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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-5-7
pubmed:abstractText
In a retroviral rat model, we have investigated the nontransforming effects of murine leukemia virus FB29 on the bone marrow. Upon intraperitoneal inoculation with murine leukemia virus FB29 of either neonatal or adult rats, bone marrow cells became massively infected within the first 12 days postinoculation. In neonatally inoculated rats, a persistent productive bone marrow infection was established, whereas in rats inoculated as adults, no infected bone marrow cells could be detected beyond 12 days postinoculation. Retroviral infection was most likely cleared by an antiviral immune response (Hein et al., 1995, Virology 211, 408-417). Exposure to virus irreversibly decreased numbers of bone marrow cells staining with monoclonal antibody OX7 by 10-30%. Reduction of OX7+ bone marrow cells by 20% was also observed in vitro, after bone marrow cells from uninfected adult rats had been co-incubated with virus. FB29-envelope proteins were sufficient alone to reduce numbers of OX7+ bone marrow cells, both in vivo and in vitro. According to results on incorporation of propidium iodide, decreased numbers of OX7+ cells were due to cell death. By flow cytometric analyses OX7+ bone marrow cells as well as monocytes/macrophages were identified to be major target cells for infection with FB29 within the bone marrow. Thus, the mechanism(s) responsible for death of OX7+ bone marrow cells might be due to direct toxicity of viral envelope proteins and/or to interactions of viral envelope proteins with cells of the monocytic lineage.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0042-6822
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
242
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
357-65
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Suppression of rat bone marrow cells by Friend murine leukemia virus envelope proteins.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Virologie und Immunbiologie, Universität Würzburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't