Host-range restriction of vaccinia virus E3L-specific deletion mutants

Elizabeth Beattie, Elizabeth B. Kauffman, Hector Martinez, Marion E. Perkus, Bertram Jacobs, Enzo Paoletti, James Tartaglia

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Abstract

The vaccinia virus (VV) E3L gene product functions as a dsRNA binding protein that is involved in conferring an interferon-resistant phenotype upon the virus. Studies with a vaccinia virus (VV) E3L- deletion mutant (vP1080) have also demonstrated that the E3L gene product is critical for productive replication on certain cell substrates. While E3L was found to be nonessential for replication in chick embryo fibroblasts (CEFs), virus specifically deleted of E3L was found to be replication deficient in Vero, HeLa, and murine L929 cells. Further, the temporal block in replication appears to differ in these cell systems, as evidenced by the observed timing of protein synthesis inhibition. In Vero cells infected with the VV E3L- mutant, there was no detectable protein synthesis after 2 hr post-infection, whereas in L929 cells normal protein patterns were observed even at late times post-infection. Expression of a heterologous dsRNA binding protein, the reovirus σ3 protein, by the E3L- mutant virus restored near wild-type growth characteristics, suggesting the critical nature for regulating dsRNA levels in VV-infected cells.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)89-94
Number of pages6
JournalVirus Genes
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996

Keywords

  • E3L ORF
  • Host range
  • Vaccinia virus
  • dsRNA binding protein

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Virology

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