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. 1980 Mar;27(3):1012-22.
doi: 10.1128/iai.27.3.1012-1022.1980.

Rabies serogroup viruses in neuroblastoma cells: propagation, "autointerference," and apparently random back-mutation of attenuated viruses to the virulent state

H F Clark

Rabies serogroup viruses in neuroblastoma cells: propagation, "autointerference," and apparently random back-mutation of attenuated viruses to the virulent state

H F Clark. Infect Immun. 1980 Mar.

Abstract

Each of several strains of fixed rabies virus was found to replicate to high titers in C1300 mouse neuroblastoma (clone NA) cells, without adaptation. Rabies serogroup Lagos bat, Mokola, and Duvenhage viruses also replicated efficiently in NA cells. Kotonkan and Obodhiang viruses replicated efficiently after adaptation, to titers not previously obtained in vitro. Infection in NA cells was frequently more cytopathic than in BHK-21 cells, allowing titration of Kotonkan and Obodhiang viruses by plaque assay. Duvenhage virus caused syncytium formation. Serial propagation of rabies viruses at a high multiplicity of infection in NA cells led to a rapid decline in virus yields; similar "autointerference" has not previously been demonstrated with rabies virus in other cell systems. Rabies virus infection in NA cells exhibited extreme sensitivity to interference by experimentally added defective interfering virions. Although several strains of attenuated rabies virus consistently reverted rapidly to virulence after propagation in NA cells, other strains of attenuated rabies and rabies serogroup viruses acquired increased virulence at a more gradual rate or not at all, suggesting that diverse characters may control virulence. When attenuated Flury HEP rabies virus was serially propagated at a low multiplicity of infection in either NA cells or suckling mouse brain, virulence appeared at a very variable rate, indicating that these systems may selectively enhance replication of randomly occurring virulent virus mutants.

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