GSBS Student Publications

Title

Replication of an osteopetrosis-inducing avian leukosis virus in fibroblasts, osteoblasts, and osteopetrotic bone

GSBS Program

Biochemistry & Molecular Pharmacology

Publication Date

1994-11-15

UMMS Affiliation

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Department of Cell Biology

Document Type

Article

Disciplines

Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences

Abstract

Avian leukosis virus (ALV)-induced osteopetrosis is caused by the abnormal growth and differentiation of osteoblasts. To evaluate the role of infection in osteopetrosis induction, the replication of an osteopetrosis-inducing virus (Br21) has been compared in osteopetrotic bone, calvarial-derived osteoblasts, and chick embryo fibroblasts. Much higher levels of infection occurred in diseased bone than in the cultures. Severe cases of osteopetrosis contained 10 times more viral DNA, 30 times more mature capsid protein, 5 to 10 times more Gag precursor protein, and 2 to 3 times more Env protein than the infected cultures. Virus replication in the cultured osteoblasts was similar to that in fibroblasts except for a distinctive asymmetric localization of Gag proteins. In osteopetrotic chickens, bones became atypically enlarged and sera contained elevated levels of osteoblast differentiation markers (alkaline phosphatase and osteocalcin). In cultures, infections did not affect the growth or differentiation of osteoblasts. Thus, the infected cultures lacked aspects of the bone environment that support both the high levels of infection and the aberrant function of osteoblasts characteristic of ALV-induced osteopetrosis.

DOI of Published Version

10.1006/viro.1994.1633

Source

Virology. 1994 Nov 15;205(1):179-87. Link to article on publisher's site

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Virology

Related Resources

Link to article in PubMed

PubMed ID

7975214

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