Surface proteins of radiation-induced and radiation leukemia virus-induced thymic lymphosarcomas in mice

Robert J. Hooghe, Daniel C. Hoessli, Michel Janowski

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    Abstract

    Thymic lymphosarcomas (TLS) were induced in C57BL mice by X-rays or by Radiation Leukemia Virus (RadLV) and their surface glycoproteins (gps) compared after cell-surface radio-iodination and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). All lymphocytic antigens tested (T200, 170 100, Thy-1) and proteins with apparent molecular weight (Mr) around 120,000 and 100,000 were present on all tumours, as well as retrovirus - encoded proteins but considerable variation in the Mr of several serologically-related proteins was observed. Therefore, the TLS in C57BL mice form a heterogeneous group, suggesting that T cells can be transformed at different stages of maturation. The possibility that transformation allows or even triggers differentiation is also entertained.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)205-213,215-219
    JournalLeukemia Research
    Volume7
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1983

    Funding

    FundersFunder number
    EURATOM - European Atomic Energy Community

      ASJC Scopus subject areas

      • Hematology
      • Oncology
      • Cancer Research

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