Fig. 4: PSGL-1 inhibits Env incorporation in virions and viral entry.
From: PSGL-1 inhibits HIV-1 infection by restricting actin dynamics and sequestering HIV envelope proteins
a Virions harvested from producer 293 T cells transfected with two different doses of PSGL-1 or an empty vector were pelleted through 20% sucrose cushion were analyzed by Western blotting together with the cell lysates. b PSGL-1-knockout Jurkat cells lines with two different sgRNAs or a control cell line with a non-targeting (NT) sgRNA were infected with NL4-3 virus or NL4-3 delVpu virus. The supernatants containing newly released viruses were concentrated and analyzed by Western blotting. The cell lysates of the producer cells were also analyzed by Western blotting. c Quantification of the band intensity of gp41 in b normalized to the intensity of p24. The fold of change between NL4-3 virus and NL4-3 delVpu virus is shown for each cell group. d Virions harvested from infection experiments in b were normalized by p24 levels measured with ELISA and used to infect TZM-bl cells. The infectivity was measured by luciferase assays. The fold of change between NL4-3 virus and NL4-3 delVpu virus is shown for each cell group. e Correlation analysis between c and d. f, g Virions from PSGL-1 knockout or control Jurkat cell lines were collected after 5 days post infection with NL4-3 and pelleted through 20% sucrose cushion were fixed and stained for STORM imaging. Representative images are shown in f. Scale bar: 100 nm. Quantification of STORM images results were showed in g. The ratios between the average values of two groups and the p values were shown. h, i Virions from producer 293 T cells transfected with PSGL-1, PSGL-1 delCD, or an empty vector were pelleted through 20% sucrose cushion were fixed and stained for STORM imaging. Representative images are shown in h. Scale bar: 100 nm. Quantification of STORM images were showed in i. The ratios between the average values of two groups and the p values were shown. j, k Concentrated virions were analyzed by cryo-EM analysis. Representative images were shown in j and quantification of images of virions shown in k. Scale bar: 100 nm.
