INDUCERS OF INTERFERON AND HOST RESISTANCE .V. IN VITRO STUDIES
INDUCERS OF INTERFERON AND HOST RESISTANCE .V. IN VITRO STUDIES
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.61.1.340
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发表时间:
1968-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
HILLEMAN, MR
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作者:
FIELD, AK;TYTELL, AA;HILLEMAN, MR
Materials and Methods.-(I) Polyrzboinosinic acid (rI) and polyribocytidylic acid (rC) were purchased from Miles Laboratories, Elkhart, Indiana. The rI: rC complex was prepared by mixing rI and rC in equimolar concentration in phosphate-buffered saline (0.006 M sodium phosphate 0.15 M NaCl pH 7.0).(2) Cell cultures: The various pri-mary, cell strain, and line cell cultures listed in Table 1 were prepared and maintained by ordinary procedures. The RK13 culture is a stable line of rabbit kidney cells, and the WI-38 and HFL cultures are diploid cell strains of human embryoniclung. The RK13 and WI-38 cultures are well documented and the HFL cell strain was developed by Dr. C. Baugh in these laboratories. Rabbit spleen cell suspensions were prepared according to Field et al. 2 (3) The viruses used were prepared from the seed stocks of this laboratory. The rhinovirus serotypes were designated according to the number system of Hamparian et al. 7 (4) Induction of resistance to viral infection was measured after overnight treatment of cell cultures with rI: rC. Following removal of inducer, interference with virus replication was measured by the plaque-reduction assay. 1 (5) Interferon induction in primary rabbit kidney cells or in rabbit spleen cell suspensions by rI: rC was assayed by transfer of serial dilutions of the cell supernatant fluids to RK13 cultures in Falcon flasks. This was followed by overnight incubation prior to removal and challenge with vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) with observation for reduction in plaque formation. RK13 cells were used for assay since they were relatively insensitive to induction of resistance to VSV by rI: rC, requiring more than 1 yg/ml. Hence, these cells were unaffected by the small residual amount of rI: rC in the interferon samples. The interferon titer was the highest dilution of sample which caused at least 50% reduction in plaque formation.(6) Other pertinent methods are described in the text. Results.-(1) Induction ofresistance in vitro to viral infection by rI: rC:(a) Antiviral activity in cell cultures: Cell cultures varied in their sensitivity to rI: rC with respect to species of origin and as to whether they were primary, cell strain, or line cells. As shown in Table 1, many primary cellcultures were sensitive to rI: rC, although mouse embryo cells showed variable response. The HFL diploid human cell strain was sensitive, while the WI-38 strain of the same kind of cells was not. The RK13 culture of stable line cells showedvariable sensitivity. The cause of such variability and differences isnot known.(b) Tests of antiviral activity ofrI, rC, and rI: rC preparations: As shown in Table 2, rI: rC complex obtained from six different sources were all highly active,