title: Role of Epstein-Barr virus-encoded latent membrane protein 2A on virus-induced immortalization and virus activation.
abstract: To quantitatively evaluate the role of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-encoded latent membrane protein 2A (LMP2A) in immortalization of peripheral B-lymphocytes, we used the Akata cell system to generate an EBV recombinant in which the first exon of the LMP2A gene was disrupted. The results indicated that deletion of the LMP2A gene did not affect the immortalization efficiency of EBV in B-lymphocytes. Deletion of the LMP2A gene made EBV-transformed lymphocytes more permissive for virus replication in response to surface immunoglobulin cross-linking. On the other hand Akata cells, in which LMP2A expression was much lower than in EBV-transformed lymphocytes, were equally permissive for virus replication whether they were infected with wild EBV or LMP2A-knockout EBV. The results raise a question as to the role of LMP2A in inhibition of disruption of virus latency in vivo, where LMP2A expression has been expected to be low as in Akata cells.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan2.|Department of Tumor Virology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, N15 W7, Kita-ku, 060-8638 Sapporo, Japan1.
authors.forename: Kazuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Konishi
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Virology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, N15 W7, Kita-ku, 060-8638 Sapporo, Japan1.
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maruo
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan2.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.affiliation: Department of Tumor Virology, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, N15 W7, Kita-ku, 060-8638 Sapporo, Japan1.
authors.forename: Kenzo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takada
mesh_terms: D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D002470:Cell Survival; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D017353:Gene Deletion; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D011940:Receptor Aggregation; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / Q000276:immunology; D014162:Transfection; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014775:Virus Activation; D017735:Virus Latency; D014779:Virus Replication
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; C037662:EBV-associated membrane antigen, Epstein-Barr virus; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins; D002118:Calcium