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L E Jordan

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Hamster embryo cells transformed by herpes simplex virus: reactions with adeno-associated satellite virus (AAV) and its adenovirus helpers.

We have studied the reactions of hamster embryo cells transformed by ultraviolet-inactivated herpes simplex type 2 (333-8-9 T cells) to infections with adeno-associated satellite virus (AAV) and its adenovirus helpers. Resident HSV structural antigens were not detectable in early or late passage of 333-8-9 T cells. AAV structural antigens were not detected in these cells unless the cells were coinfected with a helper adenovirus. In early passage 333-8-9 T cells were permissive to infections with simian adenovirus SV15 whereas normal hamster cell line LSH was nonpermissive. In some late passages of 333-8-9 T cells infections with SV15 adenovirus led to the production of viruslike particles whose morphology was identical with reoviruses.

Adenoviridae

The replication of rodent parvovirus X14.

The replication of rodent parvovirus X14 DNA has been studied in rat embryo tissue culture cells. Virus DNA was isolated from I M-NaCl-SDS-pronase supernatant fluids from 24 h after infection. The majority of this DNA was 1-7 mum in length and double-stranded, indicating that it was an intermediate in the replication cycle of this single-stranded DNA virus. Single-stranded DNA of equivalent length was isolated directly from X14 virions. The buoyant density of this DNA was 1-728 g/ml whereas the double-stranded form banded at 1-714 g/ml in caesium chloride gradients. Difficulties in detecting significant amounts of single-stranded viral DNA directly from infected cells would appear to indicate that progeny single-stranded DNA is rapidly encapsidated after synthesis.

Culture Techniques

Properties of light particles produced during growth of Type 4 adeno-associated satellite virus.

Adeno-associated satellite virus type 4, obtained by repeated undiluted passage, failed to produce distinct bands at the expected density of 1.43 g/cm(3) after density gradient centrifugation in CsCl. This phenomenon occurred regardless of the hemagglutinating activity of the starting material. Sharp bands were found at a density of 1.34 to 1.35 g/cm(3). These bands contained adenovirions and numerous satellite particles. These latter particles could be distinguished by electron microscopy from standard dense satellite particles by their flattened profiles and deep penetration of negative stains. Dense bands of satellite virus at 1.43 g/cm(3) were constantly observed when the inoculum was comprised of highly diluted seed virus. Light satellite particles had a particle to HA ratio comparable with dense particles, but possessed low infectivity. Measurements of contour lengths of extracted deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) indicate that light particles contain only a small amount of DNA, possibly less than 0.5 x 10(6) daltons, compared to 1.4 x 10(6) for the complete satellite DNA molecule.

Adenoviridae

Nucleic acid molecules: new microdiffusion technique for visualization.

A microdiffusion technique, developed for visualization of nucleic acid molecules in the electron microscope, requires less than 0.01 microgram of nucleic acid. Although originally developed for free nucleic acids, the method can be applied to virion suspensions for direct visualization of their genomes; less than 10(10) virions per milliliter are required. Results agree well with those yielded by the diffusion technique of Lang, Kleinschmidt, and Zahn.

Adsorption