Immortalization of BGDF (BCGF II)- and BCDF-producing T cells by human T cell leukemia virus (HTLV) and characterization of human BGDF (BCGF II).
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The American Association of Immunologists in The Journal of Immunology
- Vol. 134 (3), 1728-1733
- https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.134.3.1728
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.This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
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