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E K Russell

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PubMed1976

Host-range properties of murine xenotropic and ecotropic type-C viruses.

Host-range properties of xenotropic (x-tropic) and ecotropic mouse type-C viruses were determined. NB-tropic viruses replicated only in mouse and rat cells, whereas x-tropic viruses, which do not exogenously infect mouse cells, grew in cells from various other mammalian species. Great variability in susceptibilities to x-tropic viruses was demonstrated in cells from heterologous species and in cells from a single species (human). Although rat cells were susceptible to both types of viruses, hamster cells were uniformly resistant. In addition, the x-tropic viruses crossed class barriers to infect cells of avian species but not insect, fish, or reptile cells.

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PubMed1975

Biological properties of a type C virus isolated from a human X mouse hybrid cell line.

The biological properties of the HMV-1 virus, spontaneously released from a human X C57BL/6 mouse hybrid cell line, were similar to those of RadLV, the prototype B-tropic virus of C57BL/6 mice. Both viruses replicated on B-type mouse cells and in the wild mouse cell line SC-1. The plaque-forming abilities of the two viruses were relatively low, but gradually increased after passage in new host cells. Both viruses were neutralized by AKR antisera but not by FMR antisera. HMV-1 virus could rescue the defective sarcoma genome from S+H- mouse cells. The pseudotype sarcoma virus so produced was deficient in "helper virus" activity. Newborn mice inoculated with HMV-1 virus remained tumor-free over a 1-yr observation period.

AKR murine leukemia virus↗
PubMed1974

Replication of mouse-tropic and xenotropic strains of murine leukemia virus in human x mouse hybrid cells.

The replication of mouse-tropic and xenotropic strains of murine leukemia virus in human x mouse hybrid cells was investigated. NB-tropic strains of the leukemia virus replicated efficiently in several hybrid lines, including those that contained a complete complement of human chromosomes and many mouse chromosomes. In lines with only a few mouse chromosomes, NB-tropic viruses failed to replicate. N- and B-tropic viruses replicated in human x N-type and human x B-type cells, respectively. The N- and B-tropic viruses replicating in these hybrid cells retained their original tropism. The viral restrictive functions of the mouse Fv-1 locus were expressed in the hybrid cells, restricting the replication of N- and B-tropic strains in human x B-type and human x N-type mouse cells, respectively. In contrast to mouse-tropic viruses, AT-124 virus, a xenotropic strain, replicated in human but not in mouse cells or in hybrid cells containing a complete complement of human chromosomes and near complete complement of mouse chromosomes However, hybrid lines with only a few mouse chromosomes supported AT-124 replication. Thus, human genes in hybrid cells do not restrict the replication of mouse or xenotropic murine leukemia virus strains, while mouse genes in such cells restrict xenotropic leukemia virus replication and, as determined by the mouse Fv-1 phenotype, mouse-tropic murine leukemia virus. These results indicate that exogenously applied mouse-tropic and xenotropic oncornaviruses exhibit different patterns of restriction in human-mouse hybrid cells and that such hybrid cells may be used for genetic analysis of oncornavirus replication.

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In vitro chemosensitivity of human lung cancer cell lines.

Human lung cancer cell lines, established from patients with both small cell cancer (SCLC) and non-small cell cancer (non-SCLC; squamous cell, large cell, anaplastic, and adenocarcinoma), were tested for their in vitro chemosensitivity to a panel of drugs. Drug sensitivity was assayed by either soft agar clonogenicity or a novel dye-exclusion assay. Eleven non-SCLC lines (eight continuous, three recently cultured) and five SCLC lines (all continuous) were tested. Four of eight continuous non-SCLC lines cloned sufficiently to permit limited in vitro drug testing, as did two of the five SCLC lines. All 16 cell lines could be tested for multiple drugs using the dye-exclusion assay. Drug concentrations for the nonclonogenic assay more closely approximated the area under the concentration-time curve for a given concentration of each agent. There was considerable variation in the relative sensitivity of the cell lines and the patterns of individual drug sensitivity. The majority of non-SCLC cell lines were refractory to most drugs. Cell lines derived from two previously treated SCLC patients and from three untreated SCLC patients showed greater sensitivity. Concurrent clonogenic and dye-exclusion assays showed similar drug rankings but different absolute values for percent survival. The nonclonogenic dye-exclusion assay is more rapid than the soft agar clonogenic assay (4 days vs. 2-3 weeks), could be performed on all cell lines tested, and appears to reflect the clinical diversity of human lung cancer.

Antineoplastic Agents↗