Research Article

Role of Cav-1 in HIV-1 Tat-Induced Dysfunction of Tight Junctions and Aβ-Transferring Proteins

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Cav-1 inhibition with shRNA. 293T cells were transfected with the lentiviral packaging plasmids (pSPAX2, pMD2G, and Cav-1 shRNA), and the viral particles (Cav-1 shRNA) were collected. The virus titer of lentivector was TU/mL, as assessed by green fluorescence under a fluorescence microscope using the whole dilution method. Cav-1 expression in HBEC-5i was silenced by transduction with Cav-1 shRNA and Ctr shRNA lentiviral vectors. The Cav-1 inhibition rate of the stable monoclonal cell lines was 85.7%, as detected by qRT-PCR. Data are representative of three independent experiments. versus control.