Mutational analysis of the murine AIDS-defective viral genome reveals a high reversion rate in vivo and a requirement for an intact Pr60gag protein for efficient induction of disease.
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Huang, M
RESUMO
Pr60gag appears to be the only protein encoded by the murine AIDS (MAIDS)-defective virus. To study the role of Pr60gag or some other sequences of the viral genome in the pathogenicity of the virus, we have generated mutants of the defective viral genome. These mutant defective viruses, prepared as helper-free stocks, were inoculated into susceptible C57BL/6 mice. Mutant Du5H-A virus, which had a stop codon within gag MA(p15), did not induce target cell proliferation or MAIDS. Mutants Du5H-B and -C encoded truncated Pr60gag proteins containing, respectively, MA(p15)-p12 or MA(p15)-p12 and part of CA(p30). These mutants showed a very limited capacity to induce early cell expansion and were poorly pathogenic. Only recombinant (revertant) viruses were recovered from organs of diseased mice inoculated with these two mutants. Mutant Du5H-D was generated by deleting 1.4 kbp of the 3'-end sequences, outside the gag coding region. The levels of RNA and proteins made by this mutant were low. This mutant also reverting frequently but was nevertheless able to induce MAIDS at a low efficiency without reverting. Our results indicate that the Pr60gag protein is necessary and sufficient to induce MAIDS. These data also suggest that the Pr60gag protein needs to be relatively intact to be fully pathogenic. In addition, our study shows a very high reversion rate of some mutants and emphasizes the need to check for the presence of revertant (recombinant) viruses in diseased organs when working with mutants of the MAIDS-defective virus.
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