title: Effect of aphidicolin on DNA synthesis in HSV-1 infected and uninfected Vero cells.
abstract: The effect of aphidicolin on DNA synthesis in herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infected and uninfected Vero cells was determined by isodensity banding of [32P]-labelled DNA. A 50% inhibition of HSV-1 DNA synthesis was observed at 0.07 microM aphidicolin while 2.1 and 1.3 microM were required to inhibit the cellular DNA synthesis to 50% in infected and uninfected Vero cells, respectively. When the viral DNA synthesis was totally inhibited by 10 microM aphidicolin, the cellular DNA synthesis was inhibited to about 90% in both infected and uninfected cells. Aphidicolin inhibited the cellular DNA synthesis in HSV-1 infected and uninfected Vero cells remaining in the presence of 250 microM foscarnet to the same extent as the DNA synthesis in the absence of foscarnet.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016590:Aphidicolin; D002460:Cell Line; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004224:Diterpenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017245:Foscarnet; D010746:Phosphonoacetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D004224:Diterpenes; D017245:Foscarnet; D016590:Aphidicolin; D004247:DNA; D010746:Phosphonoacetic Acid