QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE-ANALYSES OF EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS EARLY ANTIGEN DIFFUSE COMPONENT BY WESTERN BLOTTING ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT-ASSAY WITH A MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE-ANALYSES OF EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS EARLY ANTIGEN DIFFUSE COMPONENT BY WESTERN BLOTTING ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT-ASSAY WITH A MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODY
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DOI:
10.1128/jvi.53.3.793-799.1985
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
5.4
通讯作者:
PAGANO, JS
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作者:
LIN, JC;CHOI, EI;PAGANO, JS
The use of monoclonal antibody against the early antigen diffuse component (anti-EA-D) of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) to analyze, both qualitatively and quantitatively, the expression of EA-D in various human lymphoblastoid cell lines activated by chemical inducers is reported. The kinetics of synthesis of EA-D in P3HR-1, B95-8 and Ramos/AW cells were similar in that they all reached the peak of synthesis on day 5 after induction. No expression of EA-D was found in induced BJAB/GC, an EBV-genome-containing cell line. EBV-negative cell lines, BJAB and Ramos, were negative for EA-D. Raji cells had no detectable EA-D but responded rapidly to induction, reaching on peak on day 3. Superinfection of Raji cells also resulted in marked induction of EA-D, which reached a plateau between 8 to 12 h postinfection. Western blotting coupled with the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay [ELISA] was employed to identify polypeptides representing EA-D. A family of 4 polypeptides with MW of 46,000 (46K protein), 49,000, 52,000 and 55,000 were identified to be reactive with monoclonal anti-EA-D antiserum. The pattern of EA-D polypeptides expressed in each cell line was different. Of particular interest was the expression of a large quantity of 46K protein both in induced Raji and P3HR-1 cells, but not in superinfected Raji cells. A 49K doublet was expressed in activated p3HR-1, B95-8 and Ramos/AW cells and in superinfected Raji cells. Two distinct 52K and 55K polypeptides were expressed in induced Ramos/AW and superinfected Raji cells. None of these EA-D polypeptides was detectable in BJAB/GC, BJAB, Ramos and mock-infected Raji cells. To approximate relative concentrations of EA-D in cell extracts, ELISA and immunoblot dot methods were employed by using one of the purified EA-D components to construct a standard curve. Depending on the cell lines, it was estimated that .apprx. 1-3% (determined by the ELISA) and 0.8-1.6% (determined by immunoblot dot) of total proteins from maximally induced cells were EA-D. These results suggest that differential expression of EA-D polypeptides could be of importance in the diagnosis of state of EBV infection.