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Akagi, Tadaatsu
Takata, Hiroshi
Teramoto, Norihiro
Yano, Shoki
Abstract

Co-cultivation of thymus and spleen cells of Fisher and Lewis rats with lethally irradiated MT-2 cells harboring human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) resulted in the establishment of lymphoid cell lines, FIRT-1, FIRS-1, LERT-1, and LERS-1, respectively. Cells of these cell lines had rat T-cell characters as demonstrated by the positive reaction to monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) to rat T cell antigens (Thy 1 and pan T). They lacked surface immunoglobulins and strongly expressed rat interleukin-2 receptor antigen (Tac) and Ia antigen. Karyotypic analysis revealed that they had the normal rat karyotype in early cultures, but showed marked aneuploidy after long cultivation. None of them expressed HTLV gag proteins (p19 and p24) or virus particles, but they contained HTLV-I proviral DNA monoclonally and weakly expressed pX gene products (p40x). They were not transplantable into syngeneic newborn rats.

Keywords
human T-cell leukemia virus
rat T cell
immortalization
Amo Type
Article
Publication Title
Acta Medica Okayama
Published Date
1989-06
Volume
volume43
Issue
issue3
Publisher
Okayama University Medical School
Start Page
143
End Page
151
ISSN
0386-300X
NCID
AA00508441
Content Type
Journal Article
language
English
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Refereed
True
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