Abstract
The mechanism by which poly(I · C) induces the antiviral state in human fibroblast cells was studied using antisera which were selectively reactive with the inducer [poly(I · C)], the product (human fibroblast interferon), and the fibroblast cell surface. Anti-interferon serum completely neutralized the antiviral effect of human fibroblast interferon. Furthermore, when added to the medium of the cells in which interferon synthesis had already been induced by poly(I · C), interferon antiserum prevented the intracellular antiviral state from developing. Antibodies specific to double stranded RNA inhibited the antiviral activity of poly(I · C) whether it was in solution or bound to the cells, but the same antibodies were without effect when added after the induction of the antiviral state was initiated. Treatment with serum directed against the cell surface of human fibroblasts failed to inhibit the antiviral activity of poly (I · C) or of human interferon in these cells. These results indicate that the antiviral effect of poly(I · C) is interferon mediated, and that for the development of the antiviral state, interferon has to interact with the external part of the cellular membrane of the producing cell.
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