Ultrastructure of the Surfaces of Cells Infected with Avian Leukosis-Sarcoma Viruses
AUTOR(ES)
Morgan, Herbert R.
RESUMO
When stained with ruthenium red (RR), chick embryo cells infected with various strains of Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) and with avian leukosis viruses RAV-1 and RAV-3 showed an increase in the layer of acid mucopolysaccharides (AMPS) at their surfaces as compared with uninfected cells. This increase was most prominent in cells infected with the Fujinami strain of RSV. The layer was resistant to digestion with neuraminidase or trypsin but was readily removed by exposure to hyaluronidase. The thickness of this AMPS layer was not correlated with the varying degree of loss of contact inhibition exhibited by cells infected with the different strains of virus. The staining of the cell envelope with a solution of phosphotungstic and chromic acids (PTA-CR) suggested the presence of glycoproteins. The outer surface of the virions showed the same staining as the cell surface with RR and PTA-CR, and the budding virus particle was seen to incorporate the RR layer of the cell into its structure. The RR layers of cells and virions appeared to fuse, as did those between virus particles, suggesting that these layers play a role in the aggregation of virus particles and in their adherence to the surface of the cell.
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