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Retroviral endogenous transcripts related to the envelope gene of friend spleen focus-forming virus in normal mouse tissues

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Retroviral endogenous sequences related to the envelope (env) gene of Friend spleen focus forming virus (SFFV) and of mink cell focus forming viruses (MCF) are present in the genome of various mouse strains. We have examined the transcription of these SFFV/MCF-related sequences in normal tissues of two mouse strains, ICFW and DBA/2. Cytoplasmic Poly A+ RNAs of normal mouse tissues were analyzed by dot-blot and Northern blot hybridizations with a subcloned env SFFV DNA fragment (0.4 kbp BamHI-SmaI). In both mice, the level of SFFV/MCF env related transcripts was very low in bone marrows and spleens whereas it was high in kidneys. Intermediate levels of transcripts were observed in other tissues (thymus, liver and brain). In both mouse strains, the size of SFFV/MCF env related transcripts varied from one tissue to another. Some transcripts in DBA/2 mice were reminiscent of full-size viral message indicating an occasional expression of xenotropic/MCF endogenous virus in this low-leukemic strain. Sizes of the other SFFV/MCF related env transcripts were unusual, but were similar in both strains for each tissue studied. This last result suggests a tissue-specific transcription of endogenous sequences related to the SFFV/MCF env gene. A 1.8 kb SFFV/MCF env RNA was the major transcript in the tissues which expressed a high level of these env transcripts. Treatment of mice with phenylhydrazine which greatly stimulates erythroid differentiation in spleens increased the level of SFFV/MCF related env RNAs only in the spleens, suggesting a possible correlation between the SFFV/MCF env transcription and the stimulation of the erythroid spleen cells.

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    J. Robert-Lezenes, F. Moreau-Gachelin & P. Meneceur

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Robert-Lezenes, J., Moreau-Gachelin, F., Meneceur, P. et al. Retroviral endogenous transcripts related to the envelope gene of friend spleen focus-forming virus in normal mouse tissues. Archives of Virology 90, 15–28 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01314141

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