title: The effect of interferon on cells persistently infected with HIV.
abstract: In this study the effect of interferon (IFN) on uninfected cells (H9-) and cells infected (H9+) with HIV-1 was investigated. In both H9- and H9+, IFN was unable to inhibit Sindbis virus replication. HIV-1 replication was inhibited by a maximum of 22% at 1000 U/ml of IFN. In both H9- and H9+ cells IFN exhibited a limited antiproliferative effect. There was activation of the 2'-5' oligo-A-synthetase (E enzyme) and the protein kinase enzyme systems, but low activation of the ribonuclease F was seen in both H9- and H9+ cells. From these results it can be concluded that IFN produces a limited antiviral and antiproliferative effect in both H9- and H9+ cells, and a defective ribonuclease F pathway might be responsible for this limited activity.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Virology, Department of Virology, University of the Witwatersrand, Sandringham, South Africa.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crespi
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000633:toxicity*; D007739:L Cells; D010766:Phosphorylation; D012845:Sindbis Virus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D014779:Virus Replication / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D007370:Interferon Type I