Detection of mRNA for the tax sub 1 /rex sub 1 gene of human T-cell leukemia virus type I in fresh peripheral blood mononuclear cells of adult T-cell leukemia patients and viral carriers by using the polymerase chain reaction

Journal Article · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1989 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.86.14.5620· OSTI ID:5188247

Kinoshita, Tomohiro; Shimoyama, Masanori; Tobinai, Kensei; Ito, Mizuko; Ito, Shinichiro; Ikeda, Shuichi; Tajima, Kazuo; Shimotohno, Kunitada; Shugimura, Takashi ^[1]

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1. National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo (Japan)

Expression of human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) is not detectable by immunofluorescence analysis or RNA blot analysis in most fresh peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with adult T-cell leukemia or of asymptomatic HTLV-I carriers. However, in this work, mRNA for the HTLV-I tax{sub 1}/rex{sub 1} genes was detected in fresh peripheral blood mononuclear cells of adult T-cell leukemia patients and asymptomatic HTLV-I carriers by using reverse transcription followed by the polymerase chain reaction. By using fresh peripheral blood mononuclear cells, the expression of tax{sub 1}/rex{sub 1} mRNA was detected in five of the six adult T-cell leukemia patients and four of the eight HTLV-I carriers examined. The amounts of tax{sub 1}/rex{sub 1} mRNA detected corresponded to {approx} 10{sup 5} to 10{sup 6} times less than that in the HTLV-I-infected MT-2 cell line. These results indicate that, in some individuals infected with HTLV-I, the provirus in circulating blood cells is transcribed in vivo. Thus the expression of viral antigens in circulating blood cells in vivo is suggested.

• OSTI ID: 5188247
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (USA), Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (USA) Vol. 86:14; ISSN 0027-8424; ISSN PNASA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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