title: Characterization of Epstein-Barr virus-specific T-cell hybridomas derived from infectious mononucleosis.
abstract: Somatic cell hybridization was utilized to produce hybrids with surface receptors that would pertain directly to those expressed in vivo during Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. Lymphocytes were obtained during acute infectious mononucleosis (IM) and fused to a double mutant of the JM human T-lymphoma cell lines. Hybrid cells that reacted with autologous EBV-infected lymphoblasts were detected by the release of Interleukin-2 into the culture medium. Reactive hybridomas also released IL-2 following coculture with allogeneic EBV-infected cells when those cells shared HLA-DR antigens of the primary parental cells. In contrast, stimulator cells with no shared HLA-DR or without evidence of EBV infection never induced IL-2 release. These results suggest the existence of a population of T cells that arise during acute IM and could account for the known proliferative phase of the disease. The requirements of IL-2 stimulation are currently under study using this system.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Valentine
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Tsoukas
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Vaughan
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Carson
mesh_terms: D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000502:physiology*; D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D006824:Hybridization, Genetic; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000382:microbiology*; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010641:Phenotype; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000382:microbiology*; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000949:Histocompatibility Antigens Class II; D007376:Interleukin-2