Interferon-treated cells release vesicular stomatitis virus particles lacking glycoprotein spikes: correlation with biochemical data.
AUTOR(ES)
Maheshwari, R K
RESUMO
Earlier we reported a reduction to 1/30th-1/100th of the original number of infectious particles in the infectious vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) released from L cells treated with 10 or 30 reference units of interferon per ml. However, in these cultures virus particle production, as measured by VSV particle-associated viral RNA, virus nucleocapsid protein, and viral transcriptase, was inhibited by less than 10%. Data reported in this paper show that there was a significant reduction in glycoprotein and membrane protein of VSV particles released from interferon-treated cells. Evidence supporting the deficiency of glycoprotein in VSV released from interferon-treated cells was derived from electron microscopic studies. Under conditions where glycoprotein spikes or projections were clearly detectable on the surface of VSV released from cells not treated with interferon, very few spikes were observed on VSV released from interferon-treated cells. These results suggested that interferon-treated cells produced VSV particles with low infectivity and that this low infectivity may be related to the reduced amount of glycoprotein and membrane protein incorporated into such particles.
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