EXPRESSION OF EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS-RELATED NUCLEAR ANTIGENS AND B-CELL MARKERS IN LYMPHOMAS OF SIV-IMMUNOSUPPRESSED MONKEYS
EXPRESSION OF EPSTEIN-BARR-VIRUS-RELATED NUCLEAR ANTIGENS AND B-CELL MARKERS IN LYMPHOMAS OF SIV-IMMUNOSUPPRESSED MONKEYS
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DOI:
10.1002/ijc.2910550416
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发表时间:
1993-10-21
影响因子:
6.4
通讯作者:
ERNBERG, I
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作者:
LI, SL;FEICHTINGER, H;ERNBERG, I
Simian-immunodeficiency-virus(SIV)-infected cynomolgus monkeys develop B-cell lymphomas in approximately one third of the cases. We have now studied the expression of cynomolgus-Epstein-Barr-virus(cyno-EBV) nuclear antigens in 13 cyno-EBV-carrying SIVsm-associated monkey lymphomas and established cell lines from 3 of these tumors. Immunoblots of cell lysates were probed with polyspecific and monospecific reagents directed against human EB-virus EBNA1-6, and against the membrane protein LMP1. An EBNA2-cross-reacting protein was demonstrated in 8 lymphoma tissues (8/13) and in the 3 cell lines derived from the tumors. All tumors expressed a polypeptide with SO to 55 kDa molecular weight, which cross-reacted with some antibodies to EBNAI. Absorption experiments with normal monkey tissue showed that this polypeptide was specific for the cyno-EBV-carrying lymphoma cells. Equivalents of EBNA3-6 and LMP1 could not be detected. Immunophenotypical characterization showed that the monkey lymphomas were similar to human HIV-associated B-cell lymphomas. Malignant B-cell lymphomas in experimentally SIVsm-infected cynomolgus monkeys can be a model for EBV-associated lymphomagenesis in immunodeficiency states. (C) 1993 Wiley-Liss, Inc.