Tsygankov A Y, Romano G
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Anticancer Res. 1999 Mar-Apr;19(2A):973-83.
Herpesvirus saimiri is a virus capable of inducing oncogenic transformation of T lymphocytes of New World primates and immortalizing human T cells in vitro. T lymphocytes immortalized by H. saimiri demonstrate functional biological responses to their antigens. Therefore, H saimiri-induced transformation of T cells emerges as a very powerful tool of T-cell biology. The mechanism of this transformation remains to be elucidated. However, it is apparent that H. saimiri proteins Tip and StpC are crucial for T-cell transformation. Potential mechanisms mediating the effects of Tip and StpC, as well as the possible role of other H. saimiri proteins, are discussed in this review.
赛米利疱疹病毒是一种能够诱导新大陆灵长类动物T淋巴细胞发生致癌转化并在体外使人类T细胞永生化的病毒。被赛米利疱疹病毒永生化的T淋巴细胞对其抗原表现出功能性生物学反应。因此,赛米利疱疹病毒诱导的T细胞转化成为T细胞生物学中一种非常强大的工具。这种转化的机制仍有待阐明。然而,很明显赛米利疱疹病毒蛋白Tip和StpC对T细胞转化至关重要。本综述讨论了介导Tip和StpC作用的潜在机制,以及其他赛米利疱疹病毒蛋白可能发挥的作用。