Anti‐asialo‐GM1 inhibits vaccinia virus infection of murine ovaries: Asialo‐GM1 as an additional virus receptor?

Abstract
Summary: The neurovirulent strain of vaccinia virus, VV‐WR, or recombinants derived from VV‐WR, cause highly productive infection of murine ovaries, but infection could be partially inhibited in vivo using an antiserum to asialo‐GM1 (as‐GM1). In vitro analysis by flow cytometry revealed that murine ovarian cells expressed a cell surface antigen identical to or cross‐reactive with as‐GM1. The capacity of VV‐WR to infect murine ovaries appears to depend in part upon as‐GM1expression on ovarian cells.