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. 1986 Jun;58(3):914–920. doi: 10.1128/jvi.58.3.914-920.1986

Tumorigenicity of persistently infected tumors in nude mice is a function of both virus and host cell type.

S B VandePol, J J Holland
PMCID: PMC253000  PMID: 3009896

Abstract

Although BHK-21 cells persistently infected with wild-type vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) are sensitive to natural killer (NK) cells and do not form tumors in athymic nude mice, BHK-21 cells persistently infected with a previously isolated mutant virus (VSV-P) are resistant to NK cells and form tumors in nude mice. We used this VSV-P mutant to persistently infect HeLa cells and mouse tumor cell lines. A mouse mastocytoma line (P815) persistently infected with VSV-P was similar to BHK-21 cells in that it was resistant to NK cell lysis and formed tumors in nude mice. However, neither HeLa cells nor mouse myeloma lines persistently infected with VSV-P were resistant to NK cell lysis in vitro, and neither formed tumors in nude mice. Rejection by nude mice of HeLa cells and mouse myeloma cell lines persistently infected with VSV-P could be ablated by rabbit antiserum to asialo-GM1, implicating NK cells in the in vivo rejection of these persistently infected tumors. These results suggest that NK cell recognition and killing of virus-infected cells in vivo and in vitro depend upon genetic contributions from both the virus and the host cell.

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