Home
Deutsch
Advanced Search
Browse by ...
Publication overview
Contact persons
Help
PMC
 |
|
Open Access Gold as soon as Publ. Version/Full Text is submitted to ZB.
Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein (LMP1) is not sufficient to maintain proliferation of B cells but both it and activated CD40 can prolong their survival.
EMBO J. 15, 7070-7078 (1996)
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects human primary B lymphocytes and induces and maintains proliferation of these cells efficiently in vitro. Mutants of Epstein-Barr virus which express EBV nuclear antigen 2 (EBNA2) in a conditional fashion allow dissection of individual contributions of viral genes to B cell immortalization. EBNA2 is a transcriptional activator of cellular and viral genes, including the viral latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1), which is essential for B cell immortalization and has oncogenic effects in non-lymphoid cells. To analyze the role of this gene in B cell immortalization, LMP1 was constitutively expressed in B cells infected with EBV carrying a conditional EBNA2 allele. In the absence of functional EBNA2, LMP1 was incapable of sustaining B cell proliferation in two independent assays but induced a phenotype consistent with prolonged cell viability. Activation of CD40 displayed a comparable phenotype. These data indicate that both CD40 activation and LMP1 expression may use a common pathway for B cell activation. Proliferation of human B cells, however, requires one or more additional signals triggered by EBNA2.
Altmetric
Additional Metrics?
Edit extra informations
Login
Publication type
Article: Journal article
Document type
Scientific Article
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0261-4189
e-ISSN
1460-2075
Journal
EMBO Journal, The
Quellenangaben
Volume: 15,
Issue: 24,
Pages: 7070-7078
Publisher
Wiley
Publishing Place
Heidelberg, Germany
Reviewing status
Peer reviewed