title: Accumulation of 2',5'-oligoadenylates in encephalomyocarditis virus-infected mice.
abstract: Levels of 2',5'-oligoadenylates (2-5A) in various tissues of murine encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV)-infected mice were determined and compared with those found in pathogen-free mice and in mice treated with the interferon inducer poly(I).poly(C). In control, pathogen-free mice, liver, spleen, brain, and kidney tissues possessed levels of 2-5A below 1 pmol/g of tissue, demonstrating that 2-5A was not a major component of uninfected mouse tissue. All control tissues had low basal levels (0.3 to 2.0 pmol/h per g) of 2-5A synthetase, the enzyme responsible for 2-5A production. After mice were injected intravenously with the interferon inducer poly(I).poly(C), circulating interferon, 2-5A synthetase, and 2-5A were elevated with increasing doses of double-stranded RNA. The greatest response to poly(I).poly(C) occurred in the kidney, in which enzyme levels increased 5-fold and 2-5A levels increased 24-fold to 15 pmol/g. Mice that were infected with EMCV also possessed elevated levels of 2-5A and 2-5A synthetase in the four tissues examined, although the relative distribution differed from that observed with poly(I).poly(C), indicating that the interferon inducer affects the concentration and location of intracellular 2-5A. Brain, spleen, and kidney tissues from EMCV-infected mice contained seven- to eightfold more 2-5A than control tissues did. The nanomolar levels of 2-5A in the tissues of EMCV-infected mice provide evidence that 2-5A may play a role in the antiviral response in an intact animal. In both poly(I).poly(C)- and EMCV-treated mice, the levels of 2-5A recovered from the tissues were not directly proportional to the amount of 2-5A synthetase present. These results indicate that factors other than the level of 2-5A synthetase controlled the accumulation of 2-5A in tissues.
mesh_terms: D015088:2',5'-Oligoadenylate Synthetase / Q000378:metabolism; D000227:Adenine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D004686:Encephalomyocarditis virus; D004769:Enterovirus Infections / Q000378:metabolism*; D007372:Interferons / Q000378:metabolism; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D009843:Oligoribonucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D011070:Poly I-C / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000227:Adenine Nucleotides; D009843:Oligoribonucleotides; C023505:2',5'-oligoadenylate; D007372:Interferons; D015088:2',5'-Oligoadenylate Synthetase; D011070:Poly I-C