Abstract
Marmosets of the genus Saguinus (S. nigricollis, S. juscicollis, and S. oedipus) are highly susceptible to tumor induction by Herpesvirus saimiri and die from a rapidly growing neoplastic disease [1–3] following viral infection. Owl monkeys (Aotus trivirgatus) show a similar course of disease. The appearance of tumors in these animal is often delayed and about 20% of the owl monkeys do not develop tumors [4, 5]. Herpesvirus saimiri-infected New Zealand White Rabbits (NZWR) show a disease pattern similar to the primate tumors; the incidence of neoplastic disease after infection with H. saimiri ranges from 20% to 75% in different studies [6–8]. The specificity of antibodies in the various experimental and natural hosts (Saimiri scireus) was determined by immunoprecipitation of viral polypeptides obtained from owl monkey kidney (OMK) cells infected with H. saimiri in the presence of labeled precursors. Whereas we describe the unglycosylated virus-induced proteins involved in another report [9], we include in this report the description of the glycoproteins in H. saimiri-infected cells.
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