Reactivities of human sera with human herpesvirus-8-infected BCBL-1 cells and identification of HHV-8-specific proteins and glycoproteins and the encoding cDNAs

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The reactivates of human sera with uninduced and phorbol ester (TPA)- induced human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8)-infected BCBL-1 cells were examined by immunofluorescence assay (IFA) and by radioimmunoprecipitation reactions (RIP). The seroprevalence of HHV-8 infections is low in the United States general population and only low levels of HHV-8 antibodies were detected in the seropositive sera. In contrast, high levels of antibodies against HHV-8 lytic and latent antigens were detected by IFA in the sera from HIV+ Kaposi's sarcoma (KS)-positive individuals. These sera recognized several proteins and glycoproteins from BCBL-1 cells in RIP reactions. Two types of antibody responses were detected in the sera from HIV+ KS- homosexual men. In majority of the sera with and without detectable HHV-8 DNA in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC), significantly low levels of HHV-8 antibodies were detected by IFA. These sera recognized only a subset of HHV- 8 proteins and glycoproteins in RIP reactions. In contrast, in a subgroup of sera from HIV+ KS- homosexual men, higher levels of IFA antibodies against HHV-8 lytic and latent antigens were detected. These sera also recognized several viral proteins and glycoproteins in RiP reactions. These results suggest that antibody response profiles to HHV-8 infection vary significantly and serologic assays to detect antibody responses to a panel of both lyric and latent antibodies may be required for maximum sensitivity. Screening of a cDNA library from TPA-induced BCBL-1 cells with an HIV+ KS+ serum identified cDNAs encoding 12 HHV-8 proteins. Further characterization of these HHV-8 proteins would define the HHV-8 antigens useful for seroepidemiological studies and in discriminating lytic, latent, past, and/or reactivation infections.

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Chandran, B., Smith, M. S., Koelle, D. M., Corey, L., Horvat, R., & Goldstein, E. (1998). Reactivities of human sera with human herpesvirus-8-infected BCBL-1 cells and identification of HHV-8-specific proteins and glycoproteins and the encoding cDNAs. Virology, 243(1), 208–217. https://doi.org/10.1006/viro.1998.9055

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