Loss of functional large T-antigen and free viral genomes from cells transformed in vitro by polyoma virus after passage in vivo as tumor cells.

AUTOR(ES)

Lania, L

RESUMO

We have analyzed the state, arrangement, and expression of polyoma viral DNA sequences in a number of in vitro-transformed Fischer rat cells before and after growth in vivo as tumour cells. When the in vitro lines used to induce the tumors contained only a single insert of viral sequences and did not produce either a full-size 100,000-dalton (100K) large T-antigen or free viral genomes, no differences in the above-mentioned properties were observed. By contrast, in vitro cell lines containing multiple inserts of viral sequences, a functional 100K large T-antigen, and free viral genome induced tumor cells which displayed a reduced number of inserts of viral sequences and which did not produce either a functional 100K large T-antigen or free viral genomes. All of the in vitro lines and their tumor cell derivatives expressed the polyoma virus 55K middle and 22K small T-antigen species. Possible mechanisms for the selection in vivo against cells containing a functional 100K large T-antigen and consequently free viral genomes are discussed.

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