Fig. 3
From: Abolishing HIV-1 infectivity using a polypurine tract-specific G-quadruplex-forming oligonucleotide
The lubricant CMC (K-Y Jelly) does not influence the stability and antiviral activity of ODN A. a ODN A (8 μM) was incubated for the indicated days in 25 % K-Y Jelly (in PBS) at 37 °C. The samples were analyzed by 10 % non-denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. b Analysis of ODN A-triggered, RNase H-mediated cleavage of PPT RNA in vitro. Assays were performed as described in Fig. 2c. Cleavage sites are indicated by arrowheads and the labeled products are indicated in black. c Following the experimental procedure shown at the top: ODN A pre-incubated in 25 % K-Y Jelly/PBS for 57 days, freshly thawed ODN A, or ODN Co (both 250 nM) were incubated with replication-competent HIV-1 virions (1 × 109) at 37 °C for 6 h in cell culture medium. Jurkat 1G5 T cells were subsequently infected overnight. Virus replication was monitored by HIV-1 p24 antigen ELISA of culture supernatants at day 3–14 post infection. Two-way ANOVA followed by Bonferroni posttest was used for statistical evaluation. ODN A-mediated inhibition (as compared to buffer alone) was significant (day 7, p < 0.05; day 10 and 14, p < 0.001)