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. 2020 Sep 17;10:15234. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-71970-3

Figure 7.

Figure 7

The accumulation of autophagosomes increases Enterovirus A71 vRNA replication. (A) Differentiated IMR-32 cells infected with EV-A71 (MOI = 2) and treated with 5 or 10 nM bafilomycin A1 or with 10 μM pepstatin A and E-64d or with DMSO only. Immunofluorescence assay was performed to detect the expression of LC3-positive puncta at 24 h postinfection. Green color is LC3 and DAPI was used to label nuclei. The scale bar represents 10 μm. (B) The average number of LC3+ puncta per cell was quantified according to the immunofluorescence results. (C) Differentiated IMR-32 cells infected with EV-A71 (MOI = 2) or went mock-infection, and treated with 5 or 10 nM bafilomycin A1 or with DMSO only. Total RNA was harvested at 12 and 24 h postinfection, and RT-qPCR assays were performed to measure the relative levels of EV-A71 5′ UTR vRNA. (D) Differentiated IMR-32 cells infected with EV-A71 (MOI = 2) or went mock-infection, and treated with 10 μM pepstatin A and E-64d or with DMSO only. Total RNA was harvested at 12 and 24 h postinfection, and RT-qPCR assays were performed to measure the relative levels of EV-A71 5′ UTR vRNA. The experiments were performed in triplicate, and the error bars represent the SD. Student’s t test. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.