Vaccinia virus infection of HeLa cells. I. Synthesis of vaccinia DNA in host cell nuclei.
AUTOR(ES)
LaColla, P
RESUMO
The replication of vaccinia virus is thought to take place exclusively in the cytoplasm of host cells. However, using DNA-DNA hybridization techniques, it can be shown that a significant fraction of the synthesis of vaccinia DNA takes place in the nucleus as well as the cytoplasm. The (3H) thymiding pulse-labeled vaccinia DNA synthesized in the nucleus reaches a maximum at about 3 h after infection, corresponding to the time of maximal DNA synthesis in infected cells. At this time host DNA synthesis drops to about 25% of the rate of the uninfected cells. Even with short labeling times (2 min) the nucleus is found to contain 60% of the incorporated (3H)thymidine, much of which is in vaccinia DNA. Prior inhibition of host nuclear DNA synthesis with mitomycin C, followed by removal of the antibiotic causes a subsequent inhibition of vaccinia DNA synthesis and complete suppression of mature virus. Purified nuclei, isolated from vaccinia-infected cells, also synthesize vaccinia DNA in vitro. Over 90% of the DNA synthesized in vitro by isolated nuclei contain vaccinia-specific sequences.
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