| Literature DB >> 20504941 |
Michael J Metzger1, A Dusty Miller.
Abstract
Virus from HT-1080 fibrosarcoma cells infected with the human retrovirus XMRV (xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus) can induce rare foci of transformation in rat 208F fibroblasts. Characterization of three such foci revealed that one produced an acutely transforming virus at a high titer. The virus consists of a mutant Nras cDNA from the HT-1080 cells inserted into a retroviral vector (added to the HT-1080 cells as a marker for infection) in place of internal vector sequences. These results show that XMRV can generate acutely transforming viruses at a low rate, as is typical of other replication-competent retroviruses, and reveal the potential for transforming virus contamination of retroviral vectors made from transformed cell lines.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20504941 PMCID: PMC2897646 DOI: 10.1128/JVI.00389-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN: 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103