Genomic presence of recombinant porcine endogenous retrovirus in transmitting miniature swine.
The replication of porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) in human cell lines suggests a potential infectious risk in xenotransplantation. PERV isolated from human cells following cocultivation with porcine peripheral blood mononuclear cells is a recombinant of PERV-A and PERV-C. We describe two different recombinant PERV-AC sequences in the cellular DNA of some transmitting miniature swine. This is the first evidence of PERV-AC recombinant virus in porcine genomic DNA that may have resulted from autoinfection following exogenous viral recombination. Infectious risk in xenotransplantation will be defined by the activity of PERV loci in vivo.
Martin
Stanley I
SI
Infectious Disease Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA. simartin100@gmail.com
Wilkinson
Robert
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Fishman
Jay A
JA
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D020077:Endogenous Retroviruses / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology*; D015686:Gene Products, env / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016679:Genome, Viral; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D013552:Swine; D013556:Swine, Miniature / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology*
D015686:Gene Products, env