title: Binding kinetics of ecotropic (Moloney) murine leukemia retrovirus with NIH 3T3 cells.
abstract: A quantitative analysis of the binding kinetics of intact Moloney murine leukemia retrovirus (MoMuLV) particles with NIH 3T3 cells was performed with an immunofluorescence flow cytometry assay. The virus-cell binding equilibrium dissociation constant (KD), expressed in terms of virus particle concentration, was measured to be 8.5 (+/- 6.4) x 10(-12) M at 4 degrees C and was three- to sixfold lower at temperatures above 15 degrees C. The KD of virus binding is about 1,000-fold lower than the KD of purified MoMuLV envelope. The association rate constant was determined to be 2.5 (+/- 0.9) x 10(9) M-1 min-1 at 4 degrees C and was 5- to 10-fold higher at temperatures above 15 degrees C. The apparent dissociation rate constant at 4 degrees C was 1.1 (+/- 0.4) x 10(-3) min-1 and was doubled for every 10 degrees C increase in temperature over the range tested (15 to 37 degrees C).
authors.affiliation: Gene Therapy Laboratories, Norris Cancer Center, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Soong
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000821:virology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D015686:Gene Products, env / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008979:Moloney murine leukemia virus / Q000502:physiology*; D011991:Receptors, Virus / Q000502:physiology; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D015686:Gene Products, env; D011991:Receptors, Virus