Susceptibility of inbred strains of mice to murine AIDS (MAIDS) correlates with target cell expansion and high expression of defective MAIDS virus.
AUTOR(ES)
Huang, M
RESUMO
Murine AIDS (MAIDS) is readily induced by the Duplan strain of defective murine leukemia virus in susceptible C57BL/6 mice. To identify mouse strains resistant to MAIDS, and to understand the genetic factors controlling susceptibility to the disease, we screened more than 20 inbred strains of mice for their susceptibility to MAIDS. For this study, mice of the Fv-1n/n, Fv-1b/b, or Fv-1n/b genotype were inoculated with stocks of defective MAIDS virus pseudotyped with N-tropic, B-tropic, or NB-tropic helper murine leukemia virus, respectively. Strains could be classified as susceptible, resistant, or moderately resistant. None of the individual H-2 haplotypes examined appears to explain resistance to MAIDS by itself. However, a very good correlation between the susceptibility or resistance phenotype and the presence or absence of defective proviral DNA and RNA in the spleen of these animals was found. Since the presence of defective proviral DNA and RNA reflects the oligoclonal proliferation of the cells infected by the defective MAIDS virus, our results strongly suggest that this target cell expansion is genetically controlled and is necessary and perhaps even sufficient for the development of the disease.
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