PMID- 1314872 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19920528 LR - 20190509 IS - 0022-1899 (Print) IS - 0022-1899 (Linking) VI - 165 IP - 5 DP - 1992 May TI - In vitro suppression of bone marrow progenitor cell differentiation by human herpesvirus 6 infection. PG - 925-9 AB - Suppression of marrow function may be one of the most serious effects of human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) infection in marrow transplant patients. In this study, normal bone marrow mononuclear cells were infected in vitro with HHV-6, and a methylcellulose-based colony formation assay was used to evaluate the impact of the infection on marrow cell differentiation and proliferation. Results demonstrated that the outgrowth of colony-forming units of granulocyte and macrophage lineages (cfu-GM) was decreased by approximately 43%, that growth of cfu of granulocyte, erythrocyte, macrophage, and megakaryocyte lineages (cfu-GEMM) was inhibited by an average of 71%, and that the erythroid burst-forming unit (bfu-E) was decreased by approximately 73%. Further, outgrowth of the marrow stromal layer was reduced 74%. Direct infection of bone marrow monocytes was observed, although cell-free virus could not be detected in infected culture supernatants. Addition of a neutralizing monoclonal antibody specific for interferon-alpha to the infected cultures resulted in an almost complete reversal of the viral suppressive effects. FAU - Knox, K K AU - Knox KK AD - Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226. FAU - Carrigan, D R AU - Carrigan DR LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Infect Dis JT - The Journal of infectious diseases JID - 0413675 SB - IM MH - Bone Marrow/*microbiology/pathology MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cell Division MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Colony-Forming Units Assay MH - Fluorescent Antibody Technique MH - Herpesvirus 6, Human/*physiology MH - Humans MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Stem Cells/*microbiology/pathology EDAT- 1992/05/01 00:00 MHDA- 1992/05/01 00:01 CRDT- 1992/05/01 00:00 PHST- 1992/05/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1992/05/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1992/05/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1093/infdis/165.5.925 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Infect Dis. 1992 May;165(5):925-9. doi: 10.1093/infdis/165.5.925.