Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Generation of a life-expanded rhesus monkey fibroblast cell line for the growth of rhesus rhadinovirus (RRV)

Generation of a life-expanded rhesus monkey fibroblast cell line for the growth of rhesus... RRV, the rhesus macaque equivalent to HHV-8 or kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) was recently isolated from a simian immuno-deficiency virus (SIV) infected macaque with a lymphoproliferative disorder. The growth of RRV in tissue culture requires propagation of primary rhesus monkey fibroblasts (RFs). In an effort to extend the life of these primary cells in tissue culture, the catalytic subunit of telomerase (hTERT) was introduced into RF cells using a recombinant retrovirus. This new cell line, Telo-RFs, have currently been passed in tissue culture over 80 times compared to a maximum passage number of 38 for wild type RFs, remain fully permissive for RRV DNA replication and production of infectious virus. Viral gene expression of immediate-early and early RNA transcripts was virtually identical to that observed in wild-type (wt) RFs. In addition, transfection experiments show that telo-RFs are easily and more efficiently transfected than wtRFs. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Virology Springer Journals

Generation of a life-expanded rhesus monkey fibroblast cell line for the growth of rhesus rhadinovirus (RRV)

Kirchoff, V.; Wong, S.; Jeor, S. St.; Pari, G. S.
Archives of Virology , Volume 147 (2) – Feb 1, 2002
Download PDF
13 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/springer_journal/generation-of-a-life-expanded-rhesus-monkey-fibroblast-cell-line-for-hlV54uGPdc

References (15)

Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2002 by Springer-Verlag/Wien
Subject
Legacy
ISSN
0304-8608
eISSN
1432-8798
DOI
10.1007/s705-002-8322-9
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

RRV, the rhesus macaque equivalent to HHV-8 or kaposi’s sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) was recently isolated from a simian immuno-deficiency virus (SIV) infected macaque with a lymphoproliferative disorder. The growth of RRV in tissue culture requires propagation of primary rhesus monkey fibroblasts (RFs). In an effort to extend the life of these primary cells in tissue culture, the catalytic subunit of telomerase (hTERT) was introduced into RF cells using a recombinant retrovirus. This new cell line, Telo-RFs, have currently been passed in tissue culture over 80 times compared to a maximum passage number of 38 for wild type RFs, remain fully permissive for RRV DNA replication and production of infectious virus. Viral gene expression of immediate-early and early RNA transcripts was virtually identical to that observed in wild-type (wt) RFs. In addition, transfection experiments show that telo-RFs are easily and more efficiently transfected than wtRFs.

Journal

Archives of Virology – Springer Journals

Published: Feb 1, 2002

There are no references for this article.