Effect of co-incubation with cytomegalovirus on growth of interleukin 2-dependent lymphocytes.
We have tested the ability of human cytomegalovirus (CMV) to interfere with the interleukin-2 (IL-2)-dependent proliferation of T lymphocytes in long-term tissue culture. The results indicate that CMV was able to establish an apparently abortive infection in approximately 40% of such cells, although productive viral replication could not be detected, and was able to impede cellular proliferation almost completely. The addition of high concentrations of exogenous IL-2 to cultures of CMV co-incubated cells was not readily able to overcome the anti-proliferation inhibitory effect induced by this virus. Exposure to CMV led to an approximate 50% decrease in the number of cells which expressed Tac Ag, or IL-2 receptor, at the cell surface.
Numazaki
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Department of Microbiology, Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute, Montreal Children's Hospital, Canada.
Goldman
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Wainberg
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D002455:Cell Division; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D000939:Epitopes / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000502:physiology; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis
D000939:Epitopes; D007376:Interleukin-2; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2