Author:
Rickinson A B,Young L S,Rowe M
Abstract
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) isolates show sequence divergence in the BamHI YH region of the genome which encodes the nuclear antigen EBNA 2, a protein thought to be involved in the initiation of virus-induced B-cell transformation; type A isolates (such as B95-8 EBV) encode a 82- to 87-kilodalton EBNA 2A protein, whereas type B isolates (such as AG876 EBV) encode an antigenically distinct 75-kilodalton EBNA 2B protein. In the present work 12 type A isolates and 8 type B isolates have been compared for their ability to transform resting human B cells in vitro into permanent lymphoblastoid cell lines. Although the kinetics of initial focus formation was not markedly dependent upon the EBNA 2 type of the transforming virus, on subsequent passage type A virus-transformed cells (type A transformants) yielded cell lines much more readily than did type B transformants. Direct comparison between the two types of transformant revealed clear differences in several aspects of growth phenotype. Compared with type A transformants, cell lines established with type B virus isolates consistently displayed an unusual growth pattern with poor survival of individual cells shed from lymphoblastoid clumps, a lower growth rate and a greater sensitivity to seeding at limiting dilutions, and a significantly lower saturation density that could not be corrected by supplementation of the medium with culture supernatant containing B-cell growth factors. This is the first direct evidence that, in EBV-transformed B-cell lines, the EBNA 2 protein plays a continuing role in determining the cellular growth phenotype.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Virology,Insect Science,Immunology,Microbiology
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