Virus production and release, cell longevity, and cloning efficiency of chicken embryo fibroblasts infected with Rous sarcoma virus. 1974

K R Volkmann, and H R Morgan

Continuous virus production is a characteristic of chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEF) infected and transformed by a nondefective Schmidt-Ruppin subgroup A Rous sarcoma virus. This virus production has been examined with particular attention to the amount of newly budded virus which remained cell-associated, and to the amount and degree of viral aggregation at the cell surface and in the fluid tissue culture medium. The total biologically active virus associated with a Schmidt-Ruppin subgroup A Rous sarcoma virus-infected CEF culture was divided almost equally between that portion of virus which was present in the fluid medium and that portion which was cell-associated. Various mechanical and enzymatic methods were used to remove cell-bound virus and to disperse aggregates of virus in the tissue culture medium to assess cell production of virus per hour accurately, which was determined as an average of 16.4 focus-forming units per cell per hour. With appropriate culture conditions, it was found that Schmidt-Ruppin subgroup A Rous sarcoma virus-infected and -transformed CEF replicated faster, could be passaged more times, and grew to higher cell densities than did normal CEF and CEF infected with a subgroup A Rous associated virus. Subgroup A Rous sárcoma virus-infected CEF cloned with much lower efficiency than did subgroup A Rous associated virus-infected CEF or normal CEF. Experiments employing a temperature-sensitive mutant of subgroup A Schmidt-Ruppin Rous sarcoma virus- and Rous associated virus-infected CEF indicated that the poor cloning efficiency of Schmidt-Ruppin subgroup A Rous sarcoma virus infected cells was not due to the constant production of virus but was probably related to some property associated with transformation of the cell by Rous sarcoma virus.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002460 Cell Line Established cell cultures that have the potential to propagate indefinitely. Cell Lines,Line, Cell,Lines, Cell
D002462 Cell Membrane The lipid- and protein-containing, selectively permeable membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Plasma Membrane,Cytoplasmic Membrane,Cell Membranes,Cytoplasmic Membranes,Membrane, Cell,Membrane, Cytoplasmic,Membrane, Plasma,Membranes, Cell,Membranes, Cytoplasmic,Membranes, Plasma,Plasma Membranes
D002470 Cell Survival The span of viability of a cell characterized by the capacity to perform certain functions such as metabolism, growth, reproduction, some form of responsiveness, and adaptability. Cell Viability,Cell Viabilities,Survival, Cell,Viabilities, Cell,Viability, Cell
D002471 Cell Transformation, Neoplastic Cell changes manifested by escape from control mechanisms, increased growth potential, alterations in the cell surface, karyotypic abnormalities, morphological and biochemical deviations from the norm, and other attributes conferring the ability to invade, metastasize, and kill. Neoplastic Transformation, Cell,Neoplastic Cell Transformation,Transformation, Neoplastic Cell,Tumorigenic Transformation,Cell Neoplastic Transformation,Cell Neoplastic Transformations,Cell Transformations, Neoplastic,Neoplastic Cell Transformations,Neoplastic Transformations, Cell,Transformation, Cell Neoplastic,Transformation, Tumorigenic,Transformations, Cell Neoplastic,Transformations, Neoplastic Cell,Transformations, Tumorigenic,Tumorigenic Transformations
D002642 Chick Embryo The developmental entity of a fertilized chicken egg (ZYGOTE). The developmental process begins about 24 h before the egg is laid at the BLASTODISC, a small whitish spot on the surface of the EGG YOLK. After 21 days of incubation, the embryo is fully developed before hatching. Embryo, Chick,Chick Embryos,Embryos, Chick
D002999 Clone Cells A group of genetically identical cells all descended from a single common ancestral cell by mitosis in eukaryotes or by binary fission in prokaryotes. Clone cells also include populations of recombinant DNA molecules all carrying the same inserted sequence. (From King & Stansfield, Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed) Clones,Cell, Clone,Cells, Clone,Clone,Clone Cell
D005347 Fibroblasts Connective tissue cells which secrete an extracellular matrix rich in collagen and other macromolecules. Fibroblast
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001358 Avian Sarcoma Viruses Group of alpharetroviruses (ALPHARETROVIRUS) producing sarcomata and other tumors in chickens and other fowl and also in pigeons, ducks, and RATS. Avian Sarcoma Virus B77,Chicken Sarcoma Virus B77,Chicken Tumor 1 Virus,Fujinami sarcoma virus,Sarcoma Viruses, Avian,Avian Sarcoma Virus,Fujinami sarcoma viruses,Sarcoma Virus, Avian,Virus, Avian Sarcoma,Viruses, Avian Sarcoma,sarcoma virus, Fujinami,virus, Fujinami sarcoma,viruses, Fujinami sarcoma
D014779 Virus Replication The process of intracellular viral multiplication, consisting of the synthesis of PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; and sometimes LIPIDS, and their assembly into a new infectious particle. Viral Replication,Replication, Viral,Replication, Virus,Replications, Viral,Replications, Virus,Viral Replications,Virus Replications

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