ZIKV Infection Protocol

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Asian lineage Zika virus (ZIKV) strains emerged globally, causing outbreaks linked with critical clinical disease outcomes unless the virus is effectively restricted by host immunity. We have previously shown that retinoic acid-inducible gene-I (RIG-I) senses ZIKV to trigger innate immunity to direct interferon (IFN) production and antiviral responses that can control ZIKV infection. However, ZIKV proteins have been demonstrated to antagonize IFN. Here, we conducted in vitro analyses to assess ...

A549 cells were seeded at a density of 3 × 105 cells per well in 12-well plates. Cells were uninfected, mock-infected, or infected with ZIKV variants the next day at an MOI of 5 FFU/cell, and virus inocula prepared in DMEM were allowed to adsorb at 37°C for 2 h with rocking. Uninfected samples are seeded cells that remained untouched throughout the infection time course, whereas mock-infected samples were inoculated with DMEM. Following adsorption, the inocula were removed, and cells were washed ...