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Transformation of Human Embryonic Fibroblasts by Photodynamically Inactivated Herpes Simplex Virus, Type 2 at Supra-optimal Temperature

Department of Microbiology and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103, U.S.A.

Infection of human embryonic fibroblast cell monolayers with neutral red and light-inactivated herpes simplex virus, type 2 (HSV-2) at supra-optimal temperature (42 °C) resulted in persistence of viable cells in suspension culture at 37 °C which have properties in common with virus transformed cells: formation of cell aggregates, HSV-2-specific antigens and colony formation in soft methyl cellulose medium. These data are consistent with the idea that photodynamic inactivated HSV-2 has potential oncogenic activity.

Received 4 July 1975; accepted 15 October 1975.