title: Adaptation of lymphadenopathy associated virus (LAV) to replication in EBV-transformed B lymphoblastoid cell lines.
abstract: A strain of lymphadenopathy associated retrovirus ( LAV ) passaged in vitro was used to infect a lymphoblastoid cell line obtained by transformation with Epstein-Barr virus of B lymphocytes from a healthy donor. The virus produced from this line (B- LAV ) was also able to grow at a high rate in some other lymphoblastoid lines and in a Burkitt lymphoma line. This adapted strain retained the biochemical, ultrastructural, and antigenic characteristics of the original strain, as well as its tropism for normal T4+ lymphocytes. It is thus possible to grow LAV in large quantities that can be used for the preparation of diagnostic reagents. The interaction between such a human retrovirus and Epstein-Barr virus, a DNA virus, may have some implication for the pathology of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and related diseases.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000382:microbiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D017977:Deltaretrovirus / Q000378:metabolism; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000254:growth & development*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000382:microbiology; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal