Comparison of Replication-Competent Molecular Clones of Porcine Endogenous Retrovirus Class A and Class B Derived from Pig and Human Cells
AUTOR(ES)
Krach, Ulrich
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Vertically transmitted endogenous retroviruses pose an infectious risk in the course of pig-to-human transplantation of cells, tissues, and organs. Two classes of polytropic type C porcine endogenous retroviruses (PERV) which are infectious for human cells in vitro are known. Recently, we described the cloning and characterization of replication-competent PERV-B sequences from productively infected human cells (F. Czauderna, N. Fischer, K. Boller, R. Kurth, and R. R. Tönjes, J. Virol. 74:4028–4038, 2000). Here, we report the isolation of infectious molecular PERV-A and PERV-B clones from pig cells and compare these proviruses with clones derived from infected human 293 cells. In addition to clone PERV-A(42) derived from 293 cells, four “native” full-length proviral PERV sequences derived from a genomic library of the porcine cell line PK15 were isolated. Three identical class A clones, designated PK15-PERV-A(42), PK15-PERV-A(45), and PK15-PERV-A(58), and one class B clone, PK15-PERV-B(213), were characterized. PK15-PERV-B(213) is highly homologous but distinct from the previously described clone PERV-B(43). PK15-PERV-A(58) demonstrates close homology to PERV-A(42) in env and to PERV-C in long terminal repeat, gag, and pro/pol sequences. All three PERV clones described here were replication competent upon infection of susceptible cell lines. The findings suggest that the pig genome harbors a limited number of infectious PERV-A and -B sequences.
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