Stable transfection of a human lymphoma line by sub-genomic fragments of 
Epstein-Barr virus DNA to measure humoral and cellular immunity to the 
corresponding proteins

Welinder, C.; Larsson, N.G.; Szigeti, R.; Ehlin-Henriksson, B.; Henle, G.; Henle, W.; Klein, G.; Ricksten, A.; Rymo, L.; Sulitzeanu, D.

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Stable transfection of a human lymphoma line by sub-genomic fragments of Epstein-Barr virus DNA to measure humoral and cellular immunity to the corresponding proteins

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Larsson, N.G.
Department Larsson - Mitochondrial Biology, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Max Planck Society;

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Welinder, C., Larsson, N., Szigeti, R., Ehlin-Henriksson, B., Henle, G., Henle, W., et al. (1987). Stable transfection of a human lymphoma line by sub-genomic fragments of Epstein-Barr virus DNA to measure humoral and cellular immunity to the corresponding proteins. Int J Cancer, 40(3), 389-95.

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Abstract

An Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-negative human lymphoid B-cell line, DG75, was stably transfected with recombinant selection vectors that carry a subfragment of the BamHI WYH region (nucleotides 44664 to 50628), the BamHI K fragment, or a subfragment of the EcoRI D region (nucleotides 166614 to 170149) of B95-8 EBV DNA. These fragments contain the coding exons for the EBV-determined nuclear antigens EBNA2 and EBNA1, and the membrane antigen LMP, respectively. Antigen expression of the cells was detected by immunofluorescence. EBNA2 was expressed in 80-100% of the transfected cells, in contrast to EBNA1 which was expressed in only 25%, and LMP in only about 5% of the cells. Humoral antibody responses were measured by immunofluorescence and compared to cellular immunity as determined by the leukocyte migration inhibition (LMI) technique. Extracts from transfected cell lines expressing EBNA1, EBNA2 or LMP elicited an LMI response with cells from healthy EBV-seropositive individuals whereas the extract from the parental DG75 cell line did not. The results demonstrate the value of stably transfected cell lines expressing a defined EBV antigen for the monospecific analysis of host responses to the EBV-encoded antigen complex in growth-transformed cells.