TostudythemechanismofinfectionofEpstein-Barrvirus(EBV)ingastriccarcinomacells,theAkataandP3HR-1strainsofEBVwereusedastheteststrainsofviruses,andthesignetringcelllineHSC-39ofgastriccarcinomacellswasusedasthetargetcellsofinfection.Thevirus-infectedcellcloneswereisolatedbylimiteddilutionmethod.ItwasfoundthattheEBV-encodedsmallRNA(EBER)couldbedetectedintheinfectedcells.TheAkataandP3HR-1EBVinfectedparentalcellsandmostofclonesexpressedEBNA1,butnotEBNA2.Latentmembraneprotein(LMP-1)andLMP-2,andtheQpromoter(p),butnottheCp/WpforEBNAgenetranscriptionwasactiveintheinfectedparentalcellsaswellasalltheclones.UninfectedHSC-39cellsdidnotexpressCD21,however,AkatabutnotP3HR-1EBV-infectedclonesex-pressedlowlevelofCD21mRNA.TheseresultsdemonstratethatHSC-39cellsaresusceptibletobothEBVstrainsandEBVinfectsHSC-39cellsthroughtheCD21-independentpathway.ThisstudydefinesasignetringtypeofgastriccarcinomacellslineasauniquetargetcellsforthestudyofEBVinfectionmechanism.
