Equine arteritis virus gP5 protein induces apoptosis in cultured insect cells

Equine Arteritis Virus (EAV) has been shown to induce apoptosis in vitro but the induction of this mechanism has not been previously associated with any viral gene product. In this work, we found a cytotoxicity effect of the EAV gP5 protein on baculovirus-insect cells and a low yield of protein reco...

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Autores: Metz, German Ernesto, Serena, Maria Soledad, Abeyá, María Mercedes, Dulbecco, Andrea Belén, Massone, Adriana, Diaz, Silvina, Echeverria, Maria Gabriela
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/11504
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/11504
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Equine Arteritis Virus
Apoptosis
gP5 protein
Insect cells
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Sumario:Equine Arteritis Virus (EAV) has been shown to induce apoptosis in vitro but the induction of this mechanism has not been previously associated with any viral gene product. In this work, we found a cytotoxicity effect of the EAV gP5 protein on baculovirus-insect cells and a low yield of protein recovery. Besides, different morphological features by electron transmission microscopy, DNA fragmentation in agarose gel, TUNEL analysis and caspase 3 activity were found. All these findings indicate that the EAV gP5 protein induces apoptosis in insect cells.