Immunofluorescence of Green Monkey Kidney Cells Infected with Adenovirus 12 and with Adenovirus 12 Plus Simian Virus 40

Abstract

Malmgren, Richard A. (National Cancer Institute; Bethesda, Md.), Alan S. Rabson, Paula G. Carney, and Frances J. Paul . Immunofluorescence of green monkey kidney cells infected with adenovirus 12 and with adenovirus 12 plus simian virus 40. J. Bacteriol. 91: 262–265. 1966.—Immunofluorescence studies of the viral antigens and tumor (T) antigens of adenovirus 12 and simian virus 40 (SV40) in green monkey kidney (GMK) cells infected with adenovirus 12 alone or in combination with the SV40 virus showed that the adenovirus 12 viral antigen was produced in detectable amounts only in the cells infected with both viruses. The adenovirus 12 T antigen, on the other hand, was formed in the GMK cells infected with the adenovirus 12 only. This antigen was formed as early as 18 hr after viral infection, and persisted for at least 48 hr after virus infection. There was a correlation between the appearance of the immunofluorescent T antigen in the nucleus and the electron microscope appearance of “nuclear stippling,” which developed in the nuclei of GMK cells after infection with adenovirus 12 only, as well as after infection with both viruses.