Figure 5. Viral characteristics of HCV with Gaussia luciferase inserted between NS5A and NS5B are maintained during infection of primary human hepatocytes.
(a) Infection frequency of primary human fetal hepatocytes with Jc1 5AB nsGluc or J6/JFH1 Clone 2 5AB nsGluc as determined by nuclear translocation in cells expressing tagRFPnlsMAVS. (b) Gaussia luciferase expression in cell lysates following infection of hepatocytes with Jc1 5AB nsGluc or J6/JFH1 Clone 2 5AB nsGluc with or without the NS5B inhibitor 2’CMA. (c) Representative images of infected hepatocytes indicated by nuclear translocation of the tagRFPnlsMAVS reporter. Data shown are mean ± SD of four independent experiments.