Figure 4.
Enterovirus A71 induces autophagosome formation in neuronal cells and differentiated IMR-32 cells. Neuronal cells derived from human NSCs and IMR-32 cells were infected with EV-A71 at an MOI of 2. (A) Immunofluorescence images of the LC3 and EV-A71 3Dpol in EV-A71-infected neurons at 12 and 24 h postinfection. The green color is LC3, the red color is EV-A71 3Dpol, and DAPI was used to label nuclei. The scale bar represents 20 μm. (B) The average number of LC3+ puncta per cell was quantified according to the immunofluorescence results. (C) Western blot assays were performed to measure the protein levels of LC3-I, LC3-II and EV-A71 3Dpol in EV-A71-infected neurons. (D) The band intensities of LC3-II were measured using ImageJ software and normalized to the β-actin. The time point of 0.5 h was used as a reference. (E) The protein levels of LC3-I, LC3-II and EV-A71 3Dpol of EV-A71-infected differentiated IMR-32 were detected using western blot. (F) The band intensities of LC3-II were measured using ImageJ software and normalized to the β-actin. (G) The protein levels of phospho-Beclin1 S15, total Beclin1 and EV-A71 3Dpol of EV-A71-infected differentiated IMR-32 were detected using western blot. β-actin was used as an internal control in western blots. The error bars represent the SD. Student’s t test. **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.