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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Ifversen, Petera | Xiu-Mei, Zhanga | Ohlin, Matsa | Zeuthen, Jesperb | Borrebaeck, Carl A.K.a;
Affiliations: [a] Department of Immunotechnology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden | [b] Department of Tumor Cell Biology, Fibiger Institute, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
Note: [] Address reprint requests to Carl A. K. Borrebaeck, Department of Immunotechnology, P.O.B. 7031, Lund University, S-220 07 Lund, Sweden.
Abstract: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a potent inducer of polyclonal B lymphocyte proliferation and is widely used as a tool for the establishment of B cell lines producing human monoclonal antibodies. However, because of low transformability, low clonability, and the inherent instability of EBV-infected B cells, valuable antibody-producing B cells are often lost during this procedure. We have here examined various cell-derived cytokines for their ability to enhance both the cellular outgrowth of newly infected B cells and the clonability of infected B cells and lymphoblastoid cell lines. Our results show that the murine thymoma cell line EL-4 is superior to peripheral blood mononuclear cells in both cellular outgrowth and cloning experiments, whereas monocyte-derived factors and monocyte cell lines were less capable than peripheral blood mononuclear cells in enhancing cellular outgrowth and cloning. Furthermore, the human T cell hybridoma cell line MP6 that secretes a B cell growth and differentiation factor, recently identified as an isoform of thioredoxin, is also capable of stimulating EBV-infected B cells and lymphoblastoid cell lines. Co-cultivation of EBV-infected B cells with MP6 cells significantly enhanced the cloning efficiency at the 1 cell/well level. The present results also suggest that one potential role of the MP6-derived thioredoxin could be the up regulation of IL-6 receptor expression in EBV-infected B cells.
Keywords: EBV infection, MP6, thioredoxin, B cells
DOI: 10.3233/HAB-1993-4304
Journal: Human Antibodies, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 115-123, 1993
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