The SARS-CoV-2 envelope and membrane proteins modulate maturation and retention of the spike protein, allowing assembly of virus-like particles

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    Table 1: Rigor

    Institutional Review Board Statementnot detected.
    Randomizationnot detected.
    Blindingnot detected.
    Power Analysisnot detected.
    Sex as a biological variablenot detected.
    Cell Line Authenticationnot detected.

    Table 2: Resources

    Antibodies
    SentencesResources
    Antibodies: Mouse anti-actin (clone AC74, Sigma-Aldrich), rabbit anti-SARS-CoV2 S2, mouse anti-SARS-CoV2 S1 and mouse anti-SARS-CoV2 N (Sino Biological), mouse anti-GFP (Roche), anti-VSV-G 41A1 and rabbit anti-GM130 (clone EP892Y, Abcam) were used according to the providers’ instructions.
    anti-actin
    suggested: None
    anti-SARS-CoV2
    suggested: None
    S1
    suggested: None
    anti-SARS-CoV2 N
    suggested: None
    anti-GFP
    suggested: None
    anti-VSV-G
    suggested: None
    After a saturation step with 3% BSA/PBS, cells were incubated for 1 hour with rabbit anti-GM130 and mouse anti-SARS-CoV2 S1 antibodies at 1/200 dilution in 1% BSA/PBS, washed 3 times with 1%BSA/PBS, and stained for 1 hour with donkey anti-rabbit AlexaFluor-488 and donkey anti-mouse AlexaFluor-555 secondary antibodies (Molecular Probes) diluted 1/2,000 in 1% BSA/PBS.
    anti-GM130
    suggested: None
    anti-SARS-CoV2 S1
    suggested: None
    anti-rabbit
    suggested: None
    anti-mouse
    suggested: None
    Experimental Models: Cell Lines
    SentencesResources
    Supernatant fluids were collected after two days at 37°C, clarified by centrifugation (400xg, 5min), aliquoted and titrated in plaque forming unit by classic dilution limit assay on the same Vero E6 cells.
    Vero E6
    suggested: RRID:CVCL_XD71)
    VSV-Gts analysis: Huh7.5 cells were seeded 16h prior to transfection with pEGFP-N3-VSV-Gts and p7-encoding plasmid using GeneJammer transfection reagent (Agilent).
    Huh7.5
    suggested: RRID:CVCL_7927)
    Analysis of expression different proteins in cell lysate and pellet: HEK293T cells were seeded 24h prior to transfection with the different plasmids (2μg of each plasmid for a 10cm dish) using calcium phosphate precipitation.
    HEK293T
    suggested: None
    Software and Algorithms
    SentencesResources
    Images were analyzed with the ImageJ software (imagj.nih.gov) and the Manders’ overlap coefficients were calculated by using the JACoP plugin.
    ImageJ
    suggested: (ImageJ, RRID:SCR_003070)
    Statistical analysis: Significance values were calculated by applying the Kruskal-Wallis test and Dunn’s multiple comparison test using the GraphPad Prism 6 software (GraphPad Software, USA).
    GraphPad Prism
    suggested: (GraphPad Prism, RRID:SCR_002798)
    GraphPad
    suggested: (GraphPad Prism, RRID:SCR_002798)

    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.

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