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J Virol. 1988 January; 62(1): 106-113

Temperature-sensitive cellular mutant for expression of mRNA from murine retrovirus.

Department of Tumor Virology, Osaka University, Japan.

ABSTRACT

The cellular mutant B812 isolated from a Fisher rat cell line shows temperature sensitivity of focus formation induced by various retroviruses such as recombinant murine retrovirus containing the middle T gene of polyomavirus (PyMLV), Kirsten murine sarcoma virus, Moloney murine sarcoma virus, and recombinant murine retrovirus containing the src gene of Rous sarcoma virus. B812 cells, however, show normal ability to proliferate and synthesize protein at the nonpermissive temperature, suggesting that their mutation is in a gene specifically concerned with the process of transformation by retroviruses. In this work, experiments with hybrids of mutant and wild-type cells showed that the temperature-dependent defect of this mutant was complemented by wild-type cells. To determine the step of transformation that is restricted at the nonpermissive temperature in B812, we examined the expressions of the oncogene (middle T antigen) in no. 7 (wild-type cells) and B812 cultures infected with PyMLV (the chimeric retrovirus containing the middle T gene of polyomavirus) at the permissive and nonpermissive temperatures. Middle T-associated protein kinase activity, the expression of middle T antigen, and PyMLV-specific mRNA were reduced at the nonpermissive temperature in B812 cultures infected with PyMLV. However, integration of PyMLV into the chromosomal DNA of the mutant was not affected at the nonpermissive temperature. These results suggest that B812 cells have a mutation affecting the expression of viral mRNAs from integrated proviral DNA at the nonpermissive temperature.