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(American Journal of Pathology. 1999;155:47-52.)
© 1999 American Society for Investigative Pathology

Short Communication

High Expression of HHV-8-Encoded ORF73 Protein in Spindle-Shaped Cells of Kaposi's Sarcoma

Harutaka Katano^*, Yuko Sato^*, Takeshi Kurata^*, Shigeo Mori and Tetsutaro Sata^*

From the Department of Pathology^*
and Laboratory of Pathology,
AIDS Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, and Department of Pathology,
Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) has been demonstrated previously in Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) tissues by immunohistochemistry, in situ polymerase chain reaction, and in situ hybridization. The HHV-8-encoded protein ORF73 is a 222- or 234-kd protein named latent nuclear antigen (LNA) or latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA) that is identified in HHV-8-infected cell lines by immunofluorescence assay. In the present study, a rabbit antibody against a recombinant ORF73 protein was developed. Immunofluorescent staining of a HHV-8-infected cell line, TY-1, showed that the staining pattern of the anti-ORF73 antibody overlapped completely the LANA staining pattern obtained using KS patients' sera. Immunoblotting analysis showed that the anti-ORF73 antibody reacted specifically with 222- and 234-kd proteins that were present in TY-1 and BCBL-1 cell lysates. Immunohistochemistry using a catalyzed signal amplification system demonstrated that the anti-ORF73 antibody reacted exclusively with the majority of KS spindle-shaped cells, showing a nuclear dot-like staining pattern. Some of the ORF73 protein-positive cells also expressed CD34 and vimentin but not CD68 or factor-VIII-related antigen. These data indicate that the anti-ORF73 antibody recognizes LANA and that most KS cells are infected with HHV-8 in the latent phase. Our findings also suggest that ORF73 protein plays an important role in the pathogenesis of KS.

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