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. 1993 Jul;67(7):3989-96.
doi: 10.1128/JVI.67.7.3989-3996.1993.

Temperature-sensitive mouse cell factors for strand-specific initiation of poliovirus RNA synthesis

K Shiroki  1 , H Kato, S Koike, T Odaka, A Nomoto
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Temperature-sensitive mouse cell factors for strand-specific initiation of poliovirus RNA synthesis

K Shiroki et al. J Virol. 1993 Jul.

Abstract

Two cell lines, TgSVA and TgSVB, were established from the kidneys of transgenic mice carrying the human gene encoding poliovirus receptor. The cells were highly susceptible to poliovirus infection, and a large amount of infectious particles was produced in the infected cells at 37 degrees C. However, the virus yield was greatly reduced at 40 degrees C. This phenomenon was common to all mouse cells tested. To identify the temperature-sensitive step(s) of the virus infection cycle, different steps of the infection cycle were examined for temperature sensitivity. The results strongly suggested that the growth restriction observed at 40 degrees C was due to reduced efficiency of the initiation process of virus-specific RNA synthesis. Furthermore, this restriction appeared to occur only on the synthesis of positive-strand RNA. Virus-specific RNA synthesis in crude replication complexes was not affected by the nonpermissive temperature of 40 degrees C. In vitro uridylylation of VPg seemed to be temperature sensitive only after prolonged incubation at 40 degrees C. These results indicate that a specific host factor(s) is involved in the efficient initiation process of positive-strand RNA synthesis of poliovirus and that the host factor(s) is temperature sensitive in TgSVA and TgSVB cells.

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