a
Ifnb mRNA level in HeLa cells transfected with control vector, β-arrestin 2, or β-arrestin 2 mutants and infected with HSV-1 (left) or VSV (right) for 16 h (***P < 0.0001, **P = 0.0067, ***P < 0.0001, left panel; ***P = 0.0003, *P = 0.0133, ***P = 0.0003, right panel). b Luciferase assay of IFN-β activation in HEK293T cells expressing various vectors (***P < 0.0001, **P = 0.0017, ***P < 0.0001). c
Ifnb mRNA level in Arrb2−/− MEFs transfected with control vector, β-arrestin 2, or β-arrestin 2 mutants and infected with HSV-1 (left) or VSV (right) for 16 h (***P < 0.0001, **P = 0.0032, ***P = 0.0003, left panel; ***P < 0.0001, < 0.0001, = 0.0005 in sequence, right panel). d The virus titers as in c for 72 h (***P = 0.0006, = 0.0003, = 0.0007 in sequence, left panel; ***P < 0.0001, *P = 0.0014, 0.0012 in sequence, right panel). e Immunoassay of lysates of Arrb2−/− MEFs transfected as in c and infected with HSV-1 for indicated times. f Immunoblot analysis of monomeric and dimeric IRF3 as in e. g Immunoblot analysis of nuclear and cytoplasmic fractions as in e. h Immunoassay of lysates of HEK293T cells expressing various vectors. i Immunoassay of cell lysates and streptavidin-precipitated proteins from HEK293T cells transfected with various vectors and stimulated with biotin-ISD. j Immunoassay of lysates of HEK293T cells expressing various vectors. k cGAMP activity measured by extracts from HT-DNA-stimulated (6 h) Arrb2−/− MEFs transfected with various vectors. l Immunoblot analysis of monomeric and dimeric IRF3 as in f. m Immunoassay of lysates of peritoneal macrophages infected with HSV-1 for indicated times. n Immunoassay of lysates of Arrb2−/− MEFs transfected as in l and infected with HSV-1 for 4 h. o Immunoassay of lysates as in n for 24 h. Data are representative of at least three independent experiments (mean ± SEM in b–d, n = 3). Two-tailed unpaired Student’s t-test.