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Journal of Virology, December 1999, p. 10296-10302, Vol. 73, No. 12
0022-538X/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
Induction of Apoptosis by Sindbis Virus Occurs at
Cell Entry and Does Not Require Virus Replication
Jia-Tsrong
Jan
and
Diane E.
Griffin*
Department of Molecular Microbiology and
Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public
Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
Received 17 February 1999/Accepted 28 July 1999
Sindbis virus (SV) is an alphavirus that causes encephalitis in
mice and can lead to the apoptotic death of infected cells. To
determine the step in virus replication during which apoptosis is
triggered, we used UV-inactivated SV, chemicals that block virus fusion
or protein synthesis, and cells that do and do not express heparan
sulfate, the initial binding molecule for SV infection of many cells.
In initial experiments, UV-inactivated neuroadapted SV (NSV) induced
apoptosis in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells lacking heparan sulfate
in the presence of cycloheximide. When fusion of prebound
UV-inactivated NSV was rapidly induced at the plasma membrane by
exposure to acidic pH, apoptosis was induced in CHO cells with or
without heparan sulfate in the presence or absence of cycloheximide in
a virus dose-dependent manner. In N18 neuroblastoma cells, the relative
virulence of the virus strain was an important determinant of apoptosis
induced by UV-inactivated SV. Treatment of N18 cells with monensin to
prevent endosomal acidification an hour before, but not 2 h after,
exposure to live NSV blocked the induction of cell death, as did
treatment with NH4Cl or bafilomycin A1. These studies
indicate that SV can induce apoptosis at the time of fusion with the
cell membrane and that virus replication is not required.
*
Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of
Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, 615 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21205. Phone: (410) 955-3459. Fax: (410) 955-0105. E-mail:
dgriffin{at}jhsph.edu.

Present address: Institute of Preventive Medicine, National Defense
Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of
China.
Journal of Virology, December 1999, p. 10296-10302, Vol. 73, No. 12
0022-538X/99/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1999, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.
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