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J. Virol., 11 1996, 7984-7991, Vol 70, No. 11
KL Tyler, MK Squier, AL Brown, B Pike, D Willis, SM Oberhaus, TS Dermody and JJ Cohen
The mammalian reoviruses are capable of inhibiting cellular DNA synthesis
and inducing apoptosis. Reovirus strains type 3 Abney (T3A) and type 3
Dearing (T3D) inhibit cellular DNA synthesis and induce apoptosis to a
substantially greater extent than strain type 1 Lang (T1L). We used T1L x
T3A and T1L x T3D reassortant viruses to identify viral genes associated
with differences in the capacities of reovirus strains to elicit these
cellular responses to viral infection. We found that the S1 and M2 genome
segments determine differences in the capacities of both T1L x T3A and T1L
x T3D reassortant viruses to inhibit cellular DNA synthesis and to induce
apoptosis. These genes encode viral outer-capsid proteins that play
important roles in viral attachment and disassembly. To extend these
findings, we used field isolate strains of reovirus to determine whether
the strain-specific differences in inhibition of cellular DNA synthesis and
induction of apoptosis are also associated with viral serotype, a property
determined by the S1 gene. In these experiments, type 3 field isolate
strains were found to inhibit cellular DNA synthesis and to induce
apoptosis to a greater extent than type 1 field isolate strains.
Statistical analysis of these data indicate a significant correlation
between the capacity of T1L x T3A and T1L x T3D reassortant viruses and
field isolate strains to inhibit cellular DNA synthesis and to induce
apoptosis. These findings suggest that reovirus-induced inhibition of
cellular DNA synthesis and induction of apoptosis are linked and that both
phenomena are induced by early steps in the viral replication cycle.
Copyright © 1996, American Society for Microbiology
Linkage between reovirus-induced apoptosis and inhibition of cellular DNA synthesis: role of the S1 and M2 genes
Department of Neurology, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver 80262, USA. tylerk@essex.uchsc.edu.
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