Programmed endothelial cell death induced by an avian hemangioma retrovirus is density dependent
1996
Sela-Donenfeld, D. | Korner, M. | Pick, M. | Eldor, A. | Panet, A.
Hemangiomas are localized tumors of vascular cells which appear frequently in humans and animals, and their mode of induction is unknown. Recently, a new field strain of avian retrovirus, avian hemangioma virus (AHV), was isolated from spontaneous hemangiomas in layer hens. Sequence analysis of the AHV genome revealed the presence of three prototypic retroviral genes, gag, pol, and env, but no oncogenes. AHV was capable of inducing hemangiomas in hens in vivo, but it induced a strong cytopathic effect in cultured endothelial ceils. The AHV envelope glycoprotein, gp85, was found to be responsible for the cell-killing effect. Four independent lines of experimental evidence indicated that AHV induces a cytopathic effect through a typical programmed cell death, apoptosis: (i) morphological changes in cells visualized by light microscopy, (ii) nuclear condensation and fragmentation indicated by 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole staining, (iii) intranucleosomal degradation of DNA demonstrated by terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP-biotin nick end-labeling staining, and (iv) flow cytometry analysis of the DNA content of the infected cells. Quiescent endothelial GO/G1 cells were much more sensitive to AHV-induced apoptosis than actively dividing cells, suggesting that the AHV ability to induce apoptosis is dependent on the proliferative state of the infected cells.
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