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J Virol. 1984 April; 50(1): 229-236

Interferon-mediated, double-stranded RNA-dependent protein kinase is inhibited in extracts from vaccinia virus-infected cells.

ABSTRACT

The interferon-inducible, double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-dependent protein kinase which phosphorylates an endogenous HeLa 69 kilodalton polypeptide or exogenous initiation factor eIF2 was inhibited during vaccinia virus infection. High interferon doses (20,000 reference units per ml) did not prevent this inhibition. The inhibition required protein synthesis but not viral DNA synthesis during infection, suggesting that an early vaccinia virus gene function was responsible. An active dsRNA-dependent protein kinase could be recovered from an inactive extract by purification on polyinosinate X polycytidylate-cellulose. An inhibitor of the protein kinase, therefore, must be present in the inactive extract. Similar results have been obtained with mouse L929 cells. At early time points of infection, the protein kinase in cell extracts required exogenous dsRNA for activity. This argues against endogenous viral dsRNA and activation of the kinase in the intact cell. At late time points of infection (when vaccinia virus dsRNA was almost certainly formed), the inhibitor of the kinase is present. Accordingly, it seems unlikely that the kinase played any role in the interferon-mediated inhibition of virus growth observed in these cells under these particular conditions.

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