MOLECULAR CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE cDNA CODING FOR HEPATITIS B VIRUS SURFACE ANTIGEN

Hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) inRNA has been enriched from a hepatoma cell line (PLC/PRF/5) by specific polysome immunoprecipitation and used for cDNA cloning. A HBsAg cDNA clone was identified by in situ hybridization with a cloned viral probe. It was characterized by restriction endonuclease mapping and DNA sequence analysis. Molecular hybridization of PLC/PRF/5 cellular DNA and RNA to [~(32)P]-labeled HBsAg cDNA revealed the integration of at least six copies of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA into the host genome and expression of three DNA species confining HBsAg-specific sequences. The possible role of HBV in the oncogenesis of primary hepatocellular carcinoma is discussed.     

乙型肝炎病毒表面抗原互补脱氧核糖核酸的分子克隆及检定

用特异性免疫沉淀法从一人肝癌细胞株(PLC/PRF/5)中浓集乙型肝炎表面抗原(HBsAg)信使核糖核酸(mRNA),制得互补脱氧核糖核酸(cDNA),进行克隆.用已克隆化的病毒探针进行原位杂交,检得一个含HBsAg cDNA的菌株.对它进行了限制性内切酶谱及核苦酸序列分析.该 HBsAg cDNA经~(32)P标记后与PLC/PRF/5细胞DNA和RNA分别进行分子杂交的结果,显示出整合入该宿主基因组中乙型肝炎病毒的拷贝至少有6个;含HBsAg特异序列的PNA有三种、本文对乙型肝炎病毒在原发性肝癌致癌基因中可能的作用进行了讨论。