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Hybridoma supernatant was harvested as the source of ZV-13 antibody once ~95% cell death was observed. The supernatant was clarified by centrifuging for 10 min at 400 × g at 4°C and then filtered with a 0.22-μm filter prior to antibody purification via protein A affinity chromatography using the Pierce Protein A IgG purification kit and NAb Protein A Plus spin columns (all from Thermo Fisher-Life Technologies). Purified ZV-13 antibody was concentrated and buffer-exchanged into 1× phosphate-buffered ...
Submitter: John Cornelius
Assay type: Immunoassay
Technology type: Affinity Chromatography
Investigation: Zika Virus
A549 cells were seeded in 6-well plates at a density of 6 × 105 cells per well. The following day, virus stocks were serially diluted in 2% DMEM, and cells were inoculated and fixed as described above. Following fixation, cells were washed with 1× PBS, and an anti-flavivirus envelope antibody, 4G2 (Ab00230-2.0; Absolute Antibody, Oxford, UK), diluted 1:500 in permeabilization/wash/block buffer (see recipe above) was added to the cells. Following incubation with primary antibody, donkey anti-mouse ...
Submitter: John Cornelius
Assay type: Immunoassay
Technology type: Imaging
Investigation: Zika Virus
For immunoblot analysis, protein lysates were incubated with 4× Laemmli buffer (Bio-Rad) containing 10% β-mercaptoethanol (Thermo Fisher-Life Technologies) at 95°C for 3 min. Approximately 7 to 10 μg of total protein was loaded per lane onto 4 to 20% Criterion TGX gradient gels (Bio-Rad) and electrophoresed at ~96 V in 1× sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) running buffer (25 mM Tris, 192 mM glycine, 0.1% SDS). Proteins were then transferred onto nitrocellulose membranes (Fisher Scientific) at 90 V for ...
Submitter: John Cornelius
Assay type: Immunoassay
Technology type: Western Blot
Investigation: Zika Virus
A549 cells were seeded on no. 1 glass coverslips in a 24-well plate at a density of 1 × 105 cells per well. The next day, cells were mock infected or infected with ZIKV strains and fixed with 4% formaldehyde (Fisher Scientific) in filtered 1× TBS for 30 min at room temperature. Cells were then washed with filtered 1× TBS and permeabilized and blocked in 5% NGS in 1× TBS (5% NGS/TBS) containing 0.1% Triton X-100 for 30 min at 4°C. For pSTAT1 staining, cells were permeabilized with 100% ice-cold ...
Submitter: John Cornelius
Assay type: Immunoassay
Technology type: Microscopy
Investigation: Zika Virus