title: Generation of monoclonal antibodies against Hong Kong nasopharyngeal carcinoma-associated Epstein-Barr virus latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1).
abstract: A panel of monoclonal antibodies specific to Hong Kong Chinese nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)-associated Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) latent membrane protein 1 (LMP1) variants has been generated. These monoclonal antibodies not only differentiate the Hong Kong Chinese NPC-associated LMP1 variants from the prototype B95-8 LMP1, derived from Caucasian infectious mononucleosis, but also differentiate the 2 highly homologous LMP1 deletion variants commonly found in Hong Kong primary NPC. The predominant deletion type variant, DV-Asp335, is characterized by an aspartic acid at residue 335 located in the cytoplasmic C-terminal region, whereas the other minor deletion variant, DV-Gly335, has a glycine in the same residue position. 335D is hitherto found predominantly in LMP1 of the China 1 strain in association with NPC in the Chinese populations located in southern China and Malaysia. These antibodies, which are applicable in ELISA, immunofluorescence, immunoprecipitation, immunoblotting and immunohistochemistry on paraffin sections, are the first variant-specific anti-LMP1 monoclonal antibodies produced, and will be useful in investigating the functional significance of 335D in NPC.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Immunology Unit and Sir Y.K. Pao Centre for Cancer, Prince of Wales Hospital, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China.
authors.forename: Ben Chung Lap
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Ka Fai
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: To
authors.forename: Jesse Chung Sean
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Yuk Fei
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Kwok Wai
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Lo
authors.forename: Joanna Hung Man
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Dolly Wai Sin
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Pak Leong
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Yiu Loon
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Chui
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D017353:Gene Deletion; D014644:Genetic Variation; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009303:Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000821:virology*; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; C037662:EBV-associated membrane antigen, Epstein-Barr virus; D014763:Viral Matrix Proteins