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Differential inhibition of host protein synthesis in L cells infected with RNA - temperature-sensitive mutants of vesicular stomatitis virus.

ABSTRACT

The response of mouse L cells to infection with wild-type (wt) and temperature-sensitive (ts) mutants of vesicular stomatitis virus was monitored by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis to delineate the synthesis of host cell and viral proteins. Experiments utilized transcriptase mutants of complementation group I (ts114 and ts13), a group IV mutant (ts44) that is restricted in total RNA synthesis (RNA-1) but not in primary transcription, and a group II mutant (ts52) variably restricted in RNA synthesis (RNA +/-). L cells infected with ts mutants at permissive temperature exhibited the wt response of progressive inhibition of host cell protein synthesis accompanied by accumulation of all five viral proteins. Mutant ts44 (IV) also switched off cell protein synthesis at restrictive temperature and accumulated all five viral proteins, but with disproportionate ratios of N and G proteins. At restrictive temperature, cells infected with group I ts mutants failed to accumulate any viral protein and did not exhibit significant reduction in host cell protein synthesis. These data suggest that vesicular stomatitis virus inhibits cell protein synthesis at a stage of viral infection after transcription and possibly translation but preceding replication of progeny viral RNA.

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