Murine Cytomegalovirus with a Transposon Insertional Mutation at Open Reading Frame M35 Is Defective in Growth In Vivo
AUTOR(ES)
Tam, Ada
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
We had previously constructed a pool of murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) mutants that contained a Tn3-based transposon sequence randomly inserted in the viral genome. In the study reported here, one of the mutants, RvM35, which contains the transposon insertion at open reading frame M35, was characterized both in vitro in tissue cultures and in immunocompetent Balb/c and immunodeficient SCID mice. Our results provide the first direct evidence to suggest that M35 is not essential for viral replication in vitro in NIH 3T3 cells. Compared to the wild-type strain and a rescued virus that restored the M35 region, the viral mutant was attenuated in growth in both the intraperitoneally infected Balb/c and SCID mice. At 21 days postinfection, the titers of the mutant in the salivary glands, lungs, spleens, livers, and kidneys of the SCID mice were lower than the titers of the wild-type Smith strain and the rescued virus by 50,000-, 100-, 10-, 100-, and 50-fold, respectively. Moreover, the growth of RvM35 is severely attenuated in the salivary glands. The virulence of the mutant virus also appears to be attenuated, because no death was observed in SCID mice infected with RvM35 until 35 days postinfection, while all the animals infected with the wild-type and rescued viruses died 27 days postinfection. Our results suggest that M35 is important for MCMV virulence in killing SCID mice and is required for optimal viral growth in vivo, including in the salivary glands.
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