Characterization of infectious oncornaviruses from MOPC-460 plasmacytomas: their relation to A-type particles.

AUTOR(ES)

Ramabhadran, T V

RESUMO

MOPC-460 mouse plasmacytoma cells produce intracellular A-type particles and extracellular oncornavirus-like particles ("myeloma-associated virus," abbreviated MAV). The genomes of these two particles are closely related. During attempts to establish infections with MOPC-460 extracellular particles, we isolated ecotropic and xenotropic infectious forms of murine leukemia virus. We have investigated the relation of these isolates to A-type particles and to MAV by nucleic acid hybridization. Using complementary DNA probes prepared from the two isolates, we found that these infectious murine leukemia viruses differ from A-type particles and from MAV. Moreover, we found that MAV is the predominant extracellular component: the ecotropic and xenotropic forms of murine leukemia virus were present at only low levels (less than 5%) in MAV preparations. Neither the SC-1 cells infected with ectropic murine leukemia virus nor the mink cells infected with xenotropic murine leukemia virus showed any A-type particles in their cytoplasm when examined by electron microscopy. Our inability to demonstrate infection by the A-type particle-related component, MAV, suggests that these may be defective.

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