Oncornavirus-like protein expression in human prostatic tissue

Seal, Elston; Dd, Mickey; Df, Paulson

doi:10.1007/bf00256132

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Virology studies and cell lines for prostate cancer

Merchant

1980

The Prostate

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Immunological and biochemical probes for viral genomes and products, growth in cell culture, co-culture methods to activate latent genomes, use of activating agents, and electron microscopy have been used in efforts to demonstrate RNA viruses in prostate cancer. Despite findings of C-type particles and p30 antigens, the role of RNA viruses appears to be secondary, with activation of the virogene being a relatively uncommon occurrence. No compelling evidence for Herpes II or cytomegalovirus as etiologic agents has emerged, despite their common presence in the urogenital tract. Though the search for integration of fragments of viral genome into host DNA is still in progress, it appears unlikely that these viruses would account for a significant number of prostate carcinomas. Progress has been achieved in developing simple, reliable, primary culture methods for human prostatic tissue, using explants or dispersed cells. Three cell lines, all from metastatic foci, have been established, are characterized, and are available for distribution. One neonatal cell strain retains many properties of normal prostate.

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Virology studies and cell lines for prostate cancer

Merchant

1980

The Prostate

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Immunological Aspects of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy

Ablin¹

1983

Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy

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Antigenic Activity of Human Urothelial Tissue

1976

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Partially purified extracts from 71 human urothelial tumors and from 75 human urothelial non-tumor tissues were used as competing antigens in competition radioimmunoassay in an effort to detect the presence of 1 of the structural components of type C-ribonucleic and viruses, the p30 core protein. Testing of the tissue extracts was carried out by homologous and heterologous assay systems using 125I-labeled murine (Friend) and feline (Rickard) p30 antigens and anti-feline and anti-murine p30 antisera. The homologous assays were designed to detect the presence of p30 antigens in the human tissue extracts having similar characteristics to the p30 antigens of either the feline or murine type C viruses. The heterologous assay system was designed to detect interspecies antigenic determinants common to murine and feline viruses and also primate viruses. A competing antigen present in 28 per cent of the tissue extracts assayed demonstrated an antigenic protein that competed with the viral p30 protein used in the heterologous radioimmunoassay system and to a lesser extent in the homologous feline radioimmunoassay system. Antigenic competitor proteins were found in tumor and non-tumor tissue. These data suggest that some human urothelial tissues contain at least part of the genome of 1 or more type C viruses. Those tissues that are positive only in the heterologous assay system behave like viral p30 antigens already identified in tissues of several other primates. Those tissues that are positive in the heterologous assay system and the homologous system indicate that the p30 antigenic activity is closely related to that p30 present in feline C-type viruses. Further purification and more detailed characterization of those competing proteins are now under study.

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Oncornavirus-like protein expression in human prostatic tissue

Cited by 4 publications

References 11 publications

Virology studies and cell lines for prostate cancer

Virology studies and cell lines for prostate cancer

Immunological Aspects of Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy

Antigenic Activity of Human Urothelial Tissue

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