Immunodiffusion: detection of a murine leukemia virus (Rauscher)

Homologous and heterologous antiserums from several species of animals have been prepared against the Rauscher murine leukemia virus. The Ouchterlony technique, adapted to very small quantities, has been used to demonstrate at least two or three antigens in Rauscher virus preparations. Both infected-host materials and tissue-culture fluids were used as antigens. When monkey antiserum was used, one of the Rauscher virus antigens cross-reacted with an antigen in the virus strains isolated by Friend and Moloney, but there was apparently no reaction with the Moloney virus when guinea-pig antiserum was used.     

Neoplastic transformation of rat thymic cells induced in vitro by Gross leukemia virus

Cultures of embryonal rat thymus infected initially with Gross leukemia virus have, at the present time, abundantly replicated infectious virus particles for 20 months. Cells from these cultures, after 3 months in vitro, displayed morphological changes and induced formation of tumors upon isotransplantation. The tumors were serially transplantable, and subsequent transplants continue to carry the initial Gross leukemia virus.     

Novel viral sequences related to human T-cell leukemia virus in T cells of a seropositive baboon

Antibodies reactive with proteins of human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV) can be found in Old World monkeys. A T-lymphocyte cell line established from a seropositive baboon (Papio cynocephalus) was analyzed for the presence of viral DNA sequences. The provirus found in these cells was related to but distinct from HTLV subgroup I. These results add to recent evidence from human studies that HTLV represents a spectrum of infectious T-lymphotropic retroviruses that includes closely and distantly related members.     

整合猪瘟病毒囊膜蛋白的假型鼠白血病病毒感染性的研究

通过反转录-聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR)扩增了猪瘟病毒(CSFV)的E0、E2和E012基因并进行了克隆与鉴定。构建了真核表达载体pcDNA-E0、pcDNA-E2和pcDNA-E012,通过与鼠白血病病毒(MuLV)假型病毒构建体系的两种质粒pHIT60和pHIT111瞬时共转染人胚肾细胞(293T),48h后收集假型病毒上清液,将假型病毒上清液超速离心后用抗CSFV的多抗进行Western-blot检测。结果证明E012蛋白能够在假型病毒颗粒表面表达,说明E012能够整合到此病毒粒子表面;用其感染多种宿主细胞,48h后检测发现在猪肾细胞(SK6,PK15)和猪睾丸细胞(ST)上,标记基因LacZ能有效表达,证实构建的CSFV假型病毒具有感染性。     

Cloned poliovirus complementary DNA is infectious in mammalian cells

A complete, cloned complementary DNA copy of the RNA genome of poliovirus was constructed in the Pst I site of the bacterial plasmid pBR322. Cultured mammalian cells transfected with this hybrid plasmid produced infectious poliovirus. Cells transfected with a plasmid which lacked the first 115 bases of the poliovirus genome did not produce virus.     

Activation of spontaneous murine leukemia virus-related antigen by lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

Persistent infection with lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM) virus activates a phenotypic expression of murine leukemia viruis-related antigen. NZB and (NZB x NZW)F(1) mice, which normally carry large amounts of Gross virus, and C57BL/6 and NZW mice, which normally carry little virus, were infected with LCM virus. All had Gross soluble antigen in their plasmas at 3 months of age, while noninfected matched controls of all strains did not. This effect was seen after infection with LCM virus that was tissue passed or plaque purified. Similarly, cultures of mouse-embryo fibroblasts produced Gross soluble antigen when infected with LCM virus, but noninfected cultures failed to do so.     

A new role for DNA virus early proteins in viral carcinogenesis

The T antigen proteins encoded by DNA tumor virus early genes are involved in the transformation of normal cells to immortalized neoplastic cells that may or may not be tumorigenic in immunocompetent animals. Studies have been made of the tumorigenicity of DNA virus-transformed cells and the interactions of these cells in vivo and in vitro with immunologically nonspecific host effector cells such as natural killer cells and macrophages. The results imply that the T proteins determine the capacity of transformed cells to induce tumors by governing the level of susceptibility that transformed cells express to destruction by such host cellular defenses.     

Inhibitors of DNA polymerases of murine leukemia viruses: activity of ethidium bromide

Ethidium bromide, compared on a molar basis, was a more effective inhibitor of the DNA polymerases of the Rauscher and Moloney murine leukemia viruses than either 4-N-demethylrifampicin or 4-N-benzyldemethylrifampicin. Daunomycin inhibited the polymerases weakly, and chromomycin A(3) inhibited almost not at all. 4-N-Benzyldemethylrifampicin was a more active inhibitor than the 4-N-demethyl congener.     

Character of viral clones in serial passage of a nuclear polyhedrosis virus in vitro

In this paper,the character of viral clones from early and late passages after serial passages of Trichoplusia ni single nuclear polyhedrosis virus in a Tn 5B1-4 cell line is described.It demonstrated that no significant difference was observed in the infectivity of the cell culture supernatants of various passages to the cell line.The number of polyhedra produced in a cell and infectivity of polyhedra to T.ni larvae declined strikingly with the increase of passages.The polyhedra without virions began to increase from passage to passage.The result of restriction enzyme digestion showed that the DNA restriction fragments of the clones were different from wild virus DNA,although they came from a homogeneous viral DNA.The mutation of viral DNA resulted in the in crease of noninfectious polyhedra without virions and in the increase of the number of polyhedra produced in cell line as well as virulence of the polyhydrosis inclusion bodys to T.ni larvae after prolonged passages of Tn SNPV in the cell culture.     

Virus particles and murine leukemia virus complement-fixing antigen in neoplastic and nonneoplastic cell lines

Twenty-seven lines of murine tissue cultures derived from 12 different cell pools and grown on various media were examined with the electron microscope for morphologically detectable virus particles. They were also tested for complement-fixing mouse leukemia virus antigens and for recoverable virus. A 100-percent correlation between results obtained by these two methods is reported.An additional 19 lines from 8 different cell pools were examined for either virus particles or complement-fixing antigens. All lines were assayed for neoplastic transformation. Seven cell pools gave rise to lines showing evidence of contamination with leukemia virus. Since most of these lines had also undergone "spontaneous" neoplastic transformation in vitro, this virus cannot be excluded as a possible cause of the neoplastic change, or of influencing it. The remaining cell pools gave rise to lines with no evidence of contamination with leukemia virus;but most of these lines also underwent similar transformation. These results suggest that "spontaneous" neoplastic transformation can occur in the absence of detectable mouse leukemia virus.     

Epstein-Barr viral DNA: infectivity for human placental cells

Purified DNA of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is regularly infectious by means of the "calcium" method of transfection. Cultured human placental cells exposed to EBV DNA of two transforming strains, FF41 and B95, produce virus that is capable of converting normal B lymphocytes into established cell lines. After treatment with EBV (FF41) DNA and EBV (HR-1) DNA the placental cells display antigens associated with the productive viral cycle. The placental cells have not developed foci or other signs of morphologic transformation.     

Demonstration of biological activity of a murine leukemia virus of New Zealand black mice

Although New Zealand Black mouse embryo and adult tissues show evidence of murine leukemia viral particles and antigens, efforts to demonstrate biological activity of a murine leukemia virus by standard methods have proved negative. Cocultivation of tissues of these mice with non-virus-yielding hamster cells transformed by Moloney sarcoma virus, however, has resulted in the rescue of a pseudotype sarcoma virus, presumably carrying the New Zealand Black mouse leukemia virus coat. This virus has an unusual host restriction, producing foci of cell alteration only in rat cells.     

UHRF1 plays a role in maintaining DNA methylation in mammalian cells

Epigenetic inheritance in mammals relies in part on robust propagation of DNA methylation patterns throughout development. We show that the protein UHRF1 (ubiquitin-like, containing PHD and RING finger domains 1), also known as NP95 in mouse and ICBP90 in human, is required for maintaining DNA methylation. UHRF1 colocalizes with the maintenance DNA methyltransferase protein DNMT1 throughout S phase. UHRF1 appears to tether DNMT1 to chromatin through its direct interaction with DNMT1. Furthermore UHRF1 contains a methyl DNA binding domain, the SRA (SET and RING associated) domain, that shows strong preferential binding to hemimethylated CG sites, the physiological substrate for DNMT1. These data suggest that UHRF1 may help recruit DNMT1 to hemimethylated DNA to facilitate faithful maintenance of DNA methylation.     

Caffeine-induced uncoupling of mitosis from the completion of DNA replication in mammalian cells

Caffeine was shown to induce mitotic events in mammalian cells before DNA replication (S phase) was completed. Synchronized BHK cells that were arrested in early S phase underwent premature chromosome condensation, nuclear envelope breakdown, morphological "rounding up," and mitosis-specific phosphoprotein synthesis when they were exposed to caffeine. These mitotic responses occurred only after the cells had entered S phase and only while DNA synthesis was inhibited by more than 70 percent. Inhibitors of protein synthesis blocked these caffeine-induced events, while inhibitors of RNA synthesis had little effect. These results suggest that caffeine induces the translation or stabilizes the protein product (or products) of mitosis-related RNA that accumulates in S-phase cells when DNA replication is suppressed. The ability to chemically manipulate the onset of mitosis should be useful for studying the regulation of this event in mammalian cells.     

减蛋综合征贵州分离毒全基因组探针的制备及检测

为准确检测鸡群中减蛋综合征病毒感染情况,从减蛋综合征病毒（ＥＤＳ）贵州分离毒株ＨＳ－１中提纯病毒ＤＮＡ后,用地高辛标记制备了全基因组探针。在Ｄｏｔ－ｂｌｏｔ中该探针不与正常鸭胚尿囊液核酸提取物及马立克氏病病毒（ＭＤＶ）ＤＮＡ发生反应,只与３株ＥＤＳ病毒（国际标准毒ＡＶ－１２７、贵州分离毒ＨＳ－１、南京分离毒（ＧＣ２）ＤＮＡ呈阳性反应,具有较高的特异性;可检测出３０ｐｇ的同源ＤＮＡ,具有较强的灵敏度     

Murine leukemia virus: restriction in fused permissive and nonpermissive cells

Cultures of human cells nonpermissive for mouse leukemia virus replication could not be induced to support virus replication by homologous fusion in the presence of Moloney leukemia virus. Human cells were also fused with permissive mouse cells, and the fate of the virus in heterokaryons was determined by a simultaneous autoradiography and fluorescent antibody technique. Heterokaryons containing the full chromosome complement of both cells were likewise nonpermissive for virus synthesis, but hybrids of human and mouse cells, which lacked up to half of the human chromosome complement, were permissive for virus synthesis. The results suggest that human cell genes can direct a repressive control over mouse leukemia virus replication.     

Graft versus leukemia: quantification of adoptive immunotherapy in murine leukemia

Quantification of the antileukemic reactivity of transplanted immunocompetent cells from various allogeneic donors was achieved against a long-passage lymphocytic leukemia of AKR mice. Adoptive immunotherapy was the exclusive antileukemic treatment. Cells from DBA/2 donors exhibited maximal antileukemic effect, inactivating up to an estimated 10(7) leukemia cells. The cellular events were interpreted by using a theoretical cytokinetic construct.     

A small viral RNA is required for in vitro packaging of bacteriophage phi 29 DNA

A small RNA of Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage phi 29 is shown to have a novel and essential role in viral DNA packaging in vitro. This requirement for RNA in the encapsidation of viral DNA provides a new dimension of complexity to the attendant protein-DNA interactions. The RNA is a constituent of the viral precursor shell of the DNA-packaging machine but is not a component of the mature virion. Studies of the sequential interactions involving this RNA molecule are likely to provide new insight into the structural and possible catalytic roles of small RNA molecules. The phi 29 assembly in extracts and phi 29 DNA packaging in the defined in vitro system were strongly inhibited by treatment with the ribonucleases A or T1. However, phage assembly occurred normally in the presence of ribonuclease A that had been treated with a ribonuclease inhibitor. An RNA of approximately 120 nucleotides co-purified with the phi 29 precursor protein shell (prohead), and this particle was the target of ribonuclease action. Removal of RNA from the prohead by ribonuclease rendered it inactive for DNA packaging. By RNA-DNA hybridization analysis, the RNA was shown to originate from a viral DNA segment very near the left end of the genome, the end packaged first during in vitro assembly.