title: Expression and antigenicity of human herpesvirus 8 encoded ORF59 protein in AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma.
abstract: Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, KSHV) is a new herpes virus isolated from patients with AIDS-associated Kaposi's sarcoma (AIDS-KS). The ORF59 protein of HHV-8 has recently been shown to encode a processivity factor (PF-8) for HHV-8-encoded DNA polymerase. By immunoscreening a cDNA library derived from the HHV-8-infected cell line TY-1, ORF59 antigen was identified in AIDS-KS patients. Immunoblotting revealed that recombinant ORF59 protein reacted with sera from patients with AIDS-KS. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using ORF59-recombinant protein as the antigen revealed that 7 of 22 (31. 8%) AIDS-KS patients and 6 of 263 (2.2%) Japanese HIV-negative patients or healthy blood donors were positive for anti-ORF59 antibodies. Immunohistochemistry using anti-ORF59 rabbit antibodies revealed that this protein was expressed in some of the tumor cells found in KS tissues and that ORF59 protein was detected in 11 of 22 (50%) AIDS-KS tissues. In situ hybridization indicated that some of KS tumor cells were positive for HHV-8 T1.1 mRNA in the same specimen. These data suggest that ORF59 is one of the HHV-8 encoded antigens in patients with AIDS-KS and also indicated that viral replication occurred in some of KS tumor cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. katano@nih.go.jp
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authors.lastname: Katano
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authors.lastname: Sata
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authors.lastname: Suda
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authors.lastname: Nakamura
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authors.lastname: Tachikawa
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authors.lastname: Nishizumi
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authors.lastname: Sakurada
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authors.lastname: Hayashi
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authors.lastname: Koike
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authors.lastname: Iwamoto
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authors.lastname: Kurata
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mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006678:HIV / Q000276:immunology*; D019288:Herpesvirus 8, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D011817:Rabbits; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000276:immunology; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000956:Antigens, Viral; D018076:DNA, Complementary; C110348:ORF59 protein, Human herpesvirus 8; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014764:Viral Proteins