Ga. Mayr et P. Freimuth, A SINGLE-LOCUS ON HUMAN-CHROMOSOME-21 DIRECTS THE EXPRESSION OF A RECEPTOR FOR ADENOVIRUS TYPE-2 IN MOUSE A9 CELLS, Journal of virology, 71(1), 1997, pp. 412-418
The receptors on human cells which mediate adsorption of adenoviruses
hare not been identified. We found that murine A9 cells and Chinese ha
mster ovary (CHO) cells failed to bind significant levels of radiolabe
led adenovirus type 2 (Ad2) virions but that derivatives of these cell
s carrying human chromosome 21 exhibited high levels of virus binding
that was specific for the viral fiber protein. G418-resistant A9 cell
transformants expressing Ad2 receptors were detected at a frequency of
about 10(-4) following cotransfection with high-molecular-weight DNAs
from mouse cells containing human chromosome 21 and plasmid DNA conta
ining a neomycin resistance gene. The Ad2 receptors on the transformed
A9 cells were similar to those on human cells with respect to their c
oncentration on the cell membrane, their affinity for the viral fiber
protein, and their ability to direct virus into cells along a pathway
leading to delivery of the viral DNA genome into the cell nucleus. Fur
thermore, identical human DNA fragments were present in three independ
ent mouse cell transformants expressing Ad2 receptors, supporting the
conclusion that these human DNA fragments correspond to a gene or locu
s on chromosome 21 that directs the expression of Ad2 receptors in the
se cells.