Rescue of a thymotropic, leukemogenic C-type virus from cultured, nonproducer-lymphoma cells of strain C57BL/Ka mice. |
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Authors: | M Lieberman A Declève J N Ihle H S Kaplan |
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Institution: | 1. Cancer Biology Research Laboratory, Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA;2. NCI Frederick Cancer Research Center, Frederick, Maryland 21701, USA |
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Abstract: | A permanent cell line, BL/RL12-NP, derived from a radiation-induced C57BL/Ka mouse lymphoid tumor, has remained devoid of MuLV expression, except for the rare, sporadic initiation of virus production in some cultures. It can, however, be stably infected by the radiation leukemia virus (RadLV), and the progeny virus population retains the biological and serological properties of the parental RadLV. The cells can also be infected by a B-ecotropic, nonthymotropic, nonleukemogenic C57BL/Ka virus isolate, BL/Ka (B). In the latter situation, the emerging virus particles may exhibit thymotropic and leukemogenic (T+L+) attributes similar to those of RadLV, while retaining at least some of the envelope determinants of BL/Ka (B). These observations suggest that, following productive infection by a nonleukemogenic helper virus, oncogenic sequences endogenous to the non-producer lymphoma cells may be packaged in infectious progeny virions. The data are interpreted as providing strong support for the existence, in radiogenic lymphomas, of defective T+L+ sequences, designated RadLV-O. Possible mechanisms whereby RadLV-O is later expressed as an infectious leukemogenic virus are discussed. |
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