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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-4-11
pubmed:abstractText
Burkitt's lymphoma (BL) biopsy cells and derived cell lines can be grouped according to their patterns of reactivity with 6 selected monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against B cell-associated surface antigens. Group I cells react only with MAbs J5 and 38.13, recognising the common acute lymphoblastic leukaemia antigen and a BL-associated antigen respectively; group II cells react with J5 and 38.13 and with one or more of a set of MAbs (Ki-24, MHM6, AC2, Ki-1) against "lymphoblastoid" antigens; group III cells react only with these anti-"lymphoblastoid" MAbs. Tumour biopsy cells from 17 cases of sporadic BL, 9 positive for the Epstein-Barr (EB) virus genome and 8 negative, have been analysed during the process of cell line establishment in vitro. In early passage the EB virus-negative BL cells showed either a group I phenotype or gave an additional reactivity with MAb Ki-24 which placed them in group II; these phenotypes remained essentially stable with continued growth of the cell lines for up to 50 passages. By contrast the EB virus-positive BL cells were much more susceptible to phenotypic change in vitro. Although such cells displayed a group I or group II phenotype in early passage, many of the lines soon moved into group III whilst retaining the karyotypic markers indicative of their malignant origin. These observations suggest that a resident EB virus genome can drive the in vitro progression of BL cells towards a more "lymphoblastoid" phenotype. This was confirmed in subsequent experiments where virus-negative BL cell lines were converted to EB virus positivity by in vitro infection. Clearly, therefore, phenotypic analysis of long-established lines can lead to false distinctions being drawn between the EB virus-positive and -negative forms of sporadic BL; both may derive from the same sub-population of target B cells in vivo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0020-7136
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
367-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-7-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Antigens, Surface, pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Antigens, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Burkitt Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Child, pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Epstein-Barr Virus Nuclear Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Female, pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Genes, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Herpesvirus 4, Human, pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Male, pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Receptors, Complement 3d, pubmed-meshheading:3005176-Receptors, Virus
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Epstein-Barr virus status and tumour cell phenotype in sporadic Burkitt's lymphoma.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't