Studies on a gross-virus-induced lymphoma in the rat. II. The role of cell-membrane-associated and serum P30 antigen in the antibody and cell-mediated response.

The internal viral protein, p30-1, has been identified by cytotoxicity tests using xenogeneic sera, on MuLV-G-induced rat lymphoma cells. In this system internal virion antigens, and in particular p30, are cytotoxic target antigens for syngeneic antibody and cell-mediated cytotoxicity; p30 is also present in the serum of rats with progressively growing lymphomas, and is the principal antigen responsible for the inhibition of cell-mediated cytotoxicity produced by these sera.