Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: The central pore of HIV-1 capsomers promotes sustained stability of the viral capsid
doi: 10.1101/2025.05.19.654868
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A-C) Early RT products (A), late RT products (B), and 2-LTR circles (C) were quantified for WT, SK, LSK, SKT, SKI, and NSK at 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, and 12 hours post-infection (hpi) of SupT1 cells by qPCR. Each individual sample was quantified relative to CCR5 copy number to control for the cell number, and all data for each viral DNA species were normalized to copy number/CCR5 for WT at 12 hpi. Error bars depict the mean ± s.e.m. from 3 independent experiments. (D-F) minus-strand strong stop (D, MSSS), first-strand transfer (E, FST), and second-strand transfer (F, SST) DNA copies were quantified by qPCR in endogenous reverse transcription (ERT) reactions performed for 6 hours at 37°C with Streptolysin O (SLO) and in the presence or absence of DNase. Error bars depict the mean ± s.e.m. from at least 2 independent experiments. (G-H) Comparison of mean LSK and NSK early (G) and late (H) RT products at 6 hours post infection in SupT1 cells relative to WT to MSSS (G) and SST (H) RT products in ERT reactions performed in the presence and absence of DNase. Abbreviations: R18S/N21K (SK); S16L/R18S/N21K (LSK); R18S/N21K/A31T (SKT); R18S/N21K/T216I (SKI); S16N/R18S/N21K (NSK).
Article Snippet: MT4 and SupT1 T-cell lines were acquired from American Type Culture Collection (ATTC) and cultured in Roswell Park Memorial Institute (RPMI) 1640 medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum, 2mM L-glutamine, penicillin (100U/mL), and streptomycin (100 μg/mL).
Techniques: Infection, Control, Reverse Transcription, Comparison