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. 2021 Jun 10;31(8):847–860. doi: 10.1038/s41422-021-00519-4

Fig. 2. SARS-CoV-2-E expression induces cell death in vitro as SARS-CoV-2 did.

Fig. 2

a Cell viability of 14 cell lines at the indicated time after transfection with 2-E plasmids. b Microscopy images of 2-E expression in Vero E6 cells during cell death (bar, 10 μm). c Images of Vero E6 cells infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus (bar, 25 μm). Vero E6 and Calu-3 cells were transfected with 2-E-mCherry plasmid at indicated concentration. d Survival viability of Vero E6 cells under different transfection levels. e Protein expression levels of 2-E in Vero E6 cells after transfection. f Expression of 2-E present in 2-E-transfected and SARS-CoV-2-infected Vero E6 (left) and Calu-3 (right) cells (MOI = 0.1). All data are representative of three independent experiments. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; unpaired Student’s t-test. All error bars are SEM.