2.1 Materials
2.1.5 Enzymes
AccuPrime Pfx DNA Polymerase Invitrogen
GoTaq flexi DNA polymerase Promega
PlatinumR Pfx DNA polymerase Invitrogen
SuperScript TM III reverse transcriptase Invitrogen
T4 Ligase NEB
T4 polynuleotide kinase (10,000 units/ml) NEB
2.1.6 Kits
AEC staining kit Sigma
Bradford Protein Assay Kit
ECL (enhanced chemiluminescence) solution Kit Amersham/GE High pure PCR product purification Kit Roche
In situ cell death detection Kit, fluorescein Roche
NucleoPond Xtra Maxi Kit for DNA plasmids prep Macherey-Nagel pcDNATM 3.1 directional TOPO expression Kit Invitrogen
QIAprep Spin Miniprep Kit (250) Qiagen
QIAamp Viral RNA Mini Kit (250) Qiagen
Qiagen plasmid Maxi Kit Qiagen
Nucleotide removal Kit TOPO XL PCR cloning Kit Qiagen
Caspase-3 activity Abcam
Rapid DNA ligation Kit Roche
QuikChange® Site-Directed Mutagenesis Kit Stratagene
Human Interferon beta Kit PBL Assay Science
2.1.7 E. coli strain, recombinant viruses and cell lines E. coli strain
XL1-Blue Stratagene
TOP 10 Invitrogen
Materials and Methods
35 Recombinant influenza viruses
A/FPV/Rostock/34 (H7N1) (FPV-WT) Rescued at the Institute of Medical Virology, Giessen
FPV-NSGD Rescued at the Institute
of Medical Virology, Giessen
FPV-NSMA Rescued at the Institute
of Medical Virology, Giessen
FPV-NSMA_P3S Rescued at the Institute
of Medical Virology, Giessen
FPV-NSMA_R41K Rescued at the Institute
of Medical Virology, Giessen
FPV-NSMA_D74N Rescued at the Institute
of Medical Virology, Giessen
FPV-NSMA_I98M Rescued at the Institute
of Medical Virology, Giessen
FPV-NSMA_D153S Rescued at the Institute
of Medical Virology, Giessen
FPV-NSMA_M166V Rescued at the Institute
of Medical Virology, Giessen
FPV-NSMA_P213S Rescued at the Institute
of Medical Virology, Giessen
FPV-NSMA_R224K Rescued at the Institute
of Medical Virology, Giessen
Materials and Methods
36
FPV-NSMA_P3S+R41K Rescued at the Institute
of Medical Virology, Giessen
FPV-NSMA_P3S+R41K+D74N Rescued at the Institute
of Medical Virology, Giessen
FPV-NSMA_P3S+R41K+D74N+I98M Rescued at the Institute
of Medical Virology, Giessen
FPV-NSMA_P3S+R41K+D74N+I98M+D153S Rescued at the Institute of Medical Virology, Giessen
FPV-NSMA_P3S+R41K+D74N+I98M+D153S+M166V Rescued at the Institute of Medical Virology, Giessen
FPV-NSMA_P3S+R41K+D74N+I98M+D153S+M166V+P213S Rescued at the Institute of Medical Virology, Giessen
FPV-NSMA_P3S+R41K+D74N+I98M+D153S+M166V+P213S+R224K Rescued at the Institute of Medical Virology, Giessen
FPV-NSGD/MA Rescued at the Institute
of Medical Virology, Giessen
FPV-NSMA/GD Rescued at the Institute
of Medical Virology, Giessen
Materials and Methods
37 Cell lines
A549 (Human Alveoar Epithelial cells) ATCC
MDCK-II (Madin-Darby canine kidney cells) Cell-collection of the Institute of Medical Virology, Giessen 293T (Human embryonic kidney cells) Cell-collection of the
Institute of Medical Virology, Giessen
QT6 (quail fibroblast cells) Kind gift from the
Institute for Virology, Marburg
2.1.8 Plasmids
pPolI-FPV-PB1 (A/FPV/Rostock/34 (H7N1)) Kind gift from the Institute for Virology, Marburg
pPolI-FPV-PB2 (A/FPV/Rostock/34 (H7N1)) Kind gift from the Institute for Virology, Marburg
pPolI-FPV-PA (A/FPV/Rostock/34 (H7N1)) Kind gift from the Institute for Virology, Marburg
pPolI-NP (A/FPV/Rostock/34 (H7N1)) Kind gift from the Institute for Virology, Marburg
pPolI-FPV-HA (A/FPV/Rostock/34 (H7N1)) Kind gift from the Institute for Virology, Marburg
Materials and Methods
38 pPolI-FPV-NA (A/FPV/Rostock/34 (H7N1)) Kind gift from the
Institute for Virology, Marburg
pPolI-FPV-M (A/FPV/Rostock/34 (H7N1)) Kind gift from the Institute for Virology, Marburg
pPolI-FPV-NS (A/FPV/Rostock/34 (H7N1)) Kind gift from the Institute for Virology, Marburg
pCI-GD-NS (A/Goose/Guangdong/1/96 (H5N1)) Kind gift from the Institute for Virology, Marburg
pPolI-MA-NS (A/Mallard/NL/12/2000 (H7N3)) Kind gift from the Institute for Virology, Helsinki
pPolI-Ma-NSGD/MA (A/Mallard/NL/12/2000 (H7N3)) Kind gift from the Institute for Virology, Helsinki
pPolI-Ma-NSMA/GD (A/Mallard/NL/12/2000 (H7N3)) Kind gift from the Institute for Virology, Helsinki
pHMG-PA (A/Puerto Rico/8/34(H1N1)) Kind gift from the Institute for Virology, Zurich
pHMG-PB1 (A/Puerto Rico/8/34(H1N1)) Kind gift from the Institute for Virology, Zurich
pHMG-PB2 (A/Puerto Rico/8/34(H1N1)) Kind gift from the Institute for Virology, Zurich
pHMG-NP (A/Puerto Rico/8/34(H1N1)) Kind gift from the Institute for Virology, Zurich
Materials and Methods
39 pPolI-CAT-RT (Human Pol promoter) Kind gift from the
department of microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York pcDNA3.0-GD-NS1(A/Goose/Guangdong/1/96 (H5N1)) Constructed at the
Institute of Medical Virology, Giessen pcDNA3.0-MA-NS1(A/Mallard/NL/12/2000 (H7N3)) Constructed at the
Institute of Medical Virology, Giessen pcDNA3.0-MA-NS1D74N(A/Mallard/NL/12/2000 (H7N3)) Constructed at the
Institute of Medical Virology, Giessen pcDNA3.0-MA-NS1P3S/R41K/D74N
(A/Mallard/NL/12/2000 (H7N3)) Constructed at the
Institute of Medical Virology, Giessen pcDNA3.1-FPV-NP (A/FPV/Rostock/34 (H7N1)) Constructed at the
Institute of Medical Virology, Giessen pcDNA3.0-FPV-PB1(A/FPV/Rostock/34 (H7N1)) Constructed at the
Institute of Medical Virology, Giessen pcDNA3.0-FPV-PB2(A/FPV/Rostock/34 (H7N1)) Constructed at the
Institute of Medical Virology, Giessen pcDNA3.0-FPV-PA(A/FPV/Rostock/34 (H7N1)) Constructed at the
Institute of Medical Virology, Giessen
Materials and Methods
40 2.1.9 Medias, buffers and solutions
Avicel Medium (100 ml)
10 ml 10X MEM
33 ml ddH2O
1 ml Penicillin/Strepromycin liquid (100X) 1 ml BSA solution (35%)
50 ml Avicell Stock (2.5%)
1 ml DEAE-Dextran (1%)
4 ml NaHCO3 (7.5%)
Avicel Stock (2.5%)
5 g Avicel-Powder
200 ml ddH2O
Cell culture medium for QT6 cells (500 ml) 425 ml HAM's-F10 media
5 ml Penicillin/Strepromycin liquid (100X)
5 ml L-Glutamine
50 ml Fetal Calf Serum (FCS)
5 ml Chicken Serum
10 ml Tryptose Phosphate Broth Cell fixing buffer (100 ml)
95 ml PBS++
4 ml Formaldehyde (PFA) (37%)
1 ml Triton X-100 (t-Octylphenoxypolyethoxyethanol) DMEM/BA (500 ml)
492 ml DMEM
5 ml Penicillin/streptomycin (100X) 3 ml Bovine Albumin (BA) (30%)
Materials and Methods
41 2X DMEM/BA for Plaque-Assay (500 ml)
100 ml MEM (10X)
10 ml Penicillin/Streptomycin (100X) 20 ml NaHCO3 (7.5%)
6 ml Bovine Albumin (BA) (30%) 354 ml ddH2O
Luria-Broth (LB) medium
Extract of yeast powder (0.5%) (w/v)
Peptone from meat trypsin-digested (1%) (w/v)
adjust pH to 7.5 with NaOH and total volume to 1 L with ddH2O, autoclaved for plates, add agar high-gel strength (1.5%) (w/v), autoclaved
Infection media (for MDCK, A549 and 293T) (100 ml) 98.5 ml DMEM (1X)
1 ml Penicillin/Strepromycin liquid (100X) 500 ul BSA (30%)
Infection media (QT6) (100 ml) 95.5 ml HAM's-F10 media
1 ml Penicillin/Strepromycin liquid (100x)
1 ml L-Glutamine
2 ml Tryptose Phosphate Broth 500 µl BSA (30%)
Mowiol mounting medium Mowiol 4-88
Glycerol
Tris-HCl (0.2 M, pH 8.5)
DABCO (1,4-diazabicyclo-[2,2,2]-octane)
Materials and Methods
42 SDS-PAGE stacking gel (1 gel)
2.9 ml ddH2O
1.25 ml Tris-HCl, pH 6.8 (0.5 M)
50 μl SDS (10%)
750 μl Polyacrylamide (PAA) (30%)
50 μl APS (10%)
4 μl TEMED
SDS-PAGE resolving gel (10%) (1 gel)
4 ml ddH2O
2.5 ml Tris-HCl, pH 8.8 (1.5 M)
100 μl SDS (10%)
3.3 ml Polyacrylamide (PAA) (30%)
SM medium Gelatin (0.01%) NaCl 250 mM MgSO4 8.5 mM
Tris–HCl 50 mM, pH 7.5
SOC Medium
Tryptone (2%) (w/v) Yeast extract (0.5%) (w/v) NaCl 10 mM
MaCl2 10 mM Glucose 20 mM
Prepare a solution containing the first four reagents, sterilize at 121°C, then add sterile MgCl2 and Glucose
Materials and Methods
43 6%, 7M urea polyacrylamide gel
21 g Urea
5 ml 10X TBE
7.5 ml Acrylamide (40%) Fill up the tube to 50ml with sterile water 0.5 ml APS (10%)
0.05 ml TEMED
Blocking buffer and antibody diluting solution Non-fat dry milk (5%) (w/v) in 1XTBS-T (see below) Lysis buffer
10 ml TLB buffer (see TLB buffer) 10 µl Pefablock (200 mM)
10 µl Aprotinin (5 mg/ml) 10 µl Leupeptin (5 mg/ml)
100 µl Sodium orthovanadate (100 mM) 50 µl Benzamidine (1 M)
1XPBS++ buffer (500 ml)
495 ml 1XPBS (autoclaved) 5 ml Ca2+/Mg2+ solution (100X) PBS/Ca2+/Mg2+/BA/antibiotic (200ml)
20 ml 10X PBS (see above) 174.8 ml ddH2O (sterile)
2 ml Penicillin/Streptomycin (100X) 1.2 ml BSA (30%)
2 ml Ca2+/Mg2+ (100X)
Materials and Methods
44 SDS-PAGE loading buffer (2X) (Laemmli Buffer)
100 mM Tris-HCl, pH 6.8 200 mM DTT (dithiothreitol)
SDS (4%) Glycerol (20%)
Bromophenol blue (0.2%) SDS-PAGE running buffer (5X) (1000 ml)
1 g SDS
6 g Tris-HCl
28.8 g Glycin
adjust total volume to 1 L with ddH2O SDS-PAGE transfer buffer (1000 ml) 5.8 g Tris-HCl
2.9 g Glycin
0.17 g SDS
200 ml Methanol
adjust to total volume to 1 L with ddH2O TAE buffer (10X) (1000 ml)
48.5 g Tris
11.4 ml Glacial acetic acid 20 ml 0.5 M EDTA (pH 8.0) TAE buffer (1X)
Dilute stock solution 10X (10:1) in ddH2O 1XTAE buffer contain
40 mM Tris
20 mM Acetic acid
1 mM EDTA
Materials and Methods
45 TLB buffer
20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.4 137 mM NaCl
Glycerol (10%) (v/v) Triton X-100 (1%) (v/v)
2 mM EDTA
50 mM Sodium-β-glycerophosphate 20 mM Sodiumpyrophosphate
Tris-Buffered Saline (10X TBS) (1000 ml) 24.2 g Tris-HCl
80 g NaCl
dissolve by adding 900 ml ddH2O
adjust pH to 7.6 and total volume to 1 L with ddH2O TBS/Tween (0.05%) (1XTBS-T) (1000 ml)
100 ml 10X TBS
900 ml ddH2O 0.5 ml Tween 20