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Influenza virus particles bind rapidly to vesicular stomatitis, Sindbis, or Rauscher murine leukemia virus particles, forming mixed aggregates demonstrable by electron microscopy. The normal hemagglutinating property of influenza virus is inhibited by these viruses, providing a rapid quantitative assay. Prior treatment with neuraminidase blocks the ability of other viruses to inhibit influenza virus hemagglutination.
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PMID:Hemagglutination-inhibition: rapid assay for neuraminic acid-containing viruses. 437

This report based on the data available from the Finnish Cancer Registry and from virus isolations gives further support to the association (P=0.04) between maternal influenza of the 1957 "Asian" type and subsequent later leukaemia in the infants. No such association was found from other influenza epidemics.
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PMID:Association between influenza during pregnancy and childhood leukaemia. 475 39

The sequence of 2,191 nucleotides encoding the env gene of murine retrovirus Akv was determined by using a molecular clone of the Akv provirus. Deduction of the encoded amino acid sequence showed that a single open reading frame encodes a 638-amino acid precursor to gp70 and p15E. In addition, there is a typical leader sequence preceding the amino terminus of gp70. The locations of potential glycosylation sites and other structural features indicate that the entire gp70 molecule and most of p15E are located on the outer side of the membrane. Internal cleavage of the env precursor to generate gp70 and p15E occurs immediately adjacent to several basic amino acids at the carboxyl terminus of gp70. This cleavage generates a region of 42 uncharged, relatively hydrophobic amino acids at the amino terminus of p15E, which is located in a position analogous to the hydrophobic membrane fusion sequence of influenza virus hemagglutinin. The mature polypeptides are predicted to associate with the membrane via a region of 30 uncharged, mostly hydrophobic amino acids located near the carboxyl terminus of p15E. Distal to this membrane association region is a sequence of 35 amino acids at the carboxyl terminus of the env precursor, which is predicted to be located on the inner side of the membrane. By analogy to Moloney murine leukemia virus, a proteolytic cleavage in this region removes the terminal 19 amino acids, thus generating the carboxyl terminus of p15E. This leaves 15 amino acids at the carboxyl terminus of p15E on the inner side of the membrane in a position to interact with virion cores during budding. The precise location and order of the large RNase T(1)-resistant oligonucleotides in the env region were determined and compared with those from several leukemogenic viruses of AKR origin. This permitted a determination of how the differences in the leukemogenic viruses affect the primary structure of the env gene products.
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PMID:Nucleotide sequence of the Akv env gene. 628 70

It was established that neuraminidase--an immunosuppressive component of influenza virus--stimulated Rauscher leukemia in BALB/c mice. This effect is connected with earlier manifestation of sensitization to embryonic antigens and the appearance of immature PNL+ cells in spleens of infected mice rather than with immunosuppression. The mechanism of cocarcinogenic effect of viral neuraminidase is discussed.
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PMID:[Mechanism of the modifying effect of neuraminidase of the influenza virus on the development of Rauscher leukemia]. 649 39

Analysis of the ability of heteroantisera, monoclonal antibodies, and antibodies to synthetic peptides to react with viral glycoproteins deglycosylated with endoglycosidase F revealed that the reactivities of most of the antibodies to these glycoprotein antigens were influenced by the attached carbohydrate moieties. All heteroantisera prepared in rabbits or goats to either fully glycosylated retroviruses or influenza virus were virtually unreactive toward the viral glycoproteins after carbohydrate removal. Analyses with a panel of monoclonal antibodies to purified Rauscher murine leukemia virus gp70 indicated that the reactivity of most of these antibodies improved while the reactivity of others decreased or remain unchanged after carbohydrate removal. Most of the antibodies to synthetic peptide sequences in the influenza virus hemagglutinin also improved in reactivity after carbohydrate removal. These data indicate that carbohydrate side chains on viral glycoproteins influence the immune response to these antigens, and the more native the glycoprotein immunogen, the more dramatic the carbohydrate influence. Thus the immune response to these glycoproteins is not simply a function of the immunogenicity of certain domains over others but rather is a direct measure of carbohydrate influences on the host's perception of the foreign antigen.
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PMID:Carbohydrate dramatically influences immune reactivity of antisera to viral glycoprotein antigens. 650 93

Four patients with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) and 4 patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma were treated with alpha-type interferon (Human Lymphoblastoid Interferon: HLBI). Treatment regimen consisted of 3 to 12 million units (MU) of HLBI given intramuscularly once daily. The total dose varied from 36 to 520 MU. Complete remissions were obtained in one of 4 patients with ATL and one of 3 patients with B-cell lymphoma. A partial remission was yielded in one patient with B-cell lymphoma. An overall response rate (CR + PR) was 37.5%. Toxicity included flu-like symptoms, myelosuppression, G-I tract symptoms, fatigue, high fever and hepatic disturbance. On the basis of this study, we have concluded that HLBI is effective for the treatment of ATL and B-cell lymphoma.
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PMID:[Effect of human lymphoblast interferon in adult T-cell leukemia and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma]. 660 14

Chronic influenza infection was produced by inoculation with influenza A virus, Waybridge strain (Hav1N1), of continuous murine leukemia Rauscher cells transformed by 20-methylcholantrene. The complete duration of the proliferative-destructive cycle of Rauscher/MX culture infected with fowl plague virus was 24 days on the average. The virus was found in the culture fluid virtually in all stages of the cycle, its titre reaching 10(7) EID50/ml at the peak of the destructive stage. By 14-15 days of the cycle in the chronically infected cells active synthesis of all virus-specific polypeptides (P1, P2, P3, HA, NP, M. NS) was observed, their electrophoretic mobility corresponding completely to that of proteins of the original influenza A virus strain. Simultaneously, almost complete inhibition of synthesis of cellular proteins is observed. Treatment of cultures with amantadine (12.5 micrograms/ml for 4 days) and remantadine (6.25 micrograms/ml for 7 days) interrupted the development of the infectious cycle for 2 1/2-3 1/2 months; during this time cellular protein synthesis recovered and no virus-specific polypeptides were formed. Then, the proliferative-destructive cycle reestablished in the infected cultures.
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PMID:[Inhibiting action of adamantane derivatives on chronic influenzal infection in a tissue culture]. 661 90

A dysfunction in natural killer (NK) cell activity has been assumed to play a substantial role in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis (MS). To investigate whether such a defect is genetically determined and thus in combination with a certain HLA status may represent an additional risk factor for contracting MS, spontaneous and interferon (IFN) induced NK cells activity against the K562 target cell were analyzed in nine pairs of monozygotic twins discordant for MS. In addition, IFN production was tested in nonadherent lymphocytes stimulated with PHA, influenza virus or leukemia cells. When compared to healthy controls, NK function appeared to be normal in healthy twins, whereas some MS patient displayed decreased activity. No difference in IFN induced NK cell activity and IFN production could be detected between normal controls, healthy twins, and MS patients. These data argue against a genetically determined dysfunction within the NK-IFN system in patients with MS.
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PMID:Genetic influence on natural cytotoxicity and interferon production in multiple sclerosis studies in monozygotic discordant twins. 668 41

(+/-)-3-(4-Amino-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-1-yl)-5-(hydroxymethyl)- 1 alpha,2 alpha,3 beta,5 beta)-1,2-cyclopentanediol (9), the carbocyclic analogue of tubercidin, prepared from (+/-)-3-amino-5-(hydroxymethyl)-(1 alpha,2 alpha,3 beta,5 beta)- 1,2-cyclopentanediol (6), is cytotoxic to cells containing adenosine kinase but not to cells that do not, indicating that its activity depends on phosphorylation. Although inactive against P388 leukemia in mice and against herpes and influenza viruses in vitro, it showed marginal activity against respiratory syncytial, vesicular stomatitis, and rhino viruses in vitro.
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PMID:(+/-)-3-(4-Amino-1H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-1-yl)-5-(hydroxymethyl)- (1 alpha,2 alpha,3 beta,5 beta)-1,2-cyclopentanediol, the carbocyclic analogue of tubercidin. 670 54

Some of the properties of the tetrapeptide tuftsin, Thr-Lys-Pro-Arg, are discussed. We describe three phases of tuftsin activation of the macrophage. Tuftsinyltuftsin, the octapeptide Thr-Lys-Pro-Arg-Thr-Lys-Pro-Arg, was synthesized with a view of minimizing the formation of Lys-Pro-Arg, from tuftsin by tissue aminopeptidases. The tripeptide is a tuftsin inhibitor. The octapeptide proved to be quite effective in prolonging the life of syngeneic mice injected with L1210 leukemia cells. Its effect in our laboratory, was considerably better than we could obtain with tuftsin. A simple method for purifying tuftsin by high performance liquid chromatography is described using 0.75% trifluoroacetic acid in water. The tuftsin sequence Thr-Lys-Pro-Arg is present in P12 protein of Rausher murine leukemia virus. A close analog Thr-Arg-Pro-Lys appears in yet another virus protein the haemagglutinin of influenza virus. A second close analog Thr-Arg-Pro-Arg forms the penultimate carboxyterminal of a pancreatic polypeptide found in human and several animals.
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PMID:Tuftsin, a natural activator of phagocytic functions including tumoricidal activity. 689 74


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