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. 2016 Dec 10;6:221–232. doi: 10.1016/j.omtn.2016.11.007

Figure 5.

Figure 5

RRV-RSV-yCD2-miRPDL1 and RRV-RSV-yCD2-U6-miRPDL1 Express yCD2 Protein and Exhibit PDL1 Downregulation Activity

(A) Replication kinetics of RRV-RSV-yCD2-miRPDL1 and RRV-RSV-yCD2-U6-miRPDL1. The viral genome in the supernatants of infected LN-18 cells (MOI of 0.1) at indicated time points were quantified by qRT-PCR using primer set targeted to the env region (Figure 1). A paired t test was performed and showed no statistically significant difference in replication kinetics between RRV-RSV-yCD2-miRPDL1 versus RRV-RSV-yCD2 (p = 0.0649) and RRV-RSV-yCD2-U6-miRPDL1 (p = 0.0801). RRV-yCD2, RRV-RSV-yCD2, and RRV-miRPDL1 (indicated as U6-miRPDL1 in the graph) were included as positive controls. (B) Vector stability of RRV-RSV-yCD2-miRPDL1 and RRV-RSV-yCD2-U6-miRPDL1 in LN-18 cells was analyzed by endpoint PCR at 14 days post infection. Lane 1: DNA molecular marker (1 Kb Plus marker, Invitrogen); lanes 2, 4, and 6 are positive controls using the corresponding plasmid DNA as the templates; lane 3: RRV-RSV-miRPDL1; lane 5: RRV-RSV-yCD2-miRPDL1; and lane 7: RRV-RSV-yCD2-U6-miRPDL1. The arrows indicate the expected size of the PCR products (844 bp for RRV-RSV-miRPDL1; 1,326 bp for RRV-RSV-yCD2-miRPDL1; and 1,591 bp for RRV-RSV-yCD2-U6-miRPDL1). (C) yCD2 protein expression in LN-18 cell infected with RRV-yCD2, RRV-RSV-yCD2, RRV-RSV-yCD2-miRPDL1, RRV-RSV-yCD2-U6-miRPDL1, and naive cells. GAPDH is included as loading control. The numbers shown on the bottom of the immunoblot indicate fold change of yCD2 protein expression relative to RRV-yCD2. (D) LN-18 cells infected with RRV-RSV-miRPDL1, RRV-RSV-yCD2-miRPDL1, and RRV-RSV-yCD2-U6-miRPDL1 were stained for PDL1 cell surface expression with PDL1 antibody and analyzed by flow cytometry.