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. 1982 Jun;42(3):1076–1079. doi: 10.1128/jvi.42.3.1076-1079.1982

Demonstration of hemolytic and fusion activities of influenza C virus.

M Ohuchi, R Ohuchi, K Mifune
PMCID: PMC256943  PMID: 7097857

Abstract

Influenza C virus showed a marked hemolytic activity when incubated with murine erythrocytes at 37 degrees C in acidic medium. The virus-specific hemolysis was most efficient at pH 5.0. Extensive cell fusion also occurred when the erythrocytes were treated with the virus at acidic pH. When propagated in MDCK cells, the virus had an extremely low infectivity and did not display hemolytic activity in any pH range. When the inactive virus was subjected to mild trypsin treatment, hemolytic activity was drastically manifested, accompanying a drastic increase in infectivity. The glycoprotein in the inactive virus was cleaved into smaller components by trypsin treatments. These results indicated that the envelope of influenza C virus can fuse with the cellular membrane under acidic conditions and that the activation of influenza C virus by cleavage was due to the appearance of this envelope fusion activity.

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