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. 1976 Jul;19(1):108–117. doi: 10.1128/jvi.19.1.108-117.1976

Synthesis of type C virus particles from murine-cultured cells induced by iododeoxyuridine. V. Effect of interferon and its interaction with dexamethasone.

A M Wu, A Schultz, R C Gallo
PMCID: PMC354837  PMID: 181591

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that in certain cell systems dexamethasone may enhance the production of type C viruses. Conversely, interferon has been shown to inhibit their production. Both appear to exert their influence late in the viral replication cycle rather than on the synthesis of viral-specific RNA. In this report dexamethasone and interferon have been used to study some aspects of the mechanisms involved in the synthesis of type C viruses in murine K-BALB cells following induction of virus production by iododeoxyuridine. Interferon inhibited production of xenotropic type C virus induced by iododeoxyuridine from K-BALB cells both in the absence and presence of dexamethasone, but it did not affect production of N-tropic type C virus. Exposure of the cells to interferon for longer than 12 h was required for maximum effect. Two types of inhibitory effects were observed: one diminished by dexamethasone when the steroid was added 24 h after interferon removal, and the second resistant to dexamethasone. The concentration of intracellular group-specific antigen was diminshed after interferon and increased after dexamethasone exposure. When induced cells were treated with both interferon and dexamethasone, the intracellular group-specific protein concentration was slightly increased, but virus production was reduced 10-fold compared with induced cells treated with dexamethasone alone. We conclude that interferon and dexamethasone may affect both the synthesis of viral proteins and the assembly or release of virus particles and that dexamethasone can partially nullify the inhibitory activity of interferon. The results also support previous conclusions that the regulatory mechanisms for synthesis of viral proteins and for the release of viral particles may differ and that controls for xenotropic and ecotropic virus formation may not be identical.

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