GROWTH IN SUCKLING-MOUSE BRAIN OF IBV-LIKE VIRUSES FROM PATIENTS WITH UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE
GROWTH IN SUCKLING-MOUSE BRAIN OF IBV-LIKE VIRUSES FROM PATIENTS WITH UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.58.6.2268
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发表时间:
1967-01-01
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
CHANOCK, RM
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作者:
MCINTOSH, K;BECKER, WB;CHANOCK, RM
With the use of humanembryonic tracheal organ culture, 9 six strains of a medium-sized (120-160 mgt) virus bearing a close morphologic resemblance to avian infectious bronchitis virus (JBV) were recovered in this laboratory from patients with colds. 13 These viruses were detected when organ culture fluid harvests were concentrated ten times and examined with the electron microscope. In negatively stained preparations the viruses appeared round and moderately pleomorphic with widely spaced, club-shaped surface projections. The tentative designation of" IBV-like" viruses was given to members of this group, whose morphology clearly differed from that of the myxoviruses. The" IBV-like" viruses were shown to be inactivated by ether, but their growth was not inhibited by 5-bromodeoxyuridine. 12 Serologic studies in organ culture suggested that the patients from whom the viruses were recovered developed a neutralizingantibody response. However, further study of these viruses was impeded by the lackof a tissue culture or experimental animal system which would support their growth. For this reason, and because we found that mouse hepatitis virus (MHV), another RNA-containing ether-labile virus, was morphologically identical to mem-bers of the" IBV-like" virus group in negatively stained preparations, 2 newborn mice were inoculated with the" IBV-like" virus strains. Encephalitis occurred in mice inoculated with two of the six strains. The preliminary resultsof these studies are reported here.Growth of" IBV-Like" Viruses in Suckling-Mouse Brain.-" IBV-like" viruses were originally recovered by inoculating throat washings from patients with colds onto human embryonic tracheal organ cultures. Suspensions usedfor mouse in-oculation were prepared from material passaged four to five times in organ culture and contained" IBV-like" virus particles when examined by electron microscopy after tenfold concentration. Pregnant Swiss mice of the CD-1 strainwere obtained from Charles River 1\louse Farms, Inc., Wilmington,:\Mass. Several years previously, the mice from this colonyhad been shown to be free of\_IHV contamination." 6 During our studies we were unable to demonstrate the presence of MHV antibody or infection in mice at the time they were received in the laboratory. The mice were kept in battery jars with a tightly fitting pad of 3/8-inch glass-fiber material inserted in the lid. Strict isolation precautions were observed, and the mice were housed in a room used only for these experiments. Suckling mouse passages were performed either by combined intracranial (IC) and intraperitoneal (IP) inoculation or by the IC route alone. On first passage, two of the six strains, designated OC38 and OC43, caused a disease which began 11-15 days after inoculation and was characterized by generalized tremors, rigidity, and lethargy. Two of 8 mice inoculated with OC38, and 3 of 16 mice inoculated with OC43 were affected. At the same time 16 control uninoculated mice remained well. On serial subpassage of brain suspensions, the syndrome 2268