Affiliation:
1. Program in Infectious Diseases and Immunity, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
Abstract
ABSTRACT
A transposon derived from
Escherichia coli
Tn
3
was introduced into the genome of murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) to generate a pool of viral mutants, including two recombinant viruses that contained the transposon sequence within open reading frames m09 and M83. Our studies provide the first direct evidence to suggest that m09 is not essential for viral replication in mouse NIH 3T3 cells. Studies in cultured cells and in both BALB/c-Byj and CB17 severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice indicated that the transposon insertion is stable during viral propagation both in vitro and in vivo. Moreover, the virus that contained the insertion mutation in m09 exhibited a titer similar to that of the wild-type virus in the salivary glands, lungs, livers, spleens, and kidneys of both the BALB/c and SCID mice and was as virulent as the wild-type virus in killing the SCID mice when these animals were intraperitoneally infected with these viruses. These results suggest that m09 is dispensable for viral growth in these organs and that the presence of the transposon sequence in the viral genome does not significantly affect viral replication in vivo. In contrast, the virus that contained the insertion mutation in M83 exhibited a titer of at least 60-fold lower than that of the wild-type virus in the organs of the SCID mice and was attenuated in killing the SCID mice. These results demonstrate the utility of using the Tn
3
-based system as a mutagenesis approach for studying the function of MCMV genes in both immunocompetent and immunodeficient animals.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Virology,Insect Science,Immunology,Microbiology
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