BK virus-transformed inbred hamster brain cells. I. Status of the viral DNA and the association of BK virus early antigens with purified plasma membranes.
AUTOR(ES)
Beth, E
RESUMO
Inbred LSH hamster brain cells were transformed in vitro by the GS strain of BK virus (BKV), and transplantable tumors classified as undifferentiated glioblastomas were induced in the syngeneic host. The viral status in the transformed cells, designated LSH-BR-BK, was established. About 46 genome equivalents per cell of viral DNA was detected, with the majority of sequences in a free form. The transformed cells expressed large quantities of tumor (T) antigen as well as surface (S) antigen as demonstrated by indirect immunofluorescence. Sixty-three percent of tumor-bearing hamsters produced high-titer antibodies against T, whereas 3 of 14 (21%) hamsters also produced antibodies against the BKV-specific S antigen. Furthermore, the relatedness of BKV early gene products, including T, S, and tumor-specific transplantation antigen, was established by the production of a rabbit antiserum against highly purified plasma membranes of LSH-BR-BK cells and by the induction of a BKV-specific tumor-specific transplantation antigen response by these plasma membranes in the syngeneic host.
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