Murine gammaherpesvirus (MHV-68) transforms cultured cells in vitro.
Intervirology
; 58(2): 69-72, 2015.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-25677084
ABSTRACT
Human dermal fibroblasts and mouse NIH/3T3 cells acquired the transformed phenotype ('criss-cross' pattern of growth) after infection with ultraviolet-irradiated murine gammaherpesvirus (MuHV-4 strain 68; MHV-68). These cells with changed phenotype could be serially cultured for 5-6 passages (35-40 days), and then they entered into crisis and most of them died. In a small number of cultures, however, foci of newly transformed cells appeared from which two stable cell lines were derived. After 6-9 cell culture passages of the MHV-68 transformed cell lines, MHV-68 DNA and virus antigen could be detected by PCR and immunofluorescence assay along with the disappearance of actin bundles, indicating that both transformed cell lines might be oncogenic.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cell Line, Transformed
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Cell Transformation, Viral
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Rhadinovirus
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Fibroblasts
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Intervirology
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Slovakia