Vesicular stomatitis virus in Drosophila melanogaster cells: lack of leader RNA transport into the nuclei and frequent abortion of the replication step.
AUTOR(ES)
Dezélée, S
RESUMO
In cultured Drosophila melanogaster cells, vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) establishes a persistent, noncytopathic infection. No inhibition of host macromolecular synthesis occurs. We studied the synthesis of VSV plus-strand leader RNA, which may be directly involved in vertebrate host synthesis shut-off. Leader RNA accumulated in Drosophila cell cytoplasm, but in low amounts, it was either free or associated to structures larger than the leader RNA-N protein complexes found in vertebrate cells. Only a few leader RNA copies migrated into the cell nucleus; no increase of this transport was observed at any time during the virus cycle. Viral RNAs complementary to the 3' end of the genome and ranging in size from the leader to several hundred nucleotides were found to accumulate in Drosophila cell cytoplasm. Their synthesis was inhibited in the presence of cycloheximide, which blocks all protein synthesis and VSV replication. Correlation between the absence of VSV cytopathogenicity in Drosophila cells and the lack of leader RNA transport into their nuclei is discussed, as well as the possible relationship between the restriction of viral synthesis and the frequent initiation of an abortive replication step.
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