PMID- 17270231 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070712 LR - 20181113 IS - 0042-6822 (Print) IS - 0042-6822 (Linking) VI - 362 IP - 2 DP - 2007 Jun 5 TI - Isolation and characterization of mouse-human microcell hybrid cell clones permissive for infectious HIV particle release. PG - 283-93 AB - Mouse cells are non-permissive to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV) in that there is a pronounced post-integration block to viral replication. We have recently demonstrated that mouse-human somatic cell hybrids that contain human chromosome 2 increase both HIV Capsid (CA) production and infectious virus release. Here we report on the isolation of three mouse-human microcell hybrids (MCHs) that behave similarly, starting from a pool of 500 MCH clones. Release of virus was specific to HIV and cell revertants that no longer contained any human chromosome fragments did not release CA or infectious virus. Two of the three cell clones were identical as judged by PCR STS content and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and contained a single 2-12 human chromosome chimera. The third cell clone only contained human chromosome 12, as determined by PCR, FISH, and microarray analyses. There were no consistent differences in Gag protein and spliced/unspliced viral RNA levels between mouse cell lines. CMV promoter-driven, codon-optimized gag-pol had no effect on infectious HIV release from these mouse cells, despite allowing Gag targeting and increasing CA production. These permissive mouse-human MCHs and their corresponding non-permissive revertants may prove useful for mechanistic studies and also for identifying the responsible gene(s) or factor(s) involved in the production of HIV. FAU - Coskun, Ayse K AU - Coskun AK AD - Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA. FAU - van Maanen, Marc AU - van Maanen M FAU - Janka, David AU - Janka D FAU - Stockton, David AU - Stockton D FAU - Stankiewicz, Pawel AU - Stankiewicz P FAU - Yatsenko, Svetlana AU - Yatsenko S FAU - Sutton, Richard E AU - Sutton RE LA - eng GR - R21 AI057087-02/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20070131 PL - United States TA - Virology JT - Virology JID - 0110674 RN - 0 (Codon) RN - 0 (DNA, Viral) RN - 0 (Gene Products, gag) RN - 0 (HIV Core Protein p24) RN - 0 (Protein Precursors) RN - 0 (RNA, Viral) RN - 0 (gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus) RN - 0 (gag protein p1, Human immunodeficiency virus) RN - 0 (p55 gag precursor protein, Human immunodeficiency virus 1) SB - IM EIN - Virology. 2007 Sep 1;365(2):473. Stankiewicsz, Pawel [corrected to Stankiewicz, Pawel] MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12 MH - Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2 MH - Codon MH - DNA, Viral/analysis MH - Gene Products, gag/analysis/biosynthesis MH - HIV Core Protein p24/biosynthesis MH - HIV-1/*growth & development MH - Humans MH - Hybrid Cells/*virology MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Mice MH - Microarray Analysis MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Protein Precursors/analysis MH - RNA, Viral/analysis/genetics MH - gag Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus PMC - PMC1987707 MID - NIHMS23985 EDAT- 2007/02/03 09:00 MHDA- 2007/07/13 09:00 PMCR- 2007/09/20 CRDT- 2007/02/03 09:00 PHST- 2006/08/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2006/09/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2006/12/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2007/02/03 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/07/13 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/02/03 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2007/09/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0042-6822(06)00899-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.virol.2006.12.015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Virology. 2007 Jun 5;362(2):283-93. doi: 10.1016/j.virol.2006.12.015. Epub 2007 Jan 31.