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L Eliasson

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PubMed1986

Quantitation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-determined nuclear antigen (EBNA) by a two-site enzyme immunoassay, in parallel with EBV-DNA.

A two-site enzyme (TSE) immunoassay was developed for the quantitation of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-determined nuclear antigen (EBNA) using a rabbit serum raised against a synthetic peptide derived from the BamHI K region of the viral genome. Comparison of 12 EBNA-positive and 3 negative cell lines proved that the test was EBV-specific. A dot-blot assay utilizing cloned and nick translated EBV-DNA BamHI M fragment confirmed the EBV-carrier status of the EBNA-positive lines. The results obtained with both the TSE immunoassay and dot-blot assay were in agreement with published values. In contrast to earlier reports, we could not demonstrate any correlation between the content of EBNA and the number of viral genome copies.

Antigens, Viral↗
PubMed1985

Cellular and viral DNA hypomethylation associated with induction of Epstein-Barr virus lytic cycle.

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) producer and nonproducer cell lines have been treated with a combination of phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and n-butyrate (sodium salt). These inducers caused a massive hypomethylation of the EBV producer line P3HR-1 DNA (about 30%) at the time when DNA replication was inhibited. The viral DNA in these cells is heavily methylated as judged by digestion with Hpa II and probing with the Bam HI H fragment of EBV. However, upon induction with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and n-butyrate, total hypomethylation of this viral DNA region was observed within 24 hr. This hypomethylation preceded EBV amplification, which became apparent only 32-36 hr after induction. When induction was carried out in the presence of retinoic acid, hypomethylation of cellular and viral DNA, viral DNA amplification, and production of the viral early antigen and viral capsid antigen were substantially inhibited. EBV DNA in another producer line (Jijoye nude) and in the nonproducer line Raji was hypomethylated and did not undergo further hypomethylation in response to induction. The observed hypomethylation of P3HR-1 and EBV DNA in the absence of DNA replication suggests that it is achieved by an active demethylation mechanism. This changes our perception of the DNA methylation phenomenon, since it has been generally accepted that hypomethylation of DNA takes place by a passive mechanism that involves DNA replication in the absence of methylation.

Butyrates↗
PubMed1983

Activation of the EBV-cycle and aggregation of human blood lymphocytes by the tumor promoters teleocidin, lyngbyatoxin A, aplysiatoxin and debromoaplysiatoxin.

A variety of tumor promoters such as the phorbol esters were found to be capable of inducing the viral cycle in cell lines latently infected with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). We tested two classes of new tumor promoters; indole alkaloids and polyacetates, for their ability to induce the synthesis of the Epstein-Barr virus determined early antigen (EA) complex. Teleocidin and lyngbyatoxin A are indole alkaloids. Aplysiatoxin and debromoaplysiatoxin are polyacetates. Of these four tumor promoters all but debromoaplysiatoxin induced the synthesis of the EA complex. However, in combination with 3 mM n-butyrate, all four induced EA synthesis. The potent tumor promoters teleocidin, lyngbyatoxin A and aplysiatoxin induced maximal synthesis of EA at the concentration of 5 to 10 ng/ml, whereas the weak tumor promoter debromoaplysiatoxin required a concentration of 250 ng/ml to achieve maximal induction. Phorbol esters induce quick morphological changes and aggregation of human blood lymphocytes. The latter phenomenon has been interpreted as the expression of a "cell binding phenotype" (Patarroyo et al., in press). We showed that all four promoters induced aggregation of human lymphocytes at similar concentrations. The induction seemed to be a common effect which could be induced by both strong and weak tumor promoters.

Alkaloids↗
PubMed1983

Epstein-Barr virus and tumor promoters.

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) can be maintained in lymphoblastoid cell lines. The infection is usually latent and the lack of a fully permissive cell have made the studies of the lytic functions of the virus difficult. In these cell lines virus production can be induced by addition of phorbol esters, n-butyrate, or nucleotide analogues. These compounds have been used to study EBV in several aspects: the latent and lytic functions of EBV. The possible use of this model system as an in vitro assay for tumor promoters. The mechanism behind the tumor promoter and n-butyrate induced activation of EBV.

B-Lymphocytes↗
PubMed1980

On the Reason for the Different Photosynthetic Rates of Seedlings of Pinus silvestris and Betula verrucosa.

The growth and net photosynthetic properties of seedlings of Pinus silvestris L. and Betula verrucosa Ehrh., grown under identical conditions in a controlled environment chamber, were compared. The relative growth rate of birch was about twice that of pine. The rates of in situ net photosynthesis were 1.50 and 2.30 micromoles CO(2) meter(-2) second(-1) and the photosynthetic quantum yields under light-limiting conditions were 0.022 and 0.032 for pine and birch, respectively. The total leaf surface areas were used for calculating the CO(2) flux densities. The difference in the rates of in situ net photosynthesis depended equally on morphological and metabolic factors. It was assumed that a pronounced mutual shading and an unfavorable leaf inclination made the pine seedlings less efficient in absorbing the unidirectional light of the climate chamber than the broadleaved seedlings of birch. Both pine and birch were adapted to the growth conditions so the flux densities of absorbed quanta were rate-limiting for in situ net photosynthesis. It was concluded that the difference in the photosynthetic quantum yields (i.e. the linear slope of the photosynthetic light curve) of the two species defined the metabolically controlled part of the difference in the rate of in situ net photosynthesis. The quantum yield of pine was lower than that of birch and was partly explained by pine having a higher rate of photorespiration than birch. The remaining difference was most likely controlled by the properties of the chloroplast thylakoids, e.g. energy transfer efficiency between pigments, photosynthetic electron transport, or coupling between electron transport and photophosphorylation.

Journal Article↗
PubMedDate not supplied

Ion channels, electrical activity and insulin secretion.

The insulin-secreting pancreatic beta cell is electrically excitable and changes in the membrane potential play an important role in coupling the metabolism of glucose (and other nutrient secretagogues) to the discharge of the insulin-containing granule. The application of the patch-clamp technique, which permits the recordings of the minute currents associated with the opening of individual ion channels, to pancreatic islet cells has revolutionized our understanding of the beta cell electrophysiology. Here we review some of the recent progress in the field. The properties of functionally important ion channels are described and their possible roles are discussed.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗