Viral gene inhibition of class I major histocompatibility antigen expression: not a general mechanism governing the tumorigenicity of adenovirus type 2-, adenovirus type 12-, and simian virus 40-transformed Syrian hamster cells.
AUTOR(ES)
Haddada, H
RESUMO
The association between the level of class I major histocompatibility (MHC) antigen expression and the tumorigenic phenotype was determined for cells from a series of 15 lines of adenovirus type 2 (Ad2)-, Ad12-, and simian virus 40 (SV40)-transformed hamster cells and 16 lines of cells established from hamster tumors induced by SV40 mutants. These cells range from nontumorigenic to highly tumorigenic in both syngeneic and allogeneic adult hamsters. The Ad2-transformed cells--cells that were nontumorigenic in syngeneic adult hamsters--expressed either high levels or low levels of class I MHC antigens. The SV40-transformed cells--cells transformed in vitro that produced tumors with equal efficiency in both syngeneic and allogeneic adult hamsters--or cells derived from SV40-induced tumors expressed very high levels of class I MHC antigens. The Ad12-transformed cells uniformly expressed low levels of class I MHC antigens; these cells produced tumors 200- to 1,000-fold less efficiently in allogeneic adult hamsters than in syngeneic adult hamsters and produced tumors with about the same efficiency in immunoimmature newborns and immunocompetent syngeneic adult hamsters. We conclude that the expression of either high levels or low levels of class I MHC antigens is, at most, a minor factor in the differences observed among these adenovirus- and SV40-transformed cells in their tumor-inducing capacity in naive, immunocompetent hamsters.
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