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Induction of Cell Fusion in Newcastle Disease Virus-infected L929 Cells by Anti-L929 Cell Antisera

¹ Department of Microbiology, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174, Edobashi, Tsu-Shi, Mie Prefecture
and² Department of Measles Virus, National Institute of Health, Gakuen, Musashi-Murayama-Shi, Tokyo, Japan

Infection of L929 cells by Newcastle disease virus (NDV) did not induce cell fusion, whereas addition of anti-L929 cell antiserum to the culture medium did result in cell fusion. When the antiserum was added to the culture medium of NDV-infected cells at the start of incubation, polykaryocytes appeared after 18 h post-infection (p.i.). On the other hand, when the antiserum was added to the culture medium at 18 h p.i., no polykaryocytes appeared, suggesting that the presence of the antiserum at the stage of NDV replication was necessary for the antiserum-induced cell fusion. Since anti-F polypeptide antiserum inhibited the cell fusion, functional F protein was essential for the antiserum-induced cell fusion. All the anti-L929 cell xenogenic sera tested were able to induce the cell fusion, whereas anti-L929 cell allogenic sera did not induce cell fusion. Anti-MCA cell serum also induced the cell fusion. Little replication of NDV was observed in the presence of anti-L929 cell serum and synthesis of virus-specific polypeptides, especially of M protein, was suppressed. However, there was no difference in expression of virus-specific glycoproteins on the surface membranes between cells treated with normal rabbit serum and those treated with anti-L929 cell serum. On the basis of the above results, the mechanism of induction of cell fusion by anti-host cell serum is discussed.

Keywords: NDV, antiserum-induced cell fusion, L929 cells

Received 24 November 1986; accepted 30 January 1987.

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