VARICELLA-ZOSTER VIRUS - ISOLATION AND PROPAGATION IN HUMAN MELANOMA CELLS AT 36 AND 32-DEGREES-C
VARICELLA-ZOSTER VIRUS - ISOLATION AND PROPAGATION IN HUMAN MELANOMA CELLS AT 36 AND 32-DEGREES-C
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DOI:
10.1128/iai.19.1.199-203.1978
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
BRUNELL, PA
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作者:
GROSE, C;BRUNELL, PA
Cell lines derived from human malignant melanoma tumors are susceptible to infection with varicella-zoster virus (VZV). Within 5 days after inoculation of vesicular fluid, cytopathic changes appeared in melanoma cell monolayer cultures that were incubated at 36.degree. or 32.degree. C. The VZV isolates at the 2 temperatures were serially propagated by passage of trypsin-dispersed infected cells. A plaque assay was developed utilizing melanoma cell monolayers overlaid with nutrient medium containing carboxymethylcellulose. By this assay method, the growth cycle of a VZV isolate propagated at 36.degree. C was studied and compared with that of another VZV isolate grown at 32.degree. C. With equivalent infected-cell inocula at a ratio of 1 inoculum cell to 8 uninfected cells, the yield of cell-free virus at an incubation temperature of 32.degree. C was slightly higher than at 36.degree. C, although the peak occurred 60 h, rather than 36 h, postinfection. The titer of low-passage VZV propagated at 36.degree. C was 0.5-1 log higher when assayed at 32.degree. C rather than at 36.degree. C.