Derivation and characterization of an efficiently myocarditic reovirus variant.
AUTOR(ES)
Sherry, B
RESUMO
A reovirus variant, 8B, was isolated from a neonatal mouse which had been inoculated with a mixture of two reovirus strains: type 1 Lang (T1L) and type 3 Dearing (T3D) (E. A. Wenske, S.J. Chanock, L. Krata, and B. N. Fields, J. Virol. 56:613-616, 1985). 8B is a reassortant containing eight gene segments derived from the T1L parent and two gene segments derived from the T3D parent. Upon infection of neonatal mice, 8B produced a generalized infection characteristic of many reoviruses, but it also efficiently induced numerous macroscopic external cardiac lesions, unlike either of its parents. Microscopic examination of hearts from infected mice revealed myocarditis with necrotic myocytes and both polymorphonuclear and mononuclear cellular infiltration. Electron microscopy revealed viral arrays in necrotic myocytes and dystrophic calcification accompanying late lesions. Determination of viral titers in hearts from T1L-, T3D-, or 8B-infected mice indicated that growth was not the primary determinant of myocardial necrosis. Results from inoculations of athymic mice demonstrated that T cells were not a requirement for the 8B-induced myocarditis. Finally, 8B was more cytopathic than either of the parent viruses in cultured mouse L cells. Together, the data suggest that 8B-induced myocardial necrosis is due to a direct effect of reovirus on myocytes. Reovirus thus provides a useful model for the study of viral myocarditis.
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