EFFECT OF VIRUSES ON EARLY MAMMALIAN DEVELOPMENT .1. ACTION OF MENGO ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS ON MOUSE OVA CULTIVATED IN VITRO
EFFECT OF VIRUSES ON EARLY MAMMALIAN DEVELOPMENT .1. ACTION OF MENGO ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS ON MOUSE OVA CULTIVATED IN VITRO
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.50.3.576
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发表时间:
1963-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
GWATKIN, RBL
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作者:
GWATKIN, RBL
Materials and Methods.-Randomly bred 6-to 8-week-old Swiss mice were superovulated by the intraperitoneal injection of 5 IU of pregnant mare serum gonadotrophin (Gestyl, Organon), followed 43 hr later by 5 LU. of human chorionic gonadotrophin (Pregnyl, Organon). A mature male was placed with each female at the time of the second injection. This treatment results in ovulation and mating about 12 hrafterwards. Females with vaginal plugs (usually 70-90% of the animals) were killed 34-36 hr later, that is, 10-12 hr after the expected time of the first cleavage division. The 2-cell eggs were flushed from the Fallopian tubes using a syringe with a blunted no. 30needle. The medium used for flushing out the eggs and also for culturing them was de-veloped by Dr. RL Brinster and isto be published elsewhere. 5 This medium consists of modified Krebs-Ringer balanced salt solution, supplemented with sodium lactate and crystalline bovine plasma albumin.To determine whether the zona pellucida was a barrier to viral entry it was removed with Streptomyces griseus protease (" Pronase," Calbiochem Co.). 6 Ova were exposed 5-10 min at room temperature to 0.25%" Pronase" in phosphate buffered saline, containing 1.0% polyvinyl-pyrrolidone (PVP). The PVP was added to protect thenaked blastomeres and to preventtheir attachment to the glass. Further details of the action of" Pronase," and other enzymes, on the zona pellucida of the mouse egg are described elsewhere. 7 The eggs, either naked or with their zonae intact, were placed in drops of the lactate-albumin medium, with or without virus or antiserum. The drops were submerged in mineral oil in a 60 mm Petri dish to permit gas-exchange while preventing evaporation. The culture dishes were incubated at 370C in an atmosphere of 5% CO2 in air. The 37A (heat-stable mutant) of Mengo encephalitis virus, isolated by Brownstein and Graham,'was used. The virus was assayed by the plaque technique decribed by these authors.