Levels of Epstein-Barr virus DNA in lymphoblastoid cell lines are correlated with frequencies of spontaneous lytic growth but not with levels of expression of EBNA-1, EBNA-2, or latent membrane protein

Metzenberg, Stan

doi:10.1128/jvi.64.1.437-444.1990

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“…Furthermore, the average amount of EBNA-1 did not correlate with the average number of genome copies present per cell. This same observation has been made with viral RNA: the amount of RNA homologous to the EBNA-1 gene per cell is rather constant in a set of cell lines similar to those studied here (13).…”

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The average number of molecules of Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen 1 per cell does not correlate with the average number of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA molecules per cell among different clones of EBV-immortalized cells

Sternås

Middleton

Sugden

1990

J Virol

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Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen 1 (EBNA-1) is the only viral protein required to support latent replication of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). To assess the likelihood that EBNA-1 regulates the amount of EBV DNA in a cell, we measured the average numbers of EBNA-1 molecules and EBV DNA molecules per cell in different clones of cells. The amount of EBNA-1 protein present in recently established lymphoblastoid cell lines was measured with affinity-purified anti-EBNA-l antibodies, and viral DNA was measured by nucleic acid hybridization. The average levels of EBNA-1 protein varied little between these cell lines, whereas the average amount of viral DNA present varied substantially; consequently, these numbers were not correlated. These is no apparent relationship between amounts of EBNA-1 and viral DNA.

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The average number of molecules of Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen 1 per cell does not correlate with the average number of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA molecules per cell among different clones of EBV-immortalized cells

Sternås

Middleton

Sugden

1990

J Virol

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“…Viral reactivation in herpesviruses is best studied by monitoring the appearance of the viral antigens associated with productive viral infection (6,23,33,35). The infected cells used for experimentation are usually damaged from the fixation procedure necessary to detect viral antigens.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Persistent Hz-1 Virus Infection in Insect Cells: Evidence for Insertion of Viral DNA into Host Chromosomes and Viral Infection in a Latent Status

Lin

Lee

Chen

et al. 1999

J Virol

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Persistent/latent viral infections of insect cells are a prominent though poorly understood phenomenon. In this study, the long-term association between the Hz-1 virus and insect host cells, conventionally referred to as persistent viral infection, is described. With the aid of a newly developed fluorescent cell-labeling system, we found that productive viral replication occurs by spontaneous viral reactivation in fewer than 0.2% of persistently infected cell lines over a 5-day period. Once viral reactivation takes place, the host cell dies. The persistently infected cells contain various amounts of viral DNA, and, in an extreme case, up to 16% of the total DNA isolated from infected cells could be of viral origin. Both pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and in situ hybridization experiments showed that some of these viral DNA molecules are inserted into the host chromosomes but that the rest of viral DNA copies are free from host chromosomes. Thus, Hz-1 virus is the first nonretroviral insect virus known to insert its genome into the host chromosome during the infection process. These data also suggest that the previously described persistent infection of Hz-1 virus in insect cells should be more accurately referred to as latent viral infection.

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“…It is known that some BLCLs do not produce EBV, whereas others are associated with virus production. [21][22][23] Katz et al 24 showed that only 40% of BLCLs grown from EBV-LPD lesions contain replicating EBV DNA. Therefore, it is possible that in vivo some transformed B cells do not produce virus, resulting in normal levels of EBV DNA in some patients with EBV-LPD.…”

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confidence: 99%

Semiquantitative Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Determination of Patients at Risk for EBV-Induced Lymphoproliferative Disease After Stem Cell Transplantation

Lucas

Burton

Zimmerman

et al. 1998

Blood

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Epstein-Barr virus–induced lymphoproliferative disease (EBV-LPD) is a serious and potentially fatal complication after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (SCT). To evaluate levels of EBV DNA in SCT patients, a semiquantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay was developed. DNA was extracted from peripheral blood leukocytes and diluted, and PCR was performed by using a primer set specific for a well-conserved sequence of the internal repeat 1 region of the EBV genome. Forty-one SCT patients were screened with this method. Thirty-seven patients received allogeneic transplants, of which 18 were T-cell–depleted marrow. Four additional patients received autologous SCT, one of which was T-cell depleted. The mean time of follow-up by EBV PCR was 147 days (range, 47 to 328 days) posttransplant. The range of EBV copies/μg DNA from normal EBV sero-positive donors was 40 to 4,000. Seven patients had ≥40,000 copies of EBV DNA/μg DNA, all of whom were recipients of T-cell–depleted SCT. Five of the seven patients with elevated levels of EBV DNA developed EBV-LPD. Four of these five patients with EBV-LPD had elevated levels of EBV DNA from 1 to 8 weeks before diagnosis. Two patients with EBV-LPD had normal levels of EBV DNA, and two patients with ≥40,000 copies EBV/μg DNA did not develop EBV-LPD. In one patient, clinical resolution of disease correlated with a decrease in EBV DNA and an increase in the level of EBV-specific cytotoxic T-cell precursors. These data indicate that the measurement of EBV viral load with semiquantitative PCR is useful in detecting EBV-LPD in high-risk patients before the onset of clinical symptoms. Because not all patients with elevated levels of EBV DNA develop EBV-LPD, semiquantitative PCR results cannot substitute for clinical, radiographic, and pathological confirmation of this diagnosis.

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Levels of Epstein-Barr virus DNA in lymphoblastoid cell lines are correlated with frequencies of spontaneous lytic growth but not with levels of expression of EBNA-1, EBNA-2, or latent membrane protein

Cited by 26 publications

References 65 publications

The average number of molecules of Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen 1 per cell does not correlate with the average number of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA molecules per cell among different clones of EBV-immortalized cells

The average number of molecules of Epstein-Barr nuclear antigen 1 per cell does not correlate with the average number of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA molecules per cell among different clones of EBV-immortalized cells

Persistent Hz-1 Virus Infection in Insect Cells: Evidence for Insertion of Viral DNA into Host Chromosomes and Viral Infection in a Latent Status

Semiquantitative Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Determination of Patients at Risk for EBV-Induced Lymphoproliferative Disease After Stem Cell Transplantation

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