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Journal of Virology, August 2005, p. 10258-10267, Vol. 79, No. 16
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.16.10258-10267.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Mutations of a Residue within the Polyproline-Rich Region of Env Alter the Replication Rate and Level of Cytopathic Effects in Chimeric Avian Retroviral Vectors

Kevin W. Chang,1 Eugene V. Barsov,2 Andrea L. Ferris,1 and Stephen H. Hughes1*

HIV Drug Resistance Program,1 AIDS Vaccine Program, SAIC-Frederick, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702-12012

Received 19 April 2004/ Accepted 3 May 2005

Previous attempts to extend the host range of the avian sarcoma/leukosis virus (ASLV)-based RCASBP vectors produced two viral vectors, RCASBP M2C (4070A) and RCASBP M2C (797-8), which replicate using the amphotropic murine leukemia virus 4070A Env protein (2). Both viruses were adapted to replicate efficiently in the avian cell line DF-1, but RCASBP M2C (4070A) caused extensive cytopathic effects (CPE) in DF-1 cells whereas RCASBP M2C (797-8) induced low levels of CPE. The two viruses differed only at amino acid 242 of the polyproline-rich region in the surface (SU) subunit of the Env protein. In RCASBP M2C (4070A), an isoleucine replaced the wild-type proline residue, whereas a threonine residue was found in RCASBP M2C (797-8). In the present study, we show that other amino acid substitutions at position 242 strongly influence the CPE and replication rate of the chimeric viruses. There was a correlation between the amount of unintegrated linear retroviral DNA present in infected DF-1 cells and the level of CPE. This suggests that there may be a role for superinfection in the CPE. The treatment of RCASBP M2C (4070A)-infected cells with dantrolene, which inhibits the release of calcium from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), reduced the amount of CPE seen during infection with the highly cytotoxic virus. Dantrolene treatment did not appear to affect virus production, suggesting that Ca2+ release from the ER had a role in the CPE caused by these viruses.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: HIV Drug Resistance Program, NCI-Frederick, P.O. Box B, Bldg. 539, Rm. 130A, Frederick, MD 21702-1201. Phone: (301) 846-1619. Fax: (301) 846-6966. E-mail: hughes{at}ncifcrf.gov.

Journal of Virology, August 2005, p. 10258-10267, Vol. 79, No. 16
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.16.10258-10267.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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