Key result
B lymphoblastoid cell lines established from multiple sclerosis patients actively produce retrovirus-like particles with verified reverse transcriptase activity.
Should not change MS management; hypothesis-generating for retroviral contribution and requires prospective validation.
We have established spontaneously formed B lymphoblastoid cell lines from long-term cultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNCs) from multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The MS cell lines actively produce retrovirus-like particles as well as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Using three different variations of the highly sensitive polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assays for the detection of reverse transcriptase (RT) activity, we have verified the retroviral origin of the retrovirus-like particles that are produced in very low amounts by the MS cell lines.
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Christensen et al. (1999) studied Multiple Sclerosis. B lymphoblastoid cell lines from peripheral blood mononuclear cells was evaluated on Reverse transcriptase activity and retrovirus-like particle production. B lymphoblastoid cell lines established from multiple sclerosis patients actively produce retrovirus-like particles with verified reverse transcriptase activity.
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