE 6.

IKKϵ mediates IFIT2 expression and protection against WNV pathogenesis in vivo. WT Bl6 and IKKϵ^−/− mice were mock-infected (PBS only) or infected with 10³ pfu of WNV-MAD subcutaneously through footpad injection. A, mice were monitored and scored daily for clinical symptoms over 17 days. Clinical scores from four representative mice per group were graphed. B, spleens from WT or IKKϵ^−/− mice, mock-infected or infected with WNV-MAD, were collected at days 4, 6, and 12 post-infection. Protein lysates were extracted by homogenizing spleens with radioimmune precipitation assay buffer and immunoblotted using p-STAT1 Ser-708, p-STAT1 Tyr-701, p-STAT1 Ser-727, total STAT1, IFIT2, IFIT1, WNV, and IKKϵ antibodies. The immunoblot analysis panel is a representative from four mice per infection group.