Further Studies on the Effect of 5-Iododeoxyuridine on Polyoma Virus Multiplication in Mouse Cells

5-Iododeoxyuridine (IUDR) inhibited production of infectious polyoma virus in mouse embryo cells and mouse kidney cells in culture. Deoxythymidine reversed its effect. IUDR did not inactivate infectivity of free virus particles. IUDR did not prevent adsorption and penetration of polyoma virus to cells. The events sensitive to IUDR treatment occurred at around 20 hours after infection. The cytopathic effects of polyoma virus, including emergence of DNA containing-inclusions in the nucleus, were observable in infected cells in which viral replication was completely arrested by IUDR. It was shown by fluorescent antibody technique in infected mouse embryo cells and by complement fixation test in infected mouse kidney cells that IUDR inhibited completely the synthesis of viral antigen. No virus-like particles were demonstrated in the IUDR-treated infected-mouse kidney cells by electron microscope examinations.     

Examination of Virus-Infected Cultured Cells by Scanning Electron Microscopy

The scanning electron microscope (SEM) was used to detect changes in morphology of BSC-1 cells after infection with vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) or herpes simplex virus. The morphological changes of the infected cells were related to the length of time of infection and to the virus used. Extensive alteration to the cytoplasm could be seen 24 and 48 hr after infection with 10 and 320 TCID(50) of VSV. Within 24 hr after infection with 1 TCID(50) of herpes simplex, a few nuclei were swollen. However, 72 hr after infection with 100 TCID(50) of herpesvirus, many nuclei were swollen and appeared in large aggregates, probably representing formation of a polykaryocyte. Corresponding samples stained with May-Grunwald-Giemsa were observed in the light microscope and morphological changes were compared to those seen with the SEM.     

草鱼呼肠孤病毒在CIK细胞中复制及形态发生的研究

以草鱼呼肠孤病毒（ＧＣＲＶ）感染的草鱼肾细胞系（ＣＩＫ）为模型,进行了草鱼呼肠孤病毒在细胞内的形态发生的研究。当病毒以感染复数为５￣１０ＰＦＵ／ＣＥＬＬ感染ＣＩＫ细胞时,在病毒感染细胞４ｈ以内的切片中,可观察到脱去部分外层衣壳的不完整病毒颗粒。感染细胞８ｈ,可观察到浆胞内病毒发生基质,其内含有大量的直径约５０ｎｍ的亚病毒颗粒,无外层蛋白结构。感染１２￣１６ｈ后,这些亚病毒颗粒装配上外层蛋白结构,形     

Dynamics of nontypical apoptotic morphological changes visualized by green fluorescent protein in living cells with infectious pancreatic necrosis virus infection

Morphologically, apoptotic cells are characterized by highly condensed membrane blebbing and formation of apoptotic bodies. Recently, we reported that apoptosis precedes necrosis in a fish cell line infected with infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV). In the present study, we tested the possibility that nontypical apoptosis is a component of IPNV-induced fish cell death. A variant type of green fluorescent protein (EGFP) was expressed in a fish cell line such that EGFP served as a protein marker for visualizing dynamic apoptotic cell morphological changes and for tracing membrane integrity changes during IPNV infection. Direct morphological changes were visualized by fluorescence microscopy by EGFP in living cells infected with IPNV. The nontypical apoptotic morphological change stage occurred during the pre-late stage (6 to 7 h postinfection). Nontypical apoptotic features, including highly condensed membrane blebbing, occurred during the middle apoptotic stage. At the pre-late apoptotic stage, membrane vesicles quickly formed, blebbed, and were finally pinched off from the cell membrane. At the same time, at this pre-late apoptotic stage, apoptotic cells formed unique small holes in their membranes that ranged from 0.39 to 0.78 micrometer according to examination by scanning electron microscopy and immunoelectron microscopy. Quantitation of the intra- and extracellular release of EGFP by CHSE-214-EGFP cells after IPNV infection was done by Western blotting and fluorometry. Membrane integrity was quickly lost during the late apoptotic stage (after 8 h postinfection), and morphological change and membrane integrity loss could be prevented and blocked by treatment with apoptosis inhibitors such as cycloheximide, genistein, and EDTA before IPNV infection. Together, these findings show the apoptotic features at the onset of pathology in host cells (early and middle apoptotic stages), followed secondarily by nontypical apoptosis (pre-late apoptotic stage) and then by postapoptotic necrosis (late apoptotic stage), of a fish cell line. Our results demonstrate that nontypical apoptosis is a component of IPNV-induced fish cell death.     

Morphogenesis of Newcastle Disease Virus in Chorioallantoic Membrane

Chick embryo chorioallantoic membrane, infected with the Blacksburg strain of Newcastle disease virus, was examined with an electron microscope to investigate the sequence of viral-induced host cell alterations. These were evident mostly in the endodermal epithelial cells lining the allantoic sac and were divided arbitrarily into three stages. Stage 1 was characterized by commencement of cell hypertrophy and hyperplasia and presence of fewer cytoplasmic inclusion bodies normally found in the cells; in stage 2, juxtanuclear nucleocapsid-glycogen aggregates appeared, and there were increased numbers of microvilli; stage 3 was characterized by increased cytoplasmic density and evidence of viral assembly and release. The morphological features of viral assembly and the virion are also described.     

感染病毒的小麦全蚀菌的超微结构

将感染病毒的小麦全蚀菌山东烟台株培养 20天的菌体细胞,进行超微结构的研究。于电镜下观察到球状病毒颗粒,平均直径23—30nm,多是无规则松散的分布于胞质中;或紧密聚集于液泡、线粒体周围;或排列成线状;或7—8个颗粒排列成环状。病毒仅分布于细胞质中,细胞核、脂肪体内均未见病毒颗粒。病毒浓度在较老的菌体内有增加的趋势。全蚀菌的菌丝细胞壁有三层,外层电子致密内含纤维状物,内层电子较为透明,中层为一电子致密度很深的狭窄夹层。壁的厚度不均,外缘不规则;在菌丝体产生隔膜的早期阶段,于隔膜附近有1—3个外被膜结构的沃罗宁体 Woronin body,隔膜形成的后期,见电子致密物质沉积在核膜孔上,形成中的隔膜顶端为尖状突起向基部逐渐增宽略成金字塔形。     

Morphogenesis of Sindbis virus in cultured Aedes albopictus cells.

Cultured mosquito cells were found to produce Sindbis virus nearly as efficiently as BHK-21 cells at 28 C. In virtually all of the cells observed in the electron microscope, virus morphogenesis was found to occur within complex vesicular structures which developed after viral infection. Viral nucleocapsids were first seen in these vesicles and appeared to be enveloped within these structures. The process of envelopment within these inclusions differed in some respects from the process previously described for the envelopment of nucleocapsids at the plasma membrane of vertebrae cells. Free nucleocapsids were only rarely seen in the cytoplasm of infected mosquito cells, and budding of virus from the cell surface was detected so infrequently that this process of virus production could not account for the amount of virus produced by the infected cells. The vast majority of extracellular virus was produced by the fusion of the virus-containing vesicles with the plasma membrane releasing mature virions and membrane nucleocapsid complexes in various stages of development.     

THE DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINIA VIRUS IN EARLE'S L STRAIN CELLS AS EXAMINED BY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

A favorable system which is amenable to frequent and reproducible sampling, consisting of suspension cultures of strain L cells and vaccinia virus, was employed to study the animal virus-mammalian host cell relationship. The three principal aspects investigated concerned the adsorption and penetration of vaccinia into the host, the relationship between the sequence of virus development and the production of infectious particles, and the changes in the fine structure of the host cells. Experiments in which a very high multiplicity of infection was used revealed that vaccinia is phagocytized by L cells in less than 1 hour after being added to the culture, without any apparent loss of its outer limiting membranes. Regions of dense fibrous material, thought to be foci of presumptive virus multiplication, appear in the cytoplasm 2 hours after infection. A correlation between electron microscope studies and formation of infectious particles shows that although immature forms of the virus appear 4 hours after infection, infectious particles are produced 6 hours after infection of the culture, at the time when mature forms of vaccinia appear for the first time in thinly sectioned cells. Spread of the infection is gradual until eventually, after 24 hours, virus is being elaborated throughout the cytoplasm. Addition of vaccinia to monolayer cultures induced fusion of L cells and rapid formation of multinucleate giant forms. In both suspension and stationary cultures infected cells elaborate a variety of membranous structures not present in normal L cells. These take the form of tube-like lamellar and vesicular formations, or appear as complex reticular networks or as multi-laminar membranes within degenerating mitochondria.     

Alterations in chromatin of cells infected with RNA tumor viruses.

Chromatins were isolated from murine leukemia or sarcoma virus infected lymphocyte-like TB cells and compared by immunological and biochemical methods. Chromatin from virus infected cells did not fix complement as well as uninfected cell chromatin suggesting that conformational changes had occurred in chromatin from virus infected cells. This alteration was detected within 24 hours after infection. Infected cell chromatins, examined by electrophoretic methods after radiolabeling displayed alterations in nonhistone proteins, whereas the histones appeared unaltered. The non-histones were synthesized in greater amounts in infected compared to normal cells, particularly a 60,000 D protein, while the amount of histone did not vary. The above changes should not have been due to cell growth or cycle variations, for the cells had similar growth rates and were harvested from the same stage of cell confluency during exponential growth to ensure uniformity of culture conditions.     

AN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MOUSE HEPATITIS VIRUS IN TISSUE CULTURE CELLS

Samples taken at different intervals of time from suspension cultures of the NCTC 1469 line of mouse liver—derived (ML) cells infected with a mouse hepatitis virus have been studied with the electron microscope. The experiments revealed that the viruses are incorporated into the cells by viropexis within 1 hour after being added to the culture. An increasing number of particles are found later inside dense cytoplasmic corpuscles similar to lysosomes. In the cytoplasm of the cells from the samples taken 7 hours after inoculation, two organized structures generally associated and never seen in the controls are observed: one consists of dense material arranged in a reticular disposition (reticular inclusion); the other is formed by small tubules organized in a complex pattern (tubular body). No evidence has been found concerning their origin. Their significance is discussed. With the progression of the infection a system of membrane-bounded tubules and cisternae is differentiated in the cytoplasm of the ML cells. In the lumen of these tubules or cisternae, which are occupied by a dense material, numerous virus particles are observed. The virus particles which originate in association with the limiting membranes of tubules and cisternae are released into their lumen by a "budding" process. The virus particles are 75 mµ in diameter and possess a nucleoid constituted of dense particles or rods limiting an electron transparent core. The virus limiting membrane is sometimes covered by an outer layer of a dense material. In the cells from the samples taken 14 to 20 hours after inoculation, larger zones of the cell cytoplasm are occupied by inclusion bodies formed by channels or cisternae with their lumens containing numerous virus particles. In the samples taken 20 hours or more after the inoculation numerous cells show evident signs of degeneration.     

A CYTOCHEMICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE MULTIPLICATION OF MENGOVIRUS IN L-929 CELLS

A correlation of cytochemical changes with virus production has been studied in L cells infected with Mengovirus. After a latent period of about 2 hours, virus was produced rapidly, reaching maximum titers of up to 12,000 particles per cell in 6 to 8 hours. The earliest cytological change was in the nucleus and consisted of a slight condensation of chromatin. There is no evidence, however, for the multiplication of either the viral RNA or protein in the nucleus. RNA, of high molecular weight, accumulated in the perinuclear area of the cytoplasm and was later found in inclusions. The perinuclear RNA was digestible with RNase and may be located in or on ribosomes. The inclusion RNA was resistant to RNase but could be removed by pepsin or potassium permanganate; it is probably in completed virus particles. Viral antigen was first observed in a perinuclear location and later in the above-mentioned inclusions. Although the viral protein contains appreciable amounts of arginine and lysine, it is not a basic protein of the histone type. Phase-contrast microscopy of living cells clearly demonstrated the role of the inclusions in release of virus from infected cells. A comparison is made between these cytological changes in Mengo-infected cells and those which have been found by other workers in polio-infected cells. There are many very similar changes.     

Growth of poliovirus in HeLa cells persistently infected with HVJ (Sendai virus)

The growth of poliovirus in a HeLa cell culture persistently infected with the hemagglutinating virus of Japan (HVJ, the Sendai strain of parainfluenza 1 virus) (HeLaHVJ) was studied. Plaques produced by poliovirus on HeLaHVJ cell monolayers were hazier, smaller and fewer than those on HeLa cells. HeLaHVJ cells were indistinguishable from normal HeLa cells with respect to adsorption rate and penetration efficiency of poliovirus. Extracellular yields of poliovirus in HeLaHVJ cells were lower, and the cytopathic changes were less than those in normal HeLa cells, while cell-associated virus growth in HeLaHVJ cells was nearly equal to that in HeLa cells. HeLaHVJ cells responded more effectively to the action of magnesium chloride, which facilitates virus release from infected cells, resulting in an cytopathic effects. No reduction in poliovirus yield could be detected in HeLa cells acutely infected with HVJ. The relationship between the inhibition of the release of poliovirus from HeLaHVJ cells and the persistent infection of the cells with HVJ is discussed.     

Fine Structure of Cellular Inclusions in Measles Virus Infections

Cells which are infected with measles virus have been known for some time to contain inclusion material that is distinguishable from normal cellular components by application of traditional staining methods and observation in the light microscope. The fine structure of the inclusion material contained in HeLa cells infected with Edmonston strain of measles virus has been examined in the electron microscope. Two steps have been found necessary in this study: (1) the recognition by phase-contrast microscopy of the living cell of bodies that are defined as inclusion material when the cells are classically stained; and (2) the recognition in the electron microscope of inclusion-body material that had previously been identified in the living cell. The fine structure of the nuclear and cytoplasmic inclusion material in osmium-treated cells was found to consist mainly of randomly arrayed filaments of low electron density. Dense, highly ordered arrays of filaments were found near the center of the nuclear inclusions, sometimes as a two-dimensional, nearly orthogonal arrangement. If the size of the measles virus is taken to be around 100 mµ in diameter, the strands seen in the inclusions cannot be fully formed virus.     

The B mycoides N host-virus system. II. Interrelation of phage growth,bacterial multiplication,and lysis in infections of the indicator strain of B. mycoides N with phage N in nutrient broth

In nutrient broth at 30 to 32°C., the cycle of virus growth (following adsorption) in lag phase cells of B. mycoides N included a period of intracellular multiplication, ranging from 0.8 to 1.3 hours, succeeded by a sharp rise in the free phage titer and then by a slower rise or a plateau in the extracellular phage content. The yield of virus per infected cell at 30°C., as determined by a modified Burnet dilution technique, was about 76 plaque-forming particles. During the latent period, multiply infected cells showed no change in numbers. Coinciding with phage release, incomplete clearing occurred. The unlysed, remaining cells multiplied and the turbidity rose again. These survivors and their progeny were lysogenic.     

Ultrastructural Alteration of Host Plants Infected with Tomato Mosaic Virus

The ultrastructural aheration of two host plants infected with tomato mosaic virus (ToMV) were studies with transmission electron microscopy. A large number of virus particles were found being accumulated in different cells such as epidermis, parenchyma cells and vascular bundle cells of Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. grown at 25℃ Crystalline inclusions and paracrystal inclusions composed of ToMV particles were observed in the cytoplasm or vacuoles. Some muhivesicular bodies and myeloid bodies protming into the vacuole and vires-specific vesicles associated with the tonoplast were also observed. The ultrastructuml alteration of Nicotiana tabacum L. tv. Xanthinn was similar to that in tomato infected by ToMV grown at 25 cE. In addition to the aggregate inclusions described above, some cytoplasmic angularly-layered aggregates and abnormal chloroplasts with small peripheral vesicles were observed in the parenchyma cells. The densely stained amorphous material was seen in the cytoplasm of N. tabacum L. cv. Xanthiun grown at 35℃. No X- body was observed in the cytoplasm of the ToMV infected tomato and tobacco grown at 25℃ or 35℃. The authors' results suggest a significant difference between the cytopathological effects of ToMV and tobacco mosaic virus (TMV). These characteristic difference may be useful in the virus diagnosis and identification virus infections in plants.     

Persistent infection of cells in culture by measles virus. I. Development and characteristics of HeLa sublines persistently infected with complete virus

Rustigian, Robert (Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Mass.). Persistent infection of cells in culture by measles virus. I. Development and characteristics of HeLa sublines persistently infected with complete virus. J. Bacteriol. 92:1792-1804. 1966.-After the development of marked cytopathic effects in HeLa cultures infected with the Edmonston strain of measles virus, renewed cell growth occurred, and HeLa sublines persistently infected with measles virus were obtained. Persistent infection has occurred in a large fraction of the cells of infected clonal lines for more than 300 to 500 cell generations during a period of 6 years. One mechanism by means of which infection was maintained in the clonal lines is transmission of virus or viral subunits from cell to cell at division. Continued subculture of the persistently infected populations resulted in the virtual disappearance of cytopathic effects, a marked decrease in the amount of extracellular virus, and alterations in the cytopathogenicity of virus recovered from persistently infected populations. The intracellular virus-host cell events in late passages of the infected clonal lines appeared to be similar to those in cells of primary infected cultures at early stages of infection, as judged by the pattern of viral immunofluorescence and the very low incidence of cells with intranuclear inclusion bodies. Cultures of the persistently infected clonal lines were highly resistant to super infection by parent Edmonston virus. Cultures of one of these clonal lines were just as susceptible as normal HeLa cultures to vaccinia, herpes simplex, and polio type 2 viruses, and a simian agent, with a possible low degree of resistance to the simian agent.     

Observations of Measles Virus Infection of Cultured Human Cells : I. A Study of Development and Spread of Virus Antigen by Means of Immunofluorescence

The development of measles virus in cultures of both primary human amnion cells and H.Ep.-2 cells has been followed by means of the indirect fluorescent antibody technic and concurrent light and electron microscope observations. The immunofluorescence studies revealed that there is a latent period for development of demonstrable measles virus antigen. In amnion cells the latent period lasted for at least 3 days. In contrast, virus antigen could be detected in H.Ep.-2 cells as early as 12 hours following inoculation. In each cell system virus antigen was seen in either nucleus or cytoplasm of infected cells, or both. Early localization tended to be perinuclear. Intranuclear fluorescence was generally less bright and less widespread than cytoplasmic fluorescence. Giant cells and long cytoplasmic spindle-shaped processes appeared regularly in infected cultures. Infectious virus was liberated into the nutrient fluid but when extracellular virus was inhibited by antibody, spread of infection from cell to cell in the monolayer still continued. Results obtained in concurrent electron microscope studies will be presented separately. Correlation of the results of the immunofluorescence and electron microscope studies suggests the possibility that much of the immunofluorescence observed might be due to antigen in virus precursors or components.     

阿片类物质对猴免疫缺陷病毒感染的CEM×174细胞内p53合成的调节作用(英文)

已经证明阿片类物质如吗啡能够刺激猴免疫缺陷病毒 ( SIV)的复制 ,并最终加速细胞死亡 ,但是其机理却研究很少 .为探讨吗啡和甲硫氨酸脑啡肽对细胞内 p53合成的作用 ,用 SIV感染CEM× 1 74细胞 ,同时分析 SIV感染时病理过程的机理 .在 CEM× 1 74细胞感染 SIV后不同时间 ,p53含量逐渐增加 ,但 1 0 -7mol/L的吗啡仅在起始阶段对其有促进作用 .在 SIV感染组加入吗啡或甲硫氨酸脑啡肽进行时间曲线实验时 ,p53含量较低 .加入 1 0 -8～ 1 0 -6mol/L吗啡 8h,正常细胞 p53含量仅有轻微改变 .但在 SIV感染情况下 ,则呈现剂量依赖性的大量增加 .相反 ,1 0 -8- 1 0 -6mol/L甲硫氨酸脑啡肽在 8h时能增加正常细胞 p53合成达 60 % .在 SIV感染时 ,SIV本身能够促进 p53的含量 .尽管各组 p53仍然高于对照组 ,但甲硫氨酸脑啡肽对其不再起作用 .结果提示甲硫氨酸脑啡肽对正常细胞 p53含量有明显影响 ,而吗啡 8h增加 SIV感染细胞的 p53含量可能是其加速爱滋病病理过程的机理之一 .     

510.6 nm铜蒸汽激光诱导兔血管平滑肌细胞凋亡的形态学观察

目的：透射电镜下观察激光诱导的血管平滑肌细胞（VSMC）凋亡的形态学改变。方法：组织贴块法培养兔主动脉平滑肌细胞,予激光照射（能量密度200J/cm^2、功率密度200mW/cm^2)后4小时、8小时、12小时、16小时、24小时取材,制作电镜标本,于透射电镜下观察,照相并记录实验结果。结果：透射电子显微镜上可观察到自照光后8小时起VSMC依次出现细胞体积缩小,胞质浓缩,细胞核染色质边集,细胞核固缩,凋亡小体形成等改变。结论：经激光照射,VSMC可呈现凋亡细胞典型形态学改变。     

Poliovirus and polio antibody assay in HEp-2 and Vero cell cultures

HEp-2 cell cultures were about three to 30 times more sensitive for poliovirus titration than Vero cells. Attenuated strains induced a complete cytopathic effect in HEp-2 but not in Vero cells. For polio antibody titration, HEp-2 and Vero cells were equally suitable. A high degree of sensitivity and reproducibility of virus neutralization was achieved in tests utilizing a low virus dose and serum-virus incubation overnight at 36 degrees C. Staining of infected trays with crystal violet obviated reading of viral CPE under the microscope and expedited the evaluation of larger-scale tests.