title: Enhanced reactivation and mutagenesis of UV-irradiated adenovirus in normal human fibroblasts.
abstract: UV-enhanced reactivation (UVER) and UV-enhanced mutagenesis (UVEM) for two adenovirus temperature-sensitive mutants (Ad5ts35 and Ad5ts125) were examined following the infection of normal human fibroblasts. Fibroblast monolayers were either UV-irradiated or left non-irradiated and subsequently infected with either non-irradiated or UV-irradiated virus. After incubation of the infected cultures at the permissive temperature, the induction of wild-type revertants in the viral progeny was determined by plaquing at the permissive (33 degrees C) and the non-permissive (39 degrees C) temperatures on human HeLa or KB cells. UV-irradiation of the virus alone resulted in a dose-dependent increase in the UV-induced reversion frequency (RF) of viral progeny and a dose-dependent exponential decrease in progeny survival, when infecting non-irradiated cells. Analysis of the slopes of the UV-induced reversion curves suggested that 2.5 +/- 0.3 and 2.4 +/- 0.5 'hits' were required to produce a targeted reversion event among the viral progeny of Ad5ts36 and Ad5ts125 respectively. UV-irradiation of cells 24 h prior to infection resulted in a significant increase in progeny survival for UV-irradiated virus (UVER factor = 3.4 +/- 0.8) concomitant with a significant increase in RF for UV-irradiated virus (targeted increase = 1.9 +/- 0.3). The UV-induced RF per lethal hit to the virus was also significantly greater in UV-irradiated compared with non-irradiated cells. These results are consistent with the existence of a UV-inducible error-prone DNA repair mechanism in normal human cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Rainbow
mesh_terms: D000260:Adenoviruses, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000528:radiation effects*; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000528:radiation effects; D006367:HeLa Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D007624:KB Cells; D007700:Kinetics; D009154:Mutation; D013045:Species Specificity; D013696:Temperature; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral