Figure 2.
Effect of baculovirus transduction on cellular proliferation and toxicity. (a) Schematic diagram showing the experimental design. (b) Flow cytometry analysis of cells labeled with CPD eFluor450 dye. Representative dot plots of mock, mock + CPD eFluor450 and vABspmC + CPD eFluor450 (MOI = 1) for 24 h were shown as an example for gating of populations. (c) Representative histograms of CPD eFluor450 labeling intensity in baculovirus transduced cells (Q2 population only) and MOCK cell (Q3 population only) at the indicated time points. (d) Analysis of mean CPD eFluor450 labeling intensity in mock and baculovirus transduced cells with different MOIs at various time points. (e) Cell viability. Toxicity of baculovirus transduction into C6/36 cells at varying dosages, measured every 4 days by AlamarBlue cell viability assay. (f) Persistent baculovirus-mediated gene expression. C6/36 cells were transduced with baculovirus at MOI = 1 and expression of fluorescent protein was analyzed over several days. The mCherry fluorescence images at various time-points were taken by fluorescence microscopy. Data shown represent the averages of three biological replicates, with error bars showing standard deviations.