Figure 6From: Thiol-reactive reagents inhibits intracellular trafficking of human papillomavirus type 16 pseudovirions by binding to cysteine residues of major capsid protein L1Binding, trafficking, and degradation of the 16PVs that have bound to DTNB or NEM. (A) The 16PVs were incubated with DTNB(2 mM) or NEM (2 mM) at 37°C for 2 h and added to HeLa cells. After incubation at 4°C for 1 h, the cells were washed by PBS and lysed. The lysate was electrophoresed on an SDS-polyacrylamide gel. L1 was detected by immunoblotting with anti-HPV16L1 antibody. (B) The 16PVs incubated with DTNB or NEM were added to HeLa cells and incubated for 1 h at 4°C. The cells were cultured at 37°C for 2, 4, 8 or 20 h and fixed. L1 was detected by rabbit anti-HPV16L1 antibody and goat anti-rabbit IgG conjugated with Alexa Fluor 546 (red). DNA was stained with DAPI (blue). (C) The 16PVs incubated with DTNB were added to HeLa cells and incubated for 1 h at 4°C. The cells were harvested with PBS containing 2.5 mM EDTA (for trypsin – sample at 0 h) or with trypsin (for trypsin + sample at 0 h). The rest of cells were cultured at 37°C for 2, 4, 8 or 20 h and harvested with trypsin. The cells were lysed and the lysates were electrophoresed on an SDS-polyacrylamide gel. L1 was detected by immunoblotting with anti-HPV16L1 antibody.Back to article page