Preparation of syngeneic tumor regressor serum reactive with the unique determinants of the Abelson murine leukemia virus-encoded P120 protein at the cell surface

J Virol. 1979 Sep;31(3):776-84. doi: 10.1128/JVI.31.3.776-784.1979.

Abstract

Antisera reactive with the Abelson murine leukemia virus (A-MuLV)-specified P120 (anti-AbT sera) were produced in C57L/J mice. Of many strains tested, only C57L/J reproducibly rejected syngenic A-MuLV-induced tumor cells; after multiple immunizations their sera would immunoprecipitate both P120 and Moloney-MuLV (M-MuLV) proteins. Using labeled A-MuLV-induced nonproducer cells, only P120 could be detected by anti-AbT sera, suggesting that it may be the only A-MuLV-specified protein. Reactivity of anti-AbT sera with P120 was not blocked by M-MuLV virion proteins, implying that the sera recognize a portion of P120 that is not homologous to any M-MuLV product. Anti-AbT sera stained the surface of live, A-MuLV-transformed nonproducer cells in a two-stage immunofluorescence assay, and such staining was not blocked by M-MuLV protein. Also, intact A-MuLV-transformed cells absorbed much of the reactivity of certain anti-AbT sera for P120. Thus a portion of P120 appears to be exposed on the surface of transformed cells. P120 lacks detectable carbohydrate, is not affected by endoglycosidase H, and cannot be labeled by lactoperoxidase-catalyzed iodination. Thus P120 is an unusual surface protein.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Abelson murine leukemia virus / immunology*
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Neoplasm / biosynthesis
  • Antibodies, Viral / biosynthesis
  • Antibody Specificity
  • Antigens, Surface / analysis*
  • Cell Line
  • Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
  • Cell Transformation, Viral
  • Epitopes*
  • Immune Sera*
  • Leukemia Virus, Murine / immunology*
  • Mice
  • Neoplasm Transplantation
  • Neoplasms, Experimental / immunology
  • Rats
  • Viral Proteins / immunology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Neoplasm
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Antigens, Surface
  • Epitopes
  • Immune Sera
  • Viral Proteins