title: Immortalization of BGDF (BCGF II)- and BCDF-producing T cells by human T cell leukemia virus (HTLV) and characterization of human BGDF (BCGF II).
abstract: Human peripheral T cells were transformed by human T cell leukemia virus (HTLV), and T cell lines producing BGDF (BCGF II) and BCDF were established. Among these cell lines, a cell line, TCL-Na1, secreted the highest level of both BGDF and BCDF, and the amount of BCDF secreted by TCL-Na1 cells was 900-fold more than that produced by PHA-stimulated T cells. Within the limits of our examination, none of the HTLV-transformed T cell lines produced IL 2 or BSF-p1 (BCGF I). BCDF produced by TCL-Na1 cells had a m.w. of 35,000 and a pI value of 5.5, being separated from BGDF, which was eluted in the fractions corresponding to m.w. of more than 60,000 and pI values of 5 to 6. BGDF induced both proliferation and IgM secretion in a mouse leukemic B cell line, BCL1, and these activities were not separated by either isoelectric focusing or gel filtration in the presence or absence of 0.1% Triton X-100, suggesting that the molecule designated BGDF exerted both growth and differentiation activities. BGDF acted on normal mouse B cells to induce proliferation as well as IgM secretion. The target cells of BGDF were in vivo activated B blast cells. BGDF acted on DXS-activated murine B cells to induce both proliferation and IgM secretion but not anti-Ig-activated B cells, indicating that BGDF and BSF-p1 were different molecules.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugamura
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamamura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002460:Cell Line; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D017977:Deltaretrovirus; D005260:Female; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015847:Interleukin-4; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008970:Molecular Weight; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D007376:Interleukin-2; D008222:Lymphokines; D015847:Interleukin-4