The N-terminal domain of SARS-CoV-2 nsp1 plays key roles in suppression of cellular gene expression and preservation of viral gene expression

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    Table 1: Rigor

    Ethicsnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Cell Line Authenticationnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Antibodies
    SentencesResources
    The following antibodies were used for western blotting: mouse anti-GFP (1:5000; Clontech 632381), rabbit anti-Vinculin (1:1000, Abcam GR268234-50), nd mouse antiFLAG M2 (1:1000, Sigma-Aldrich SLBT7654), rabbit anti-RPS2 (1:2000, Bethyl labs A303-794A-M), rabbit anti-RPS3 (1:500, Proteintech 11990-1-AP), rabbit anti-RPS24 (1:1000, Bethyl labs A303-842A-T), rabbit anti-RACK1 (1:1000, Bethyl labs A302-545A), HRP goat anti-mouse IgG (1:10,000 SouthernBiotech 1031-05) and HRP goat anti-rabbit IgG (1:10,000 SouthernBiotech 4030-05).
    anti-GFP
    suggested: None
    anti-Vinculin
    suggested: None
    antiFLAG
    suggested: None
    anti-RPS2
    suggested: (Thermo Fisher Scientific Cat# A303-794A-M, RRID:AB_2781471)
    anti-RPS3
    suggested: (Proteintech Cat# 11990-1-AP, RRID:AB_2180758)
    anti-RPS24
    suggested: (Thermo Fisher Scientific Cat# A303-842A-M, RRID:AB_2781505)
    anti-RACK1
    suggested: (Antibodies-Online Cat# ABIN223360, RRID:AB_10849103)
    anti-mouse IgG
    suggested: None
    anti-rabbit IgG
    suggested: (SouthernBiotech Cat# 4030-05, RRID:AB_2687483)
    Experimental Models: Cell Lines
    SentencesResources
    Cell culture and transfections: HEK293T cells were grown in Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (Gibco) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (Peak Serum) at 37°C and 5% CO2.
    HEK293T
    suggested: None
    Ribosome purification: HeLa cell extract was prepared as described previously52.
    HeLa
    suggested: None
    Recombinant DNA
    SentencesResources
    Full-length nsp1 was synthesized as a gene fragment from Integrated DNA technologies (IDT) and cloned into the EcoR1 restriction site of pGEX-6P-2 (GE healthcare) using in-fusion cloning (TakaraBio).
    pGEX-6P-2
    suggested: RRID:Addgene_131146)
    A T7 promoter upstream of the human β-globin 5’ UTR or the SARS-CoV-2 leader fused to a nano luciferase (HBB-nLuc and CoV-2 leader-nLuc, respectively) was synthesized by Twist Bioscience then subcloned by in-fusion cloning into an EcoRI site in a pUC57 destination vector.
    pUC57
    suggested: RRID:Addgene_40306)
    CoV-2 nsp1 was subcloned into the NotI site of pCDNA4-3X-FLAG-Halo using in-fusion cloning.
    pCDNA4-3X-FLAG-Halo
    suggested: None
    Truncation mutants Δ118-180 and Δ1-117 were PCR amplified from the parental vector pCDNA4-3x-FLAG-Halo-nsp1 and cloned as described above.
    pCDNA4-3x-FLAG-Halo-nsp1
    suggested: None
    The CoV-2-leader nLuc sequence was synthesized by IDT and similarly cloned into the pLJM1 vector.
    pLJM1
    suggested: RRID:Addgene_73031)
    For the GFP cotransfection experiments, 1×106 cells were seeded into each well of a 6-well plate and transfected the next day with 100 ng of pCDNA-GFP and 900 ng of the indicated pCDNA4-3X-FLAG-Halo-nsp1 construct.
    pCDNA-GFP
    suggested: RRID:Addgene_160697)
    For the luciferase assays, 4.5×104 cells were seeded into each well of a 96-well plate and transfected the next day with 10 ng of HBB-nLuc or CoV2L-nLuc and 25 ng of the indicated C-terminally 3xFLAG tagged nsp1 (pCDNA4-nsp1-3xFLAG) construct.
    pCDNA4-nsp1-3xFLAG
    suggested: None
    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    Transfections were carried out using PolyJet™ (SignaGen labs) according to the manufacturer’s DNA transfection protocol and cells were harvested 24 hr post transfection.
    PolyJet™
    suggested: None
    For immunoprecipitations, cell pellets were lysed in 1 mL of lysis buffer (Buffer A) containing 20mM Tris-KOH pH 7.5, 150mM KOAc, 5mM MgCl2, 5% glycerol, 1X HaltTM protease inhibitor cocktail (ThermoFisher), 1mM DTT (Danville Scientific) and 0.5% NP-40 (Danville Scientific) and placed on a rotating wheel for 30 min.
    ThermoFisher
    suggested: (ThermoFisher; SL 8; Centrifuge, RRID:SCR_020809)

    Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).


    Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.

    Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.


    Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.


    Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.


    Results from rtransparent:
    • Thank you for including a conflict of interest statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • Thank you for including a funding statement. Authors are encouraged to include this statement when submitting to a journal.
    • No protocol registration statement was detected.

    Results from scite Reference Check: We found no unreliable references.


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