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J Virol. 1984 June; 50(3): 847-853

Oncogenicity by adenovirus is not determined by the transforming region only.

ABSTRACT

We have constructed a nondefective recombinant virus between the nononcogenic adenovirus 5 (Ad5) and the highly oncogenic Ad12. The recombinant genome consists essentially of Ad5 sequences, with the exception of the transforming early region 1 (E1) which is derived from Ad12. HeLa cells infected with the recombinant virus were shown to contain the Ad12-specific E1 proteins of 41 kilodaltons (E1a) and 19 and 54 kilodaltons (both encoded by E1b). The recombinant virus replicated efficiently in human embryonic kidney cells and HeLa cells, showing that the transforming regions of Ad5 and Ad12 had similar functions in productive infection. After the recombinant virus was injected into newborn hamsters, no tumors were produced during an observation period of 200 days. Thus, despite the fact that all products required for oncogenic transformation in vitro were derived from the highly oncogenic Ad12, the recombinant virus did not produce tumors in vivo. These data show that tumor induction by adenovirus virions is not determined only by the gene products of the transforming region.

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