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Journal of Virology, March 2007, p. 3033-3036, Vol. 81, No. 6
0022-538X/07/$08.00+0 doi:10.1128/JVI.01960-06
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Aure Saulnier,
Sandra Martin-Latil, and
Florence Colbère-Garapin*
Virus Entérotropes et Stratégies Antivirales, Institut Pasteur, 25 rue du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France
Received 8 September 2006/ Accepted 18 December 2006
Cells cured of persistent virus infection can be used to investigate cellular pathways of resistance to viral cytopathic effects. Persistent poliovirus (PV) infections were established in human intestinal Caco-2 cells, and spontaneously cured cell cultures were obtained. Two cell clones, cl6 and b13, cured of type 3 PV mutant infection and their parental Caco-2 cells were compared for susceptibility to PV infection, PV receptor CD155 expression, capacity to differentiate into polarized enterocytes, and PV-, staurosporine-, and actinomycin D-induced apoptosis. Our results strongly suggest that cells that are partially resistant to apoptosis can be selected during persistent virus infection.
Published ahead of print on 27 December 2006.
Present address: Génétique Moléculaire des Virus Respiratoires, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
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