(a,b) Alexa Fluor 568-labelled HA subcomponents or reconstituted HA (Alexa Fluor 568-labelled HA2/HA3 or HA1/Alexa Fluor 568-labelled HA2/HA3; red) were injected into ligated mouse intestinal loops and incubated for 2 h; FAE regions were stained with FITC-labelled UEA-1 (green). (c) Recombinant Fc proteins (mGP2 and hGP2) were incubated with Strep-Tactin Superflow agarose pre-bound to HA1, HA3, HA2/HA3 core complex or HA (HA1/HA2/HA3). HA-bound proteins were analyzed by immunoblotting using HRP-labelled anti-human IgG antibody. (d) Reconstituted WT HA (HA1/Alexa Fluor 568-labelled HA2/HA3), mutant HA complex harbouring mutant HA1 (N285A, HA1N285A/Alexa Fluor 568-labelled HA2/HA3), mutant HA complex harbouring mutant HA3 (R528A, HA1/Alexa Fluor 568-labelled HA2/HA3R528A) and mutant HA complex harbouring mutant HA1 and HA3 (N285A/R528A, HA1N285A/Alexa Fluor 568-labelled HA2/HA3R528A; red) were injected into ligated mouse intestinal loops and incubated for 2 h; FAE regions were stained with FITC-labelled UEA-1 (green). (e) Recombinant mGP2-Fc protein was incubated with Strep-Tactin Superflow agarose pre-bound to HA (WT, N285A, R528A or N285A/R528A). HA-bound proteins were analyzed by immunoblotting using HRP-labelled anti-human IgG antibody. (f) GST–mGP2 and GST were incubated with Strep-Tactin Superflow agarose pre-bound to HA (WT). HA-bound proteins were analyzed by immunoblotting using anti-GST antibody and HRP-labelled anti-rabbit IgG antibody. Scale bar, 10 μm (a,b,d). Data are representative of two (a,d) or three (b,c,e,f) independent experiments.