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. 1991 Nov;65(11):6252-9.
doi: 10.1128/JVI.65.11.6252-6259.1991.

Expression of the Epstein-Barr virus BamHI A fragment in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: evidence for a viral protein expressed in vivo

K J Gilligan  1 , P Rajadurai, J C Lin, P Busson, M Abdel-Hamid, U Prasad, T Tursz, N Raab-Traub
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Expression of the Epstein-Barr virus BamHI A fragment in nasopharyngeal carcinoma: evidence for a viral protein expressed in vivo

K J Gilligan et al. J Virol. 1991 Nov.

Abstract

A family of mRNAs that are transcribed rightward through the BamHI A fragment have been detected in C15, a nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) which has been passaged in nude mice. Northern (RNA) blot hybridizations indicate that these RNAs are also expressed in three other NPCs which have been established in nude mice and in an NPC obtained at biopsy. Moreover, hybridization in situ detected transcription from BamHI A in 12 NPCs and 1 Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-containing carcinoma of the parotid gland. In each case, transcription was detected in all of the malignant epithelial cells. Transcription was not detected in two cases of EBV-positive lymphoma biopsies by in situ hybridization nor in latently infected EBV-positive lymphoblastoid cell lines by Northern blot hybridization. The consistent transcription of these sequences in latently infected epithelial malignancy but not in lymphoid cells suggests that this viral function is associated with latent EBV infection of epithelial cells. Sequence analysis of a cDNA synthesized from the C15 tumor, representing the 3' end of BamHI A messenger RNA, revealed an open reading frame (ORF). Translation of this ORF in vitro produced several peptides that were immunoprecipitated with antisera from patients with NPC. The detection of antibodies to the protein encoded by the ORF present in the BamHI A cDNA indicates that BamHI A encodes a protein which is expressed in vivo and is antigenic.

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