PMID: 8970977Dec 1, 1996Paper

Analysis of the unique hamster cell tropism of ecotropic murine leukemia virus PVC-211

Journal of Virology
Michiaki MasudaS Ruscetti

Abstract

PVC-211 murine leukemia virus (MuLV) is a neuropathogenic variant of Friend MuLV (F-MuLV). Previous studies from our laboratory demonstrated that unlike the parental F-MuLV, PVC-211 MuLV can infect rat brain capillary endothelial cells efficiently and that it has acquired genetic changes responsible for its expanded cellular tropism. To determine if PVC-211 MuLV also has expanded its host range, we tested its infectivity on Chinese hamster ovary-derived CHO-K1 cells, which are generally resistant to ecotropic MuLV. The results indicated that PVC-211 MuLV, but not F-MuLV, was highly infectious for CHO-K1 cells. Studies using glycosylation inhibitors and glycosylation mutants of CHO-K1 cells, as well as interference studies, suggested that PVC-211 MuLV has acquired the ability to interact with the ecotropic MuLV receptor on CHO-K1 cells that has undergone glycosylation-dependent modification. Using chimeric viruses between PVC-211 MuLV and F-MuLV, we were able to localize the viral genetic element crucial for CHO-K1 cell tropism within the env gene of PVC-211 MuLV and show that glycine at position 116 and lysine at position 129 of the envelope glycoprotein SU were important. These viral determinants also appear to confer tropism ...Continue Reading

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