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Tang J, Frascaroli G, Zhou X, Knickmann J, Brune W. Cell Fusion and Syncytium Formation in Betaherpesvirus Infection. Viruses 2021; 13:v13101973. [PMID: 34696402 PMCID: PMC8537622 DOI: 10.3390/v13101973] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Cell–cell fusion is a fundamental and complex process that occurs during reproduction, organ and tissue growth, cancer metastasis, immune response, and infection. All enveloped viruses express one or more proteins that drive the fusion of the viral envelope with cellular membranes. The same proteins can mediate the fusion of the plasma membranes of adjacent cells, leading to the formation of multinucleated syncytia. While cell–cell fusion triggered by alpha- and gammaherpesviruses is well-studied, much less is known about the fusogenic potential of betaherpesviruses such as human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and human herpesviruses 6 and 7 (HHV-6 and HHV-7). These are slow-growing viruses that are highly prevalent in the human population and associated with several diseases, particularly in individuals with an immature or impaired immune system such as fetuses and transplant recipients. While HHV-6 and HHV-7 are strictly lymphotropic, HCMV infects a very broad range of cell types including epithelial, endothelial, mesenchymal, and myeloid cells. Syncytia have been observed occasionally for all three betaherpesviruses, both during in vitro and in vivo infection. Since cell–cell fusion may allow efficient spread to neighboring cells without exposure to neutralizing antibodies and other host immune factors, viral-induced syncytia may be important for viral dissemination, long-term persistence, and pathogenicity. In this review, we provide an overview of the viral and cellular factors and mechanisms identified so far in the process of cell–cell fusion induced by betaherpesviruses and discuss the possible consequences for cellular dysfunction and pathogenesis.
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- Jiajia Tang
- Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), 20251 Hamburg, Germany; (J.T.); (G.F.); (X.Z.); (J.K.)
- Center for Single-Cell Omics, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), 20251 Hamburg, Germany; (J.T.); (G.F.); (X.Z.); (J.K.)
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- Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), 20251 Hamburg, Germany; (J.T.); (G.F.); (X.Z.); (J.K.)
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- Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), 20251 Hamburg, Germany; (J.T.); (G.F.); (X.Z.); (J.K.)
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- Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology (HPI), 20251 Hamburg, Germany; (J.T.); (G.F.); (X.Z.); (J.K.)
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Kang Z, Xu J, Li Z. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis With Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated Smooth Muscle Tumor in a 6-Year-Old Girl: A Rare Case Report. Front Pediatr 2021; 9:680113. [PMID: 34222149 PMCID: PMC8249757 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.680113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Herein, we reported a rare case of Epstein-Barr virus-associated smooth muscle tumor (EBV-SMT) combined with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in a 6-year old girl without HIV, organ transplantation, or congenital immunodeficiency. The patient suffered from pain in the bilateral hip joints, which drastically affected her physical activity. Consequently, she was diagnosed with JIA (September 2019). She was given methotrexate and methylprednisolone pills via oral route and a subcutaneous injection of Recombinant Human Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Receptor II;lgG Fc Fusion Protein for 4 weeks that successfully relieved the pain. In May 2020, the pain reoccurred and was accompanied by occasional headaches. After extensive pathological examination, the patient was diagnosed with EBV-SMT. The imaging examinations after admission showed multiple lesions in the skull, lungs, and vertebral body. Biopsy of the L2 vertebral body was then performed to clarify the diagnosis. Finally, the in-situ hybridization of the tumor of the lumbar vertebrae suggested a non-HIV/transplantation-related EBV-SMT. Consequently, the patient received surgery without chemotherapy and radiotherapy, after which her conditions improved.
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- Zhijuan Kang
- Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology of Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha, China.,Academy of Pediatrics of University of South China, Changsha, China
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- Academy of Pediatrics of University of South China, Changsha, China
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- Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology of Hunan Children's Hospital, Changsha, China.,Academy of Pediatrics of University of South China, Changsha, China
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Epstein Barr virus associated smooth muscle tumors in the central nervous system: a case report and systematic review of the literature. J Neurooncol 2020; 147:247-260. [PMID: 32140976 DOI: 10.1007/s11060-020-03426-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2019] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Epstein Barr virus (EBV)-associated smooth muscle tumors (SMT) in the central nervous system are rare tumors. EBV-associated SMT mainly occur in patient with compromised immune status. We report on a case of a HIV positive patient, who developed multiple EBV-SMTs, intracranially and in the spine. We systematically review the literature on the topic. CASE REPORT A 46 years old female with HIV was imaged for complaints of headaches for 2 years, when an intracranial lesion was found. The patient was followed with sequential MRI scans before an excision was performed 5 years later. Pathology revealed an EBV-associated SMT. Multiple other lesions appearing in the brain and in the spine over years were treated by stereotactic radiosurgery or by surgery. At the time of this report, the patient is alive under HARRT treatment without recurrence. METHODS A systematic PRISMA guided literature research was conducted on the topic reviewing multiple databases for EBV-associated SMT located in brain or spine. We identified 52 patients from the literature and performed a pooled analysis. RESULTS All patients in this cohort except one were immuno-suppressed from HIV, post-transplant therapy or because of CIS. Female predominance and a median age of 35 years was identified as was frequent multifocality. Therapeutic strategies varied but were mostly multidisciplinary with surgery. CONCLUSION Based on our results, EBV-associated SMT should be included in the differential diagnosis of intracranial lesions mimicking meningiomas in immuno-suppressed patients. Stereotactic radiosurgery can be offered as an alternate treatment option for suitable lesions. Long-term surveillance via MRI scanning is recommended for follow up.
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Boiocchi M, Carbone A, De Re V, Dolcetti R. Is the Epstein-Barr Virus Involved in Hodgkin's Disease? TUMORI JOURNAL 2018; 75:345-50. [PMID: 2554550 DOI: 10.1177/030089168907500409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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EBV genomes, in clonal episomal form, were detected in 7 out of 17 cases of Hodgkin's disease (HD) and in a single case of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma which occurred in a patient after therapeutic treatment for HD. The experimental data presented imply that a clonal cell population, harboring the EBV genome, must be present in EBV-positive HD. In light of this finding we are attempting to reconsider the abundant literature on this lymphoproliferative disorder, and suggest a reevaluation of the possibility that EBV could be etiologically involved in HD.
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- M Boiocchi
- Division of Experimental Oncology 1, Aviano, Italy
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El Hennawy HM, Habhab W, Almutawa A, Shinawi S, Al Ayad A, Fahmy A. Long-term follow-up of post renal transplantation Epstein-Barr virus-associated smooth muscle tumors: Report of two cases and review of the literature. Transpl Infect Dis 2018; 20:e12841. [DOI: 10.1111/tid.12841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2017] [Revised: 08/30/2017] [Accepted: 09/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Hany M. El Hennawy
- Department of Surgery; Section of Transplantation; King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC); Jeddah Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Nephrology; King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC); Jeddah Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pathology; King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC); Jeddah Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pathology; King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC); Jeddah Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Surgery; Section of Transplantation; King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC); Jeddah Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Surgery; Section of Transplantation; King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH&RC); Jeddah Saudi Arabia
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Clanton R, Saucier D, Ford J, Akabani G. Microbial influences on hormesis, oncogenesis, and therapy: A review of the literature. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2015; 142:239-256. [PMID: 26183884 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Revised: 06/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/23/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Utilization of environmental stimuli for growth is the main factor contributing to the evolution of prokaryotes and eukaryotes, independently and mutualistically. Epigenetics describes an organism's ability to vary expression of certain genes based on their environmental stimuli. The diverse degree of dose-dependent responses based on their variances in expressed genetic profiles makes it difficult to ascertain whether hormesis or oncogenesis has or is occurring. In the medical field this is shown where survival curves used in determining radiotherapeutic doses have substantial uncertainties, some as large as 50% (Barendsen, 1990). Many in-vitro radiobiological studies have been limited by not taking into consideration the innate presence of microbes in biological systems, which have either grown symbiotically or pathogenically. Present in-vitro studies neglect to take into consideration the varied responses that commensal and opportunistic pathogens will have when exposed to the same stimuli and how such responses could act as stimuli for their macro/microenvironment. As a result many theories such as radiation carcinogenesis explain microscopic events but fail to describe macroscopic events (Cohen, 1995). As such, this review shows how microorganisms have the ability to perturb risks of cancer and enhance hormesis after irradiation. It will also look at bacterial significance in the microenvironment of the tumor before and during treatment. In addition, bacterial systemic communication after irradiation and the host's immune responses to infection could explain many of the phenomena associated with bystander effects. Therefore, the present literature review considers the paradigms of hormesis and oncogenesis in order to find a rationale that ties them all together. This relationship was thus characterized to be the microbiome.
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- Ryan Clanton
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA; Texas A&M Institute for Preclinical Studies, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA; Department of Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA; Texas A&M Institute for Preclinical Studies, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA
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Gable J, Acker TM, Craik CS. Current and potential treatments for ubiquitous but neglected herpesvirus infections. Chem Rev 2014; 114:11382-412. [PMID: 25275644 PMCID: PMC4254030 DOI: 10.1021/cr500255e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Jonathan
E. Gable
- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University
of California, San Francisco, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94158-2280, United States
- Graduate
Group in Biophysics, University of California,
San Francisco, 600 16th
Street, San Francisco, California 94158-2280, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University
of California, San Francisco, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94158-2280, United States
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- Department
of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University
of California, San Francisco, 600 16th Street, San Francisco, California 94158-2280, United States
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Synchronous HIV/AIDS-related Epstein-Barr Virus-associated smooth muscle tumors in a 20-year-old female. Pediatr Infect Dis J 2014; 33:1055-6. [PMID: 24759574 DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000000372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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We present a case of simultaneous endobronchial and adrenal Epstein-Barr Virus-associated smooth muscle tumors in a 20-year-old female with AIDS. Blood Epstein-Barr Virus polymerase chain reaction was negative at the time of diagnosis.
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Petersson F. Epstein-Barr virus–associated smooth muscle tumor—report of 3 tumors including 1 intracerebral case with a prominent intratumoral B-lymphocytic component and plasma cells. Ann Diagn Pathol 2013; 17:91-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2012.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2012] [Revised: 07/01/2012] [Accepted: 07/24/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Purgina B, Rao UNM, Miettinen M, Pantanowitz L. AIDS-Related EBV-Associated Smooth Muscle Tumors: A Review of 64 Published Cases. PATHOLOGY RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2011; 2011:561548. [PMID: 21437186 PMCID: PMC3062098 DOI: 10.4061/2011/561548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2010] [Accepted: 01/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The number of reported cases of smooth muscle tumor (SMT) arising in patients with AIDS has been increasing since the mid-1990s. The aim of this study is to characterize the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, pathologic features, prognosis and, management of Epstein-Barr virus-related SMT (EBV-SMT) in patients with AIDS. An English language literature search identified 53 articles including 64 reported cases of EBV-SMT. The majority of these reports involved patients who were young, severely immunosuppressed, and had multifocal tumors. The central nervous system was the most common site to be involved. Histologically, tumors had smooth muscle features and were immunoreactive for muscle markers and all but two tumors demonstrated the presence of EBV by either immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, and/or PCR. While mitoses and/or necrosis were used to separate leiomyoma from leiomyosarcoma, these features did not correlate with clinical outcome. Treatment included primarily resection, and less often radiotherapy, chemotherapy and highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). Overall, EBV-SMTs appear to have variable aggressiveness and clinical outcome and may exhibit a more favorable prognosis compared to conventional leiomyosarcoma. Tumor-related death from EBV-SMT occurred in only 4 of 51 patients.
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- Bibianna Purgina
- Department of Pathology, Presbyterian-Shadyside Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA
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A 17-year-old African American female with human immunodeficiency virus infection presented with an unresectable intracranial neoplasm with mass effect upon the brainstem. Stereotactic biopsy revealed an Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated leiomyosarcoma. Radiation therapy and gemcitabine were used to shrink the mass with the aim to make it surgically resectable. Prolonged neutropenia and recurrent skin infections led to the discontinuation of gemcitabine. The mass stabilized after radiation therapy and has decreased in size in 15 months of follow-up. EBV has been demonstrated in most smooth muscle tumors associated with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and other immunocompromised states. This is the first documented case of an EBV-positive intracranial leiomyosarcoma in a pediatric human immunodeficiency virus patient.
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EBV-Associated Smooth Muscle Neoplasms: Solid Tumors Arising in the Presence of Immunosuppression and Autoimmune Diseases. Sarcoma 2008; 2008:859407. [PMID: 19079588 PMCID: PMC2590677 DOI: 10.1155/2008/859407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2008] [Revised: 08/19/2008] [Accepted: 10/11/2008] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Background. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-related smooth muscle neoplasms (SMNs) have been associated with immune dysregulation, most notably in patients who have undergone solid organ transplantation or in patients with HIV/AIDS. Objective. to report our experience with EBV-related neoplasms as well as describing the first EBV-related SMN in the setting of administration of glucocorticoids and the tumor necrosis factor inhibitor etanercept. Design. We have case reports, of minimum 3-year follow-up, 2002–2005. Setting. It was held in an academic and tertiary referral cancer center. Patients. Patients are with dysregulated immunity after solid organ transplantation, HIV/AIDS, or with psoriasis after treatment with etanercept. Interventions. There were discontinuation of etanercept, right hepatic trisegmentectomy, and chemotherapy. Measurements. We use survival as a measurement here. Results. Patients who were able to withstand reduction in immunosuppression survived. Surgical resection or chemotherapy was successful in delaying progression of disease. Limitations. There was a relatively short follow-up for these slow-growing neoplasms. Conclusion. EBV-related SMNs have variable aggressiveness. While chemotherapy may slow disease progression, resection and improving the host immune status provide the best opportunity for primary tumor control.
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Deyrup AT. Epstein-Barr virus-associated epithelial and mesenchymal neoplasms. Hum Pathol 2008; 39:473-83. [PMID: 18342658 DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2007.10.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2007] [Revised: 10/29/2007] [Accepted: 10/30/2007] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a ubiquitous human pathogen that usually maintains a harmonious relationship with its host. Rarely, this host-virus balance is perturbed, causing a diverse group of malignancies in both immunocompetent and immunosuppressed patients. In addition to its role in hematologic malignancies (Burkitt lymphoma, subsets of Hodgkin and T-cell lymphomas, posttransplant lymphomas), EBV has been implicated in both epithelial (undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma, a subset of gastric adenocarcinomas) and mesenchymal (EBV-associated smooth muscle tumor, inflammatory pseudotumor-like follicular dendritic cell tumor) neoplasms. This review will focus on EBV-associated epithelial and mesenchymal neoplasms.
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- Andrea T Deyrup
- Department of Pathology, Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Bornkamm GW, Behrends U, Mautner J. The infectious kiss: newly infected B cells deliver Epstein-Barr virus to epithelial cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:7201-2. [PMID: 16651525 PMCID: PMC1464320 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0602077103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Georg W Bornkamm
- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology and Tumor Genetics, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Marchioninistrasse 25, D-81377 Munich, Germany.
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Shannon-Lowe CD, Neuhierl B, Baldwin G, Rickinson AB, Delecluse HJ. Resting B cells as a transfer vehicle for Epstein-Barr virus infection of epithelial cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:7065-70. [PMID: 16606841 PMCID: PMC1459019 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0510512103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), an orally transmitted herpesvirus, efficiently targets B lymphocytes through binding of the viral envelope glycoprotein gp350 to the complement receptor CD21. How the virus accesses epithelial cells is less well understood, because such cells are largely resistant to infection with cell-free virus in vitro. Here, we show that, after binding to primary B cells, most Epstein-Barr virions are not internalized but remain on the B cell surface and from there can transfer efficiently to CD21-negative epithelial cells, increasing epithelial infection by 10(3)- to 10(4)-fold compared with cell-free virus. Transfer infection is associated with the formation of B cell-epithelial conjugates with gp350/CD21 complexes focused at the intercellular synapse; transfer involves the gp85 and gp110 viral glycoproteins but is independent of gp42, the HLA class II ligand that is essential for B cell entry. Therefore, through efficient binding to the B cell surface, EBV has developed a means of simultaneously accessing both lymphoid and epithelial compartments; in particular, infection of pharyngeal epithelium by orally transmitted virus becomes independent of initial virus replication in the B cell system.
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- C. D. Shannon-Lowe
- *Cancer Research UK Institute for Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom; and
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- Department of Virus-Associated Tumors, German Cancer Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- *Cancer Research UK Institute for Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom; and
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- *Cancer Research UK Institute for Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom; and
- To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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- *Cancer Research UK Institute for Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom; and
- Department of Virus-Associated Tumors, German Cancer Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 242, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Chang MS, Kim WH. Epstein-Barr virus in human malignancy: a special reference to Epstein-Barr virus associated gastric carcinoma. Cancer Res Treat 2005; 37:257-67. [PMID: 19956524 PMCID: PMC2785932 DOI: 10.4143/crt.2005.37.5.257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Epstein-Bar virus (EBV), a human herpesvirus, establishes a life-long persistent infection in 90 approximately 95% of human adult population worldwide. EBV is the etiologic agent of infectious mononucleosis, and EBV is associated with a variety of human malignancy including lymphoma and gastric carcinoma. Recently, EBV has been classified as group 1 carcinogen by the WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer. Evidence is presented which suggests that failures of the EBV-specific immunity may play a role in the pathogenesis of EBV-associated malignancy. At present, the precise mechanisms by which EBV transforms B lymphocytes have been disclosed. Encouragingly, they have had enough success so far to keep them enthusiastic about novel therapeutic trial in the field of EBV-associated lymphoma. However, information on EBV-associated gastric carcinoma is still at dawn. This article reviews EBV biology, immunological response of EBV infection, unique oncogenic property of EBV, peculiarity of EBV-associated gastric carcinoma, and lastly, EBV-targeted therapy and vaccination.
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- Mee Soo Chang
- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Boramae Hospital, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Borza CM, Morgan AJ, Turk SM, Hutt-Fletcher LM. Use of gHgL for attachment of Epstein-Barr virus to epithelial cells compromises infection. J Virol 2004; 78:5007-14. [PMID: 15113881 PMCID: PMC400351 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.10.5007-5014.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a lymphotropic herpesvirus. However, access to B lymphocytes during primary infection may be facilitated by replication in mucosal epithelial cells. Attachment and penetration of EBV into these two cell types are fundamentally different. Both the distribution of receptors and the cellular origin of the virus impact the efficiency of infection. Epithelial cells potentially offer a wide range of receptors with which virus can interact. We report here on analyses of epithelial cells expressing different combinations of receptors. We find that the stoichiometry of the virus glycoprotein complex that includes gHgL and gp42 affects the use of gHgL not just for entry into epithelial cells but also for attachment. Penetration can be mediated efficiently with either a coreceptor for gp42 or gHgL, but the use of gHgL for attachment as well as penetration greatly compromises its ability to mediate entry.
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- Corina M Borza
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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OBJECTIVE To explore a possible correlation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection with urothelial tumours, as the mutation of oncogenes, inactivation of tumour suppressor genes and viral infections may be important in the tumorigenesis of urothelial tumours, and EBV has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a variety of lymphoproliferative disorders and several epithelial neoplasms. MATERIALS AND METHODS In all, 104 surgical specimens of transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) were obtained from urological operating rooms, fixed in 10% buffered formalin and processed for in situ hybridization using DNA probes, to locate the signal of EBV-encoded RNAs (EBERs). Immunohistochemistry with antibodies against CD20 and EBV-encoded latent membrane protein-1 (LMP-1) was used on EBER-positive tumour specimens. RESULTS Thirty-one tumour specimens were positive for EBER hybridization in 100 evaluable specimens. Of these positive specimens, 21 were positive in both the infiltrating B lymphocytes and TCC tumour cells, seven only in B lymphocytes and three only in TCC cells. Of 31 EBER-positive tumour tissues, 26 (84%) had LMP-1, suggesting that EBER is more sensitive than LMP-1 for detecting EBV infection. CONCLUSION There is a strong association between EBV infection and a significant proportion of primary urothelial TCC tumour cells.
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- C K Chuang
- Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Xue SA, Lampert IA, Haldane JS, Bridger JE, Griffin BE. Epstein-Barr virus gene expression in human breast cancer: protagonist or passenger? Br J Cancer 2003; 89:113-9. [PMID: 12838311 PMCID: PMC2394222 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The presence and transcriptional expression of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-encoded genes, oestrogen receptor (ER) status and degree of lymphocyte infiltration were evaluated in 15 mastectomy-removed breast cancer samples, mostly of ductal origin. With regard to these parameters, the tumours were heterogeneous. Viral genes, including EBNA1 - a universal EBV marker - and others, selected in part on the basis of expression in other EBV-associated carcinomas and/or presence in an epithelial cell immortalising subfragment p31 of viral DNA, were detected in up to 40% of the breast malignancies. The small viral RNAs, EBERs, were not observed. In culture, p31 EBV DNA, alone among EBV fragments, stimulated the growth of human breast-milk epithelial cells. There was no correlation between viral and ER expression and tumours were heterogeneous with regard to their invasive lymphocytes: of three studied in detail, one contained none, another had (mainly) T-lymphocyte aggregates on the tumour periphery, and a third (BC 12) was infiltrated with both T- and B-lymphocytes. BC 12 differed in several aspects from other malignancies in expressing a transcriptional activator (BZLF1) associated with overcoming virus latency, and failing to express a viral oncogene, BARF1. Arguments are given for EBV as a protagonist cocarcinogen in some breast malignancies.
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- S A Xue
- Viral Oncology Unit, Division of Medicine, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine at St Mary's, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
- College of Life Sciences, Shaanxi Normal University, Xian 710062, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Histopathology, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 ONN, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, UK
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- Viral Oncology Unit, Division of Medicine, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine at St Mary's, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
- Viral Oncology Unit, Division of Medicine, Imperial College at St Mary's, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK. E-mail:
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Oral hairy leukoplakia (OHL) and Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) are commonly encountered in the HIV-infected patient. A unique feature of OHL is non-cytolytic high level of replication of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in the glossal epithelium. The expression of viral-encoded anti-apoptotic proteins concomitant to replicative proteins probably underlies this phenomenon. The question of whether OHL arises from activation of EBV latent in the tongue, or from superinfection by endogenous EBV shed via nonglossal sites or by exogenous EBV remains unresolved. Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) is now seen as necessary but not sufficient cause of KS. Expression of HHV8-encoded oncogenic proteins in endothelial cells probably explains the aberrant proliferation of these cells in KS lesions. Studies into why KS is so commonly observed at the palate in HIV-infected patients may provide important clues to its pathogenesis.
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- C G Teo
- Virus Reference Division, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, UK.
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Cho YJ, Chang MS, Park SH, Kim HS, Kim WH. In situ hybridization of Epstein-Barr virus in tumor cells and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes of the gastrointestinal tract. Hum Pathol 2001; 32:297-301. [PMID: 11274639 DOI: 10.1053/hupa.2001.22766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Unlike gastric carcinoma, associations of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) with carcinomas of other sites in the gastrointestinal tract have not yet been clarified. To elucidate these associations, we investigated the presence of EBV in 142 cases of esophageal carcinoma, 107 cases of ampulla of Vater carcinoma, and 274 cases of colorectal carcinoma in Korean patients using EBV-encoded small RNAs (EBER)-in situ hybridization (ISH). In all cases, none of the tumor cells showed a positive signal, indicating that EBV is not generally related to the carcinogenesis of these cancers. Some EBV-positive tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) were found in 8 of 142 cases (5.6%) of esophageal carcinoma, 8 of 107 cases (7.5%) of ampulla of Vater cancer, and 35 of 274 cases (12.8%) of colorectal carcinoma. For comparison, EBER-ISH was performed in consecutive gastric carcinomas; the EBER signal on tumor cells was observed in 17 of 306 cases (5.6%), and EBV-positive TILs were seen in 31 of the 289 cases (10.7%). There was no statistically significant difference in the frequencies of cases with EBV-positive TILs among the gastrointestinal tract cancers. We suggest that the reservoir lymphocytes carrying EBV, like other inflammatory cells, are able to reach anywhere, and that the chance for an epithelial cell to be exposed to EBV is similar at different sites of the gastrointestinal tract, regardless of its carcinogenic effect on the epithelial cell. HUM PATHOL 32:297-301.
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- Y J Cho
- Department of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Imai S, Nishikawa J, Kuroda M, Takada K. Epstein-Barr virus infection of human epithelial cells. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 2001; 258:161-84. [PMID: 11443861 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-56515-1_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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- S Imai
- Department of Microbiology, Kochi Medical School, Kohasu, Okoh-cho, Nankoku, Kochi 783-8505, Japan
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Niedobitek G. Epstein-Barr virus infection in the pathogenesis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Mol Pathol 2000; 53:248-54. [PMID: 11091848 PMCID: PMC1186977 DOI: 10.1136/mp.53.5.248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/23/2000] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The association of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was firmly established as early as 1973. Nevertheless, the role for the virus in the pathogenesis of NPC is still controversial. In this article, the evidence implicating EBV in the development of NPC is reviewed, focusing on the cellular site of EBV persistence, the association of the virus with different NPC histotypes, the tumour cell phenotype in the context of viral latent gene expression, and the possible role of the lymphoid stroma.
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- G Niedobitek
- Institute for Pathology, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen, Germany.
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Chapel F, Fabiani B, Davi F, Raphael M, Tepper M, Champault G, Guettier C. Epstein-Barr virus and gastric carcinoma in Western patients: comparison of pathological parameters and p53 expression in EBV-positive and negative tumours. Histopathology 2000; 36:252-61. [PMID: 10692029 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.2000.00843.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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AIMS The presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) was studied in 56 gastric carcinomas from Western patients by in-situ hybridization for EBV-encoded RNAs (EBER). EBV-positive and negative carcinomas were compared for various pathological parameters including p53 overexpression. METHODS AND RESULTS EBERs transcripts were detected in seven cases overall: four cases of 52 conventional carcinomas (7. 7%) and three cases of four gastric carcinomas with lymphoid stroma (75%). EBER positivity was diffuse in five cases and restricted to a localized area of the tumour in two cases of conventional carcinoma. A monoclonal EBV genomic pattern was demonstrated in the case tested by Southern blot analysis. By immunohistochemical analysis, neither EBV latent or lytic cycle proteins nor C3d/EBV receptor were expressed by neoplastic cells. EBER positivity was significantly correlated with prominent lymphoid reaction (P = 0.0002) which was associated with numerous PS100-positive dendritic cells and with HLA-DR expression by tumour cells (P = 0.03). p53 immunoreactivity in more than 30% of tumour cells was detected in 25 out 49 EBV-negative cases and was absent in EBV-positive cases except in one case with focal EBER-positivity. CONCLUSIONS Focal staining for EBER is an unusual finding in the setting of gastric carcinoma and these results suggest that there might be two types of EBV-associated gastric carcinoma in which the viral infection will play a different role. The presence of a stromal lymphoid reaction which is strongly correlated with EBV positivity, is associated with antigen-presenting ability by HLA-DR-positive tumour cells or abundant dendritic cells. The function of p53 appears preserved in all EBV-associated carcinomas except in one case with focal EBER expression whereas the immunohistochemical pattern of p53 is suggestive of a mutational phenomenon in 51% of EBV-negative cases.
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- F Chapel
- Service d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, Hôpital Jean Verdier, Bondy, France
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Kim KI, Kim YS, Kim HK, Chae YS, Yoem BW, Kim I. The detection of Epstein-Barr virus in the lesions of salivary glands. Pathol Res Pract 1999; 195:407-12. [PMID: 10399181 DOI: 10.1016/s0344-0338(99)80014-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is known in association with lymphoid and epithelial lesion. Because the salivary gland is an organ close to the oropharynx, it has a higher incidence of EBV infection and is a possible route of EBV infection. Formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded tissue sections of 87 cases of salivary gland diseases were used for the study of EBV with PCR, in situ PCR for EBNA-1 (EBV nuclear antigen-1), and immunohistochemistry for LMP-1 (latent membrane protein-1). EBV was detected in 12 cases (13.8%): 7 of nonspecific chronic sialadenitis (21.2%), 4 of Warthin's tumors (30.8%), and one lymphoepithelial carcinoma. EBNA-1 was negative in all the other lesions. EBV DNA was detected in the nucleus of epithelial cells and the surrounding lymphocytes. LMP-1 positivity was found in the cytoplasm of epithelial cells. The results of the present study showed that EBV is implicated in some of the inflammatory and neoplastic lesions of the salivary gland in which the lymphocytes are abundant. However, the pathogenesis and mechanism of immortalization and tumorigenesis of the epithelial cells in the salivary glands remain to be determined.
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- K I Kim
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul
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Ternesten-Bratel A, Kjellström C, Ricksten A. Specific expression of Epstein-Barr virus in cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas from heart transplant recipients. Transplantation 1998; 66:1524-9. [PMID: 9869095 DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199812150-00017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND We investigated a Swedish group of 114 immunosuppressed cardiac allograft patients for the occurrence of posttransplant cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas. A total of 15 tumors were detected in specimens from 5 patients. METHODS The tumors were analyzed for the presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) genomes as well as EBV-specific gene expression by using three different techniques; the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), in situ hybridization, and immunohistochemistry. The material was also tested by PCR for high-risk human papilloma virus genome. RESULTS EBV DNA could be detected by PCR in 10 of the investigated tumors, 7 of which also expressed EBV latent membrane protein 1 and/or EBV-encoded RNAs. No EBV genomes or EBV gene products could be detected in normal skin/resection margins, available from three of the tumors investigated. All tumors were negative for high-risk human papilloma virus DNA analyzed by PCR. CONCLUSIONS In this study, we have found a high incidence of EBV-specific expression in posttransplant cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas. These results suggest that at least some of the skin cancers developing in immunocompromised heart transplant recipients are associated with EBV.
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- A Ternesten-Bratel
- Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pathology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden
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Ohshima K, Suzumiya J, Sugihara M, Nagafuchi S, Ohga S, Kikuchi M. Clinicopathological study of severe chronic active Epstein-Barr virus infection that developed in association with lymphoproliferative disorder and/or hemophagocytic syndrome. Pathol Int 1998; 48:934-43. [PMID: 9952337 DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1998.tb03864.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Chronic active Epstein-Barr virus (CAEBV) infection has been previously reported to be sometimes associated with an aggressive clinical course. However, the role of EBV in the CAEBV is not well clarified. A retrospective study was performed on nine adult and five child patients (eight males and six females). Histologically, at first admission, the presence of neoplastic lesions could not be confirmed. The lymph nodes in half of all cases revealed paracortical hyperplasia with transformed lymphocytes (hyperplastic type). Half of the cases showed non-suppurative necrosis and an increased number of histiocytes with phagocytosis (histiocytic type). Activated histiocytes with lymphokine positivity were frequently detected in the histiocytic type. In the phenotypical study, 10 of the examined 11 cases showed increased numbers of natural killer (NK) cells and/or CD8-positive T lymphocytes. In situ hybridization (ISH) showed EBV-infected lymphoid cells, but the number of EBV-infected cells varied. Double-labeling immunochemistry/ISH demonstrated EBV-infected T cells, including NK cells, but not B cells. In addition, three cases showed a monoclonal dissemination of EBV terminal repetitive sequence (TR), and two cases showed oligoclonal dissemination. From those findings, monoclonal, oligoclonal and polyclonal populations of EBV-infected T or NK cells were considered to be present in CAEBV states. During the clinical course, 12 of the 14 cases died within 5 years. Six cases died from EBV-associated hematopoietic tumors (histiocytic tumor, T cell lymphoma, B cell lymphoma, plasmacytoma, and NK cell leukemia); one from non-EBV-associated acute myelogenous leukemia, and five due to hemophagocytic syndrome. The examined EBV-associated hematopoietic tumors showed monoclonal EBV terminal repetitive sequences. There is a possibility that the monoclonal dissemination of EBV-infected cells develops from oligoclonal or polyclonal EBV-infected cells. And active histiocytes with lymphokine positivity were frequently detected in the cases with histologically histiocytic type. These findings seem to be related with the causes of death due to hemophagocytic syndrome.
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- K Ohshima
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan
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Schwarzmann F, Jäger M, Hornef M, Prang N, Wolf H. Epstein-Barr viral gene expression in B-lymphocytes. Leuk Lymphoma 1998; 30:123-9. [PMID: 9669682 DOI: 10.3109/10428199809050935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The strategy of the Epstein-Barr virus to persist lifelong in the host depends on establishing a reservoir, which cannot be detected by the immune system but allows reactivation of the virus for shedding and transmission to a new host. Epithelial cells and B-cells play a major role in this viral strategy of EBV, since differentiating epithelial tissues were shown to be permissive for lytic replication in vivo, whereas the B-lymphocytes become predominantly latently infected. However, which cells are the reservoir and which the sites of lytic replication are not quite clear. With the technique of reverse transcription, PCR and immunohistochemistry, we demonstrated that the B-cells of the peripheral blood are a major site of virus production during the primary infection during infectious mononucleosis. These permissive B-cells were also detected after convalescence, however, the absence of any lytic transcripts suggested an efficient immunological control very early in the viral lytic cycle. Serological data on reactivation of EBV correlated with the detection of lytic cycle transcripts in the blood and thus demonstrated that the site of virus production during infectious mononucleosis must be different from that of the persistent state. In those cases, where the infection takes a chronic active course, control of lytic replication is insufficient, either on the level of immune surveillance or of viral gene regulation. We have demonstrated a virus strain with a lytic phenotype in an individual suffering chronic active infection. The impaired capability of this virus to immortalise B-cells correlated with an enhanced expression of the lytic switch gene BZLF-1 and down-regulation of latent regulatory genes in the early phase of infection.
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- F Schwarzmann
- Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie and Hygiene, Universität Regensburg, Germany.
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Imai S, Nishikawa J, Takada K. Cell-to-cell contact as an efficient mode of Epstein-Barr virus infection of diverse human epithelial cells. J Virol 1998; 72:4371-8. [PMID: 9557727 PMCID: PMC109667 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.5.4371-4378.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 230] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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We show clear evidence for direct infection of various human epithelial cells by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in vitro. The successful infection was achieved by using recombinant EBV (Akata strain) carrying a selective marker gene but without any other artificial operations, such as introduction of the known EBV receptor (CD21) gene or addition of polymeric immunoglobulin A against viral gp350 in culture. Of 21 human epithelial cell lines examined, 18 became infected by EBV, as ascertained by the detection of EBV-determined nuclear antigen (EBNA) 1 expression in the early period after virus exposure, and the following selection culture easily yielded a number of EBV-infected clones from 15 cell lines. None of the human fibroblasts and five nonhuman-derived cell lines examined was susceptible to the infection. By comparison, cocultivation with virus producers showed approximately 800-fold-higher efficiency of infection than cell-free infection did, suggesting the significance of direct cell-to-cell contact as a mode of virus spread in vivo. Most of the epithelial cell lines infectable with EBV were negative for CD21 expression at the protein and mRNA levels. The majority of EBV-infected clones established from each cell line invariably expressed EBNA1, EBV-encoded small RNAs, rightward transcripts from the BamHI-A region of the virus genome, and latent membrane protein (LMP) 2A, but not the other EBNAs or LMP1. This restricted form of latent viral gene expression, which is a central issue for understanding epithelial oncogenesis by EBV, resembled that seen in EBV-associated gastric carcinoma and LMP1-negative nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The results indicate that direct infection of epithelial cells by EBV may occur naturally in vivo, and this could be mediated by an unidentified, epithelium-specific binding receptor for EBV. The EBV convertants are viewed, at least in terms of viral gene expression, as in vitro analogs of EBV-associated epithelial tumor cells, thus facilitating analysis of an oncogenic role(s) for EBV in epithelial cells.
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- S Imai
- Department of Virology, Cancer Institute, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Ohshima K, Suzumiya J, Kanda M, Kato A, Kikuchi M. Integrated and episomal forms of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in EBV associated disease. Cancer Lett 1998; 122:43-50. [PMID: 9464490 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3835(97)00368-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is known to be linear in viral particles but EBV circularizes into an episomal form after infection. Recently, the presence of integrated EBV DNA has been reported. We investigated EBV integration into the human genome in EBV-associated disease using Southern blotting. One hundred four cases in which the presence of EBV was confirmed by Southern blotting with EBV-W probes were thus analyzed with left- and right-hand end probes of linear EBV. Integrated EBV was demonstrated in 11 of 104 cases; five of 14 cases with B cell lymphoma (36%), one of 12 cases with nasopharyngeal carcinomas (8%), four of 31 cases with natural killer (NK) leukemia/lymphoma (13%) and one of 11 cases with chronic EBV infection (9%). However, none of the 24 T cell lymphoma, seven Hodgkin's disease, or five acute EBV infection cases showed integrated EBV. In addition, seven of the 11 cases with EBV integration (five B cell lymphoma and two NK leukemia/lymphoma) showed only an integration form, however, the other four (two NK leukemia/lymphoma, one nasopharyngeal carcinoma and one chronic EBV infection) showed both integrated and episomal forms. The integrated form was frequently found in B cell lymphoma and especially in high grade B cell lymphoma. Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was performed in two cases (NK and B cell lymphoma), which represented integrated EBV in Southern blotting and the integration form was confirmed in both. However, it is still uncertain as to whether or not the EBV integration site is directly associated with chromosomal abnormality.
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- K Ohshima
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan
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Galetsky SA, Tsvetnov VV, Land CE, Afanasieva TA, Petrovichev NN, Gurtsevitch VE, Tokunaga M. Epstein-Barr-virus-associated gastric cancer in Russia. Int J Cancer 1997; 73:786-9. [PMID: 9399652 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19971210)73:6<786::aid-ijc2>3.0.co;2-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The present investigation was carried out to estimate the prevalence of EBV-associated cases among gastric carcinoma (GC) patients of Russia and the Republics of the former Soviet Union (FSU). With this aim, formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded blocks from 206 gastric carcinomas obtained from patients of the Cancer Research Center, Moscow, were investigated by EBV-encoded RNA-1 (EBER-1) in situ hybridization applied to paraffin sections. As a result, 18 GC cases (8.7%) revealed uniform EBER-1 expression restricted to the carcinoma cells. Hybridized signals not detected in non-neoplastic gastric epithelium. EBV involvement was significantly more frequent among males, especially in tumors of less differentiated types (moderately differentiated tubular adenocarcinomas and poorly differentiated solid adenocarcinomas) and located in the upper stomach (cardia and middle). Most EBV-positive GCs were characterized by strong lymphoid-compartment involvement. Our findings concerning the distribution of EBV-positive GCs by sex, site and hystological type are similar to those in Japan, however, EBV-positive rate of GC cases in Russia is higher than in Japan and lower than in USA.
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Jenson HB, Leach CT, McClain KL, Joshi VV, Pollock BH, Parmley RT, Chadwick EG, Murphy SB. Benign and malignant smooth muscle tumors containing Epstein-Barr virus in children with AIDS. Leuk Lymphoma 1997; 27:303-14. [PMID: 9402327 DOI: 10.3109/10428199709059684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Smooth muscle tumors (leiomyosarcomas) are the second most prevalent malignancy of children with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). We have investigated the tumors, plasma, and peripheral white blood cells of eight children with AIDS with smooth muscle tumors for evidence of tumor association with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Very low levels of HIV were found in the tumors of the AIDS patients, probably resulting from blood-borne carriage of virus. These smooth muscle tumors had very high quantities of EBV in all the tumor cells by in situ hybridization, with an average of 4.5 EBV genomes per cell by quantitative polymerase chain reaction amplification. Increased amounts of EBV were found in the peripheral blood cells of two AIDS patients before the time of tumor diagnosis. EBV clonality studies demonstrated different monoclonal EBV infection of two separate colonic tumors from one patient, and dual or mixed monoclonal EBV infection in another patient. The muscle cells of leiomyomas and leiomyosarcomas of patients with AIDS demonstrated prominent staining with antibodies to the EBV receptor. The uniform distribution and striking amount of EBV in the tumor cells demonstrates that EBV is capable of infecting smooth muscle cells and that these cells support EBV replication. Clonal EBV proliferation suggests that EBV infection occurs at an early stage of tumor development. These findings indicate that EBV has a causal role in the oncogenesis of leiomyosarcomas of patients with AIDS.
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- H B Jenson
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, USA.
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Ohshima K, Suzumiya J, Ohga S, Ohgami A, Kikuchi M. Integrated Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and chromosomal abnormality in chronic active EBV infection. Int J Cancer 1997; 71:943-7. [PMID: 9185693 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0215(19970611)71:6<943::aid-ijc5>3.0.co;2-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In order to examine the role of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in the pathogenesis of chronic active EBV infection (CAEBV), we investigated whether or not EBV integration into the human genome is associated with any chromosonal abnormality. We therefore analyzed 4 cases of CAEBV: 2 cases showed a normal karyotype, while one had an oligo-clonal 6th chromosomal abnormality and the fourth had a clonal 6th deletion (q15q23). In addition, the case with an oligo-clonal abnormality also had oligo-clonal EBV terminal repeat (TR) bands, while the case with a clonal abnormality showed a clonal TR band. In contrast, the 2 cases with a normal karyotype showed no clonal band. Two-color fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) was used to detect the integrated EBV and the 6th chromosomal site. The presence of integrated EBV into the 6th chromosome was not frequent in the 2 cases with a normal karyotype, but it was statistically frequent in the case with an oligo-clonal 6th abnormality. In the case with a clonal 6th deletion, integration in the 6th chromosome was also slightly higher than that in the other chromosomes. In CAEBV, integrated EBV might thus be associated both with chromosomal abnormality and with pathogenesis.
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- K Ohshima
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Jonan-ku, Japan
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Lytic Replication of Epstein-Barr Virus in the Peripheral Blood: Analysis of Viral Gene Expression in B Lymphocytes During Infectious Mononucleosis and in the Normal Carrier State. Blood 1997. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v89.5.1665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AbstractEpstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been shown to establish latency in resting B lymphocytes of the peripheral blood. This creates a virus reservoir in contrast to lytic virus replication, which is thought to be restricted to differentiated epithelial cells in vivo. So far, the route of transmission between B cells and the production of progeny virus in the epithelial tissue has remained unclear. Reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and immunohistochemistry analysis of 16 patients with acute infectious mononucleosis (IM) and 25 healthy seropositive donors was performed to detect lytic replication gene products in B lymphocytes of the peripheral blood. Transcriptional activity was found in peripheral blood B lymphocytes (PBLs) for BZLF1 in 88%, BALF2 in 50%, and BcLF1 in 25% of the tested IM patients. All positive results were further confirmed in enriched B-cell populations by antigen determination using immunostaining with the APAAP technique. Furthermore, we detected transcripts for BZLF1 in 72% and for BALF2 in 16% of peripheral B lymphocytes of healthy seropositive donors. In contrast to patients with IM, no signals for BcLF1 were ever found in healthy seropositive donors. In these individuals, lytic replication of EBV is probably restricted by immunologic and gene regulatory mechanisms, whereas in the absence of immunologic control, reflected here by IM patients, the production of infectious virus becomes visible in PBLs.
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Lytic Replication of Epstein-Barr Virus in the Peripheral Blood: Analysis of Viral Gene Expression in B Lymphocytes During Infectious Mononucleosis and in the Normal Carrier State. Blood 1997. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v89.5.1665.1665_1665_1677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been shown to establish latency in resting B lymphocytes of the peripheral blood. This creates a virus reservoir in contrast to lytic virus replication, which is thought to be restricted to differentiated epithelial cells in vivo. So far, the route of transmission between B cells and the production of progeny virus in the epithelial tissue has remained unclear. Reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and immunohistochemistry analysis of 16 patients with acute infectious mononucleosis (IM) and 25 healthy seropositive donors was performed to detect lytic replication gene products in B lymphocytes of the peripheral blood. Transcriptional activity was found in peripheral blood B lymphocytes (PBLs) for BZLF1 in 88%, BALF2 in 50%, and BcLF1 in 25% of the tested IM patients. All positive results were further confirmed in enriched B-cell populations by antigen determination using immunostaining with the APAAP technique. Furthermore, we detected transcripts for BZLF1 in 72% and for BALF2 in 16% of peripheral B lymphocytes of healthy seropositive donors. In contrast to patients with IM, no signals for BcLF1 were ever found in healthy seropositive donors. In these individuals, lytic replication of EBV is probably restricted by immunologic and gene regulatory mechanisms, whereas in the absence of immunologic control, reflected here by IM patients, the production of infectious virus becomes visible in PBLs.
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Ohshima K, Kobari S, Kuroiwa S, Nakanishi K, Shibuya T, Nagafuchi S, Suzumiya J, Takeshita M, Kikuchi M. Heterogeneity of systemic extra-nodal Epstein-Barr virus-associated lympho-histiocytic tumor--ten autopsy cases of human immunodeficiency virus-negative Japanese. Pathol Res Pract 1997; 193:257-65. [PMID: 9258951 DOI: 10.1016/s0344-0338(97)80002-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Epstein-Barr virus associated T-Cell lymphoma mimicking malignant histiocytosis (MH) has been previously reported. We selected 10 autopsy cases of extranodal lymphoma or histiocytic tumor, which showed an EBV presence in the tumor cells as well as a fulminant clinical course. The detailed clinicopathologic features were thus clarified. A retrospective study was performed on ten adult patients, eight males and two females, and almost all cases presented with a fulminant clinical course, revealing pancytopenia, liver dysfunction and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy. Immunophenotypic and genotypic studies along with in situ hybridization (ISH) were performed. The autopsy findings mainly showed extra nodal involvement in the liver (10 patients), spleen (9 patients), intestinal tract (5 patients), bone marrow (5 patients), nasal cavity, lungs, adrenal glands, kidneys (2 patients) and brain. Histologically atypical pleomorphic lymphoid cells were observed to infiltrate with reactive histiocytes, some of which showed hemophagocytosis. Based on the histological and clinical findings, diagnosis of malignant histiocytosis was made. ISH showed an EBV-presence in almost all the tumor cells. The immunophenotype and/or genotype studies demonstrated T-cell lymphoma (2 patients), Histiocytic tumors (2 patients), B-cell lymphoma (1 patients), natural killer (NK) cell lymphoma (3 patients), and T/NK lymphoma (2 patients), in which T or NK could not be confirmed, due to a lack of fresh materials. Based on the above findings, the histological appearance of EBV-associated MH previously defined was shown to be common to extra-nodal malignant lymphomas having origin in various organs, although the cytological and genetic features were heterogenous.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Antigens, CD/analysis
- DNA Probes/chemistry
- Female
- Herpesviridae Infections/complications
- Herpesviridae Infections/pathology
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/genetics
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/immunology
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/isolation & purification
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Immunophenotyping
- In Situ Hybridization
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/immunology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/pathology
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/virology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/immunology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/pathology
- Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse/virology
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/immunology
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/pathology
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/virology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/immunology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/pathology
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/virology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- RNA-Binding Proteins/analysis
- Retrospective Studies
- Ribosomal Proteins
- Tumor Virus Infections/complications
- Tumor Virus Infections/pathology
- Viral Matrix Proteins/analysis
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- K Ohshima
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan
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Ohshima K, Fujisaki T, Nagafuchi S, Niho Y, Kobari S, Kikuchi M. Malignant histiocytosis derived from a common histiocyte clone in a patient with chronic Epstein-Barr virus infection. Leuk Lymphoma 1995; 17:355-60. [PMID: 8580809 DOI: 10.3109/10428199509056845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has a particular propensity for B lymphocytes, but in a few cases it seems to play a role in histiocytic disorders and EVB DNA has been identified in histiocytes. To determine what kind of cell proliferate clonally, we studied a patient with malignant histiocytosis that developed after chronic EBV infection. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for lymphocyte-defined membrane antigen (LYDMA) of EBV, a marker of monoclonality, double stainings of cell markers (B, T lymphocytes; histiocytes), and in situ hybridization for EBV were performed in tissues obtained in 1987 and 1990 before the appearance of malignant histiocytosis and in 1991 after the disease was diagnosed. PCR for LYDMA from multiple samples during the disease showed the same single band, indicating that chronic EBV infection and malignant histiocytosis were caused by the same single virion. We also found a single terminal repeat band of EBV which supports this finding. In the studies of double stainings, EBV was present in histiocytes of the non-neoplastic early stage, and in the neoplastic cells of malignant histiocytosis. The histiocyte, infected with EBV, clonally expanded to result in malignant histiocytosis.
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- K Ohshima
- First Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan
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Ohshima K, Kikuchi M, Mizuno S, Akashi K, Moriyama K, Yoneda S, Takeshita M, Shibata T. Hepatosinusoidal leukaemia/lymphoma consisting of Epstein-Barr virus-containing natural killer cell leukaemia/lymphoma and T-cell lymphoma; mimicking malignant histiocytosis. Hematol Oncol 1995; 13:83-97. [PMID: 7797196 DOI: 10.1002/hon.2900130205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Previously diagnosed cases of hepatosinusoidal T-cell lymphoma and malignant histiocytosis (MH) may include lymphoid neoplasms of natural killer (NK) cell lineage associated with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Such hepatosinusoidal neoplasms were found to demonstrate hepatomegaly but not lymphadenopathy, and all were diagnosed by a liver biopsy. Sixteen adult patients diagnosed with hepatosinusoidal leukaemia/lymphoma (six NK-cell leukaemia/lymphomas [NKLLs], five instances of MH, three T-cell malignant lymphomas [T-MLs], and two adult T-cell leukaemia/lymphomas [ATLLs] were examined for EBV by in situ hybridization, then were studied immunohistochemically and subjected to a DNA analysis. Among our five patients with MH, neoplastic cells showed T-cells, but no histiocytic markers, and they were considered to have either a T-cell or NK-cell lineage. All NKLLs, MHs and T-MLs, except for ATLLs accompanied by reactive hemophagocytic histiocytes, varied in number in each case. In situ hybridization revealed the presence of EBV in the nuclei of atypical cells in all of the six lymphoid neoplasms of NK-cell lineage. Each case of MH and each T-ML which represented EBV demonstrated no definite T-cell or histiocytic markers. Patients with ATLL did not reveal EBV. In all patients with hemophagocytosis, EBV was present in the nuclei of the neoplastic lymphocytes, but not in the hemophagocytic cells. Finally, the 16 cases were reclassified into eight cases with EBV-containing NKLLs, six T-MLs, and two ATLLs. In addition, no true histiocytic neoplasms were observed. The mechanism of hemophagocytosis may be therefore the production of lymphokines (macrophage-activating factors) by neoplastic lymphocytes. EBV-associated hepatosinusoidal leukaemia/lymphoma may thus contain a lymphoid neoplasm of NK-cell lineage, which made it difficult to be distinguished from the previously designated malignant histiocytosis.
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- K Ohshima
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan
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Association of Epstein-Barr Virus with Hodgkin’s Disease. INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND PATHOGENESIS 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1100-1_20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has been implicated in the aetiology of many human lymphoid and epithelial malignancies. Although EBV is B lymphotropic in vitro, it has been hypothesised that oropharyngeal epithelium is important in primary EBV infection, replication, and persistence in vivo, and that infection of B lymphocytes is secondary. This hypothesis has been challenged by several recent studies. On the basis of current evidence, we propose that primary EBV infection and virus persistence are mediated through B lymphocytes, and that latent infection of epithelial cells is accidental and irrelevant to virus persistence, although important in the development of certain carcinomas. To what extent T cells are involved in EBV persistence remains uncertain. Clarification of the possible part played by EBV in the development of virus-associated tumours requires a better understanding of the mode of EBV persistence and the identification of the stage in the carcinogenic process at which EBV infection occurs.
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- G Niedobitek
- Department of Pathology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, UK
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Rowlands DC, Ito M, Mangham DC, Reynolds G, Herbst H, Hallissey MT, Fielding JW, Newbold KM, Jones EL, Young LS. Epstein-Barr virus and carcinomas: rare association of the virus with gastric adenocarcinomas. Br J Cancer 1993; 68:1014-9. [PMID: 8217590 PMCID: PMC1968725 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1993.472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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We have analysed 174 gastric carcinomas from the United Kingdom and from Japan for the presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) using in situ hybridisation for the small EBV-encoded nuclear RNAs (EBERs). EBV was detected in the tumour cells in all of six undifferentiated gastric carcinomas with prominent lymphoid stroma (undifferentiated carcinomas of nasopharyngeal type, UCNT) but only in three of the remaining 168 typical gastric adenocarcinomas (1.8%). No differences were observed between the British and the Japanese cases. One case with an EBV-positive UCNT showed adjacent areas of EBV-negative typical adenocarcinoma. It is uncertain whether these patterns represent two independent carcinomas or whether they are the result of heterogeneous EBV infection in a single tumour. In the remaining EBV-positive carcinomas, viral transcripts were detected in virtually all tumour cells, indicating that EBV infection must have taken place early in the neoplastic process and suggesting that the virus is likely to be of pathogenetic significance for the virus-associated tumours. Immunohistology demonstrated absence of detectable levels of the EBV-encoded latent membrane protein, LMP1, and nuclear antigen, EBNA2. The BZLF1 protein which induces the switch from latent to lytic infection was demonstrated in a small proportion of the tumour cells in three cases. The close association of EBV with undifferentiated gastric carcinomas compared to the variable association with gastric adenocarcinomas suggests fundamentally different roles for the virus in the aetiology of these two malignancies.
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- D C Rowlands
- Department of Pathology, University of Birmingham, UK
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Becker J, Leser U, Marschall M, Langford A, Jilg W, Gelderblom H, Reichart P, Wolf H. Expression of proteins encoded by Epstein-Barr virus trans-activator genes depends on the differentiation of epithelial cells in oral hairy leukoplakia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1991; 88:8332-6. [PMID: 1656439 PMCID: PMC52502 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.88.19.8332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) immediate early gene product BZLF1 was localized by indirect immunofluorescence to the cytoplasm of the basal epithelial layer at the lateral border and dorsum of tongue in human immunodeficiency virus-infected and -seronegative patients. Two biopsies of oral hairy leukoplakia revealed a sporadic cytoplasmic staining of the BHRF1 and BRLF1 gene products in the basal epithelial layer. The widespread presence of BZLF1 in the basal epithelial layer indicated that this cell layer contained EBV DNA and was probably directly infected by EBV. Nuclear localization of the immediate early and early gene products BZLF1, BHRF1, BRLF1, and BMLF1 was limited to oral hairy leukoplakia in human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive patients and revealed a codistribution with the virus capsid antigen. Our results indicate that the epithelium of the tongue is a potential reservoir for EBV and that in heavily immunocompromised patients EBV may move from the cytoplasm to the nucleus with increasing differentiation and be coactivated there during the terminal differentiation of epithelial cells at the lateral border and dorsum of tongue.
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- J Becker
- Abteilung für zahnärztliche Chirurgie/Oralchirurgie Freie Universität, Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
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Lefrançois D, Kokalj N, Viegas-Péquignot E, Montagnier L, Dutrillaux B. High recurrence of rearrangements involving chromosome 14 in an ataxia telangiectasia lymphoblastoid cell line and in its mutagen-treated derivatives. Hum Genet 1991; 86:475-80. [PMID: 1849869 DOI: 10.1007/bf00194636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The cytogenetic characterization of CH cell line obtained by Epstein-Barr-virus transformation of the lymphocytes of a patient affected by ataxia telangiectasia is reported. Control CH cells and 2 subcultures treated with the mutagens R7000 or NQO were developed in parallel and studied. A common chromosome anomaly, a der(14) t(11;14) (q13.2;q32), was found in all the studied karyotypes, indicating that it occurred either in vivo or early in vitro. In non-treated cultures, additional anomalies were present in 6 derived subclones. All R-7000 treated cells had the same karyotype corresponding to one of the subclones observed without prior treatment. All NQO-treated cells acquired 2 common anomalies, and could be differentiated into 2 subclones because of the addition of a t(7;14) or a t(11;14). Chromosome 14 was involved in various rearrangements after breakage in band q11.2 or q12 in 6/8 subclones. This was not correlated with tumorigenicity, which was clearly increased in mutagen-treated cells as tested by in vitro growth in semi-solid medium and in vivo by grafts into nude mice or growth on the chorio-allantoic membrane of chick embryos. The CH cell line and its derivatives appear to be a promising in vitro system, showing various stages progressing towards malignancy, and reproducing a number of chromosome anomalies spontaneously occurring in AT patients.
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- D Lefrançois
- Structure et Mutagenèse Chromosomiques, CNRS URA 620, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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Thomas JA, Allday MJ, Crawford DH. Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferative disorders in immunocompromised individuals. Adv Cancer Res 1991; 57:329-80. [PMID: 1659123 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-230x(08)61003-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- J A Thomas
- Imperial Cancer Research Fund/Royal College of Surgeons Histopathology Unit, London, England
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Ohshima K, Kikuchi M, Eguchi F, Masuda Y, Sumiyoshi Y, Mohtai H, Takeshita M, Kimura N. Analysis of Epstein-Barr viral genomes in lymphoid malignancy using Southern blotting, polymerase chain reaction and in situ hybridization. VIRCHOWS ARCHIV. B, CELL PATHOLOGY INCLUDING MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY 1990; 59:383-90. [PMID: 1981407 DOI: 10.1007/bf02899428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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109 malignant lymphomas were surveyed by Southern blot analysis and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) DNA and compared with 16 examples of non-neoplastic lymphadenopathy and 4 normal thymuses. In specimens positive by the method of Southern and PCR, in situ hybridization studies were performed on formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections. By Southern blot analysis, two of seven Hodgkin's disease samples (29%) (one of mixed cellularity and the other of lymphocyte predominance type), three of 56 B-cell lymphomas (5.6%) and five of 46 T-cell lymphomas (11%) demonstrated EBV DNA. However, the 16 examples of lymphadenitis and the 4 normal thymuses showed no EBV DNA. With PCR, EBV DNA was identified in one B-cell lymphoma, nine T-cell lymphomas, ten lymphadenitis specimens and two of the normal thymus, in addition to the positive specimens determined by the Southern blotting method. These results indicate that the presence of EBV DNA is not related to lymphoid malignancy, but enhancement of the DNA is demonstrated in some neoplastic conditions. By in situ hybridization, EBV genomes were not detected in all PCR-positive cases, but only in those positive by Southern blot analysis.
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- K Ohshima
- First Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan
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Sato H, Takimoto T, Tanaka S, Ogura H, Shiraishi K, Tanaka J. Cytopathic effects induced by Epstein-Barr virus replication in epithelial nasopharyngeal carcinoma hybrid cells. J Virol 1989; 63:3555-9. [PMID: 2545926 PMCID: PMC250938 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.63.8.3555-3559.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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NPC-KT cl.S61, a subclone derived from an epithelial-nasopharyngeal carcinoma hybrid cell line (NPC-KT), showed cytopathic changes characteristic of herpesvirus replication, including formation of multinucleated giant cells and inclusion bodies, when Epstein-Barr virus replicative cycle was induced by 5-iodo-2'-deoxyuridine. Acyclovir (an inhibitor of herpesvirus DNA polymerase), Epstein-Barr virus-immune human serum, or 2-deoxyglucose (an inhibitor of the glycosylation) interfered with syncytium formation, indicating that a virus-specified glycoprotein belonging to the late group is responsible for cell fusion induced by Epstein-Barr virus replication in cl.S61 cells.
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MESH Headings
- Acyclovir/pharmacology
- Antigens, Viral/analysis
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/microbiology
- Cell Fusion
- Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral
- DNA, Viral/analysis
- Deoxyglucose/pharmacology
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/drug effects
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/genetics
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/immunology
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/physiology
- Humans
- Hybrid Cells
- Idoxuridine/pharmacology
- Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms/microbiology
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Restriction Mapping
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
- Virus Replication
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- H Sato
- Department of Virology, Cancer Research Institute, Kanazawa, Japan
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Asai S, Bayliss GJ, Wolf H, Namikawa I, Ito Y. Ultrastructural studies on cell fusion induced by Epstein-Barr virus or N-butyrate and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate. Brief report. Arch Virol 1985; 86:327-33. [PMID: 2998304 DOI: 10.1007/bf01309836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The morphological changes which occur in Raji cells during EBV induced fusion are described. Of particular interest is the formation of local contacts between cells, at these points the plasmalemmae of the two cells become disorganized and cytoplasmic bridges are formed.
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Ebbers J, Koldovsky P, Vosteen KH. The expression of Ia-antigen on nasopharyngeal carcinomas xenografted into nude mice. ARCHIVES OF OTO-RHINO-LARYNGOLOGY 1985; 242:209-15. [PMID: 2998311 DOI: 10.1007/bf00454423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The expression of Ia-antigen on four different Epstein-Barr virus associated nasopharyngeal carcinomas xenografted into athymic mice could be detected by the monoclonal antibody OKIa. Xenografts of four additional head and neck tumors other than nasopharyngeal carcinoma and one xenograft of a metastatic melanoma cell line were negative for the Ia-antigen. Control antibodies OKT3, OKT4, OKT9, OKM1 and Leu7 were negative with all nasopharyngeal carcinomas and the non-nasopharyngeal carcinoma xenografts. Complement receptors as the presumed receptors for the Epstein-Barr virus could not be detected on xenografted nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells but were found on freshly prepared peripheral blood lymphocytes as well as on the Epstein-Barr virus transformed lymphoblastoid cell line QIMR-WIL. The possible role of the Ia-antigen on nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells in respect to the Epstein-Barr virus association of this malignancy is discussed.
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Montagnier L, Gruest J, Chamaret S, Dauguet C, Axler C, Guétard D, Nugeyre MT, Barré-Sinoussi F, Chermann JC, Brunet JB. Adaptation of lymphadenopathy associated virus (LAV) to replication in EBV-transformed B lymphoblastoid cell lines. Science 1984; 225:63-6. [PMID: 6328661 DOI: 10.1126/science.6328661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 287] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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A strain of lymphadenopathy associated retrovirus ( LAV ) passaged in vitro was used to infect a lymphoblastoid cell line obtained by transformation with Epstein-Barr virus of B lymphocytes from a healthy donor. The virus produced from this line (B- LAV ) was also able to grow at a high rate in some other lymphoblastoid lines and in a Burkitt lymphoma line. This adapted strain retained the biochemical, ultrastructural, and antigenic characteristics of the original strain, as well as its tropism for normal T4+ lymphocytes. It is thus possible to grow LAV in large quantities that can be used for the preparation of diagnostic reagents. The interaction between such a human retrovirus and Epstein-Barr virus, a DNA virus, may have some implication for the pathology of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and related diseases.
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