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. 1975 Apr;31(4):434–442. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1975.83

Activation of murine leukaemia virus under different physiological conditions.

K A Karande, S P Taskar, K J Ranadive
PMCID: PMC2009455  PMID: 168915

Abstract

The leukaemic lesions in intact and ovariectomized mice of strain ICRC, induced with 20-methylcholanthrene (20-MCA) in combination with or without hormones were investigated for the presence of mouse leukaemia virus (MuLV) by (i) bioassays and (ii) electron microscopy. The different experimental groups treated with 20-MCA were (i) intact females, (ii) ovariectomized females, (iii) ovariectomized females with pituitary graft, (iv) ovariectomized females with 10 mug oestradiol/day for 30 days and (v) ovariectomized females with 1 mug oestradiol together with 1 mg progesteron/day for 30 days. It was possible to transmit nearly all these experimentally induced leukaemias to syngeneic mice through acellular extracts, compared with very poor transmissibility of spontaneous leukaemias in the ICRC strain, indicating functional activation of viral agents on combined treatment with carcinogen and hormones. Potency of the acellular leukaemic extract from the mice of group (ii) without the ovarian hormones was much weaker than that from mice of the other experimental groups. The leukaemogenic activity of MuLV was enhanced on serial transmission in syngeneic hosts. Leukaemic lesions of ovariectomized mice treated with 20-MCA and oestradiol were also transmissible to the sucklings of allogeneic mice of strain C3H-MTV, C57-BL and Dba-MTV. The cell-free supernatant medium of the cultures of these leukaemic lesions induced leukaemias on back inoculation into syngeneic mice. Electron microscopic studies of lesions induced with carcinogen and oestradiol consistently showed abundant intracytoplasmic type A particles. Numerous intracytoplasmic type A particles as well as some type B particles were found in the leukaemic tissues of ovariectomized females treated with MCA and oestradiol combined with progesterone. Type C particles, characteristic of MuLV were seen in the leukaemic tissues of all other experimental groups. These findings indicate a significant influence of the physiological condition of the host, particularly the hormonal make up, on expression and activity of specific viral agents.

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