
Mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) antigens and cellular actin were visualized with Protein A-coated colloidal gold at the ultrastructural level in C3H/He mouse mammary tumors using various antisera. Observations with the postembedding method and statistical analyses of these data showed: (a) a glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 52,000 resided on the envelope of mature virions (B-particles), on the surface of budding particles, and on the vacuolar membrane, but not on intracytoplasmic A-particles (A-particles); (b) B-particle antigens were shared by A-, B-, and budding particles with more reacting gold particles on B-particles; and (c) a protein with a molecular weight of 27,000, p27 and A-particle antigens were also shared equally by all MMTV-related particles with preferential localization on the nucleoid of B-particles and the double ring of A-particles. All of these observations are consistent with and further confirm the proposal that A-particles are pronucleocapsids of MMTV. Cellular actin was concentrated in the outermost thin cytoplasmic layer and in microvilli. Single gold particles were also found on budding and B-particles implying that actin plays a role in the MMTV budding process.
Viral Core Proteins, Retroviridae Proteins, Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental, Virus Replication, Actins, Inclusion Bodies, Viral, Mice, Microscopy, Electron, Capsid, Viral Envelope Proteins, Animals, Female, Gold, Antigens, Viral
Viral Core Proteins, Retroviridae Proteins, Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental, Virus Replication, Actins, Inclusion Bodies, Viral, Mice, Microscopy, Electron, Capsid, Viral Envelope Proteins, Animals, Female, Gold, Antigens, Viral
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