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Assessing Caspase-Mediated Cleavage of Viral and Host Proteins in Virus-Infected Cells
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2025
The video demonstrates a method to assess caspase-mediated protein cleavage in virus-infected cells. Post-viral infection, caspases get activated and degrade various host cellular proteins and viral nucleoproteins while specific caspase inhibitors prevent this degradation, as confirmed by western blotting.
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Immunostaining to Visualize Viral Antigen and Host Protein Colocalization in the Insect Gut
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2026
Source: Zhang, L., et al. Immunofluorescent Labeling of Plant Virus and Insect Vector Proteins in Hemipteran Guts. J. Vis. Exp. (2021)The video demonstrates the preparation of gut tissue from a plant virus–infected insect vector for fluorescence imaging. Fixed guts were washed, permeabilized, and incubated with two fluorescent antibodies in a blocking solution—one targeting a viral antigen in vesicles, the other a vesicle-associated membrane protein. The tissue was counterstained for actin...
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An Assay to Evaluate the Effect of Test Compounds on Viral Entry and Fusion in Host Cells
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2025
This video demonstrates an assay to evaluate antiviral agents that target specific steps of the viral entry into host cells and fusion with the endosome. The cells are incubated at a low temperature and then infected with HCV. The low temperature permits viral binding to host cells but inhibits internalization via endocytosis. The test antiviral compound is added, and the cells are incubated at physiological temperature. This shift to a higher temperature facilitates viral entry and allows...
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Intrathoracic Viral Nano-Injection to Study Host-Virus Interactions in Adult Flies
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2025
In this video, we describe a procedure to perform a nano-injection of a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus into adult male Drosophila flies and subsequently study the antiviral responses initiated due to the infection. Polymerase chain reaction analysis identifies the upregulation of specific genes in the infected flies that indicate the activation of immune response pathways including RNA interference and JAK/STAT signaling.
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Using Click Chemistry to Measure the Effect of Viral Infection on Host-Cell RNA Synthesis
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2013
This method describes the use of click chemistry to measure changes in host cell transcription after infection with the Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) strain MP-12. Results can be visualized qualitatively via fluorescence microscopy or obtained quantitatively through flow cytometry. This method is adaptable for use with other viruses.
FAQs
Their contributions can occur at several stages, including viral entry, genome replication, protein production, assembly, and release. A single cellular protein may be valuable because it connects the virus with a host receptor, signaling pathway, or intracellular machinery. Identifying the stage affected by each interaction helps clarify where infection depends on cellular resources.
Host receptors can provide access points for viral entry, while signaling pathways influence how cells respond after infection begins. Viral exploitation of these systems can promote replication or interfere with immune defenses. Examining both functions reveals how the same cellular networks may contribute to pathogen spread and shape the host response.
Infection may alter where a cellular protein is found inside the cell or modify how actively it functions. Such changes can redirect intracellular machinery toward viral replication, production, assembly, or release. They can also affect immune signaling, making protein location and activity important indicators of how infection reshapes normal cellular processes.
Interactions with cellular proteins can help viruses evade immune defenses, whereas host cells may use related changes in cellular pathways to detect infection. Studying these opposing effects connects molecular interactions with immunological outcomes. This perspective helps explain why host proteins are central to both pathogen survival and the cellular recognition of infection.
A focused investigation examines which cellular proteins engage host receptors, signaling pathways, or intracellular machinery, and determines how infection changes their location or activity. Researchers can then relate those observations to entry, replication, protein production, assembly, or release. This framework organizes evidence about dependencies between viruses and infected cells.
This research can identify cellular processes that represent potential antiviral drug targets and can reveal proteins whose changes serve as biomarkers of infection. It also provides a framework for comparing virus-host interactions across diverse diseases. In immunology and infection research, these outcomes connect molecular mechanisms with diagnosis, treatment strategy, and disease investigation.