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Review
. 1995 Jun;6(2):85-92.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3164.1995.tb00048.x.

Ultrastructural Studies of Orf Virus Infection and Replication in Fetal Lamb Fibrocytes

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Ultrastructural Studies of Orf Virus Infection and Replication in Fetal Lamb Fibrocytes

S K Onwuka et al. Vet Dermatol. 1995 Jun.

Abstract

Résumé- Le cycle de réplication du virus de l'ecthyma contagieux a été identifié dans des études in vitro et un modèle hypothétique a été développé. Pendant la premiére phase, qui dure à peu près 5 heures, le virus pénètre la cellule par le biais d'un processus de phagocytose, et perd ses enveloppes. La phase d'éclipse, pendant laquelle le virus est apparemment intégréà l'ADN de l'hôte, dure environ 8 à 10 heures. Pendant la phase finale, les virions se développent dans des zones biens définies du viroplasme à partir desquelles les viriojns matures vont migrer jusqu'aux bords de la cellule. Là, ils sortent soit par exocytose, soit à l'intérieur de projections microvilleuses qui sont pincées à leur base, soit encore par désintégration de la cellule hôte. [Onwuka, S.K., Jenkinson, D. Mc, Inglis, L., Pow, I., GRAY, E.W., Reid, H.W. Ultrastructural studies of orf virus infection and replication in fetal lamb fibrocytes (Etudes ultrasturcturales de l'infection par le virus de l'ecthyma contagieux et de sa réplication dans les fibrocytes de foetus d'agneau). Resumen- Se identificó el ciclo de replicación del virus del ectima contagioso en estudios temporales in vitro y se desarroló un posible modelo experimental. Durante la primera fase, que dura unas 5 h, el virus penetra en la células por fagocitosis y se libera de la cubierta. La fase de "eclipse", con el virus presentándose como hebras de DNA, dura aproximadamente de 8 a 10 h. En la fase final los viriones se desarrollan dentro de zonas bien definidas en el viroplasma desde las cuales los viriones maduros migran hasta los limites celulares. A partir de alii parecen salir por exocitosis o en proyecciones de microvellosidades "pinzadas" hacia el exterior; también pueden ser liberados como consecuencia de la desintegración de la célula huésped. [Onwuka, S.K., Jenkinson, D. Mc, Inglis, L., Pow, I., GRAY, E.W., Reid, H.W. Ultrastructural studies of orf virus infection and replication in fetal lamb fibrocytes (Estudios ultraestructurales de la infección por el virus del ectima contagioso y replicación en fibrocitos fetales de carnero). Abstract- The cycle of replication of orf virus was identified in temporal in vitro studies and a putative model was developed. During the first phase, which lasts about 5 h, the virus enters the cells by a phagocytic process and uncoats. The "eclipse" phase, with the virus apparently present as strands of DNA, lasts for approximately the next 8-10 h. In the final phase virions develop within well-defined zones of viroplasm from which mature virions migrate to the margins of the cell. There they apparently exit either by exocytosis or within microvillous projections which are "pinched off"; they can also be released by disintegration of the host cell.

Keywords: Electron microscopy; Orf virus; Ovine skin culture; Parapoxvirus morphogenesis; Replication cycle; Ultrastructure.

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