title: Generation of multiple replication-competent retroviruses through recombination between PreXMRV-1 and PreXMRV-2.
abstract: We previously identified two novel endogenous murine leukemia virus proviruses, PreXMRV-1 and PreXMRV-2, and showed that they most likely recombined during xenograft passaging of a human prostate tumor in mice to generate xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV). To determine the recombination potential of PreXMRV-1 and PreXMRV-2, we examined the generation of replication-competent retroviruses (RCRs) over time in a cell culture system. We observed that either virus alone was noninfectious and the RNA transcripts of the viruses were undetectable in the blood and spleen of nude mice that carry them. To determine their potential to generate RCRs through recombination, we transfected PreXMRV-1 and PreXMRV-2 into 293T cells and used the virus produced to infect fresh cells; the presence of reverse transcriptase activity at 10 days postinfection indicated the presence of RCRs. Population sequencing of proviral DNA indicated that all RCRs contained the gag and 5' half of pol from PreXMRV-2 and the long terminal repeat, 3' half of pol (including integrase), and env from PreXMRV-1. All crossovers were within sequences of at least 9 identical nucleotides, and crossovers within each of two selected recombination zones of 415 nucleotides (nt) in the 5' untranslated region and 982 nt in pol were required to generate RCRs. A recombinant with the same genotype as XMRV was not detected, and our analysis indicates that the probability of generating an identical RCR is vanishingly small. In addition, the studies indicate that the process of RCR formation is primarily driven by selection for viable cis and trans elements from the parental proviruses.
authors: Viral Mutation Section.
authors: Krista
authors: K
authors: Delviks-Frankenberry
authors: Tobias
authors: T
authors: Paprotka
authors: Oya
authors: O
authors: Cingöz
authors: Sheryl
authors: S
authors: Wildt
authors: Wei-Shau
authors: WS
authors: Hu
authors: John M
authors: JM
authors: Coffin
authors: Vinay K
authors: VK
authors: Pathak
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014779:Virus Replication; D058008:Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins
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