Figure 5

Neutralization of viral infectivity and AZT treatment. (A) The presence of proviral DNA in the infected Hs578T cells was determined by PCR. The virus released from the second round infected Hs578T cells was, prior infection, pre-incubated either with anti-MMTV neutralizing antibody (Ab) or PBS. Where indicated AZT was added to the cells infected with the virus. NC: non-infected Hs578T cells. M: 1 kb marker. (B) Spread of the virus was abrogated in medium containing AZT. The third-round infected Hs578T cells were cultured for four weeks in medium containing DEX either supplemented with AZT or not and the presence proviral DNA was monitored by a semiquantitative PCR. GAPDH-specific PCR was used to demonstrate equal loading of all PCR reactions (bottom panels). M: 1 kb marker. (C) Real-time TaqMan PCR quantifying proviral loads in the infected Hs578T cells during the AZT treatment experiment. (D) Equal loading was contolled in a Real-time TaqMan PCR specific for GAPDH gene.