DNA methylation affecting the expression of murine leukemia proviruses

The endogenous, vertically transmitted proviral DNAs of the ecotropic murine leukemia virus in AKR embryo fibroblasts were found to be hypermethylated relative to exogenous AKR murine leukemia virus proviral DNAs acquired by infection of the same cells. The hypermethylated state of the endogenous AKR murine leukemia virus proviruses in these cells correlated with the failure to express AKR murine leukemia virus and the lack of infectivity of cellular DNA. Induction of the endogenous AKR murine leukemia virus proviruses with the methylation antagonist 5-azacytidine suggested a causal connection between DNA methylation and provirus expression. Also found to be relatively hypermethylated and noninfectious were three of six Moloney murine leukemia virus proviral DNAs in an unusual clone of infected rat cells. Recombinant DNA clones which derived from a methylated, noninfectious Moloney provirus of this cell line were found to be highly active upon transfection, suggesting that a potentially active proviral genome can be rendered inactive by cellular DNA methylation. In contrast, in vitro methylation with the bacterial methylases MHpaII and MHhaI only slightly reduced the infectivity of the biologically active cloned proviral DNA. Recombinant DNA clones which derived from a second Moloney provirus of this cell line were noninfectious. An in vitro recombination method was utilized in mapping studies to show that this lack of infectivity was governed by mechanisms other than methylation.

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