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Morphological, genetic and functional variability of a T-cell hybridoma line.

Dzhambazov, Balik LU ; Teneva, I ; Koleva, L ; Asparuhova, D and Popov, N (2003) In Folia Biologica 49(2). p.87-94
Abstract
The variability in the morphology, modal number of chromosomes, TCR expression and functional reactivity of a CII-specific T-cell hybridoma at continuous subcultivation have been investigated. As the number of passages increased, besides the oval semiadherent cells (normal phenotype), fibroblast-like cells (transformed phenotype) were also observed. The two cell subpopulations differed in their karyotype characteristic, as well as in their functional reactivity. The cell population with a normal phenotype was characterized by a tetramodal number of chromosomes (30, 40, 48 and 70) and trisomies of chromosomes 6 and 14, while the cell population with a transformed phenotype was characterized by a trimodal number of chromosomes (11, 68 and... (More)
The variability in the morphology, modal number of chromosomes, TCR expression and functional reactivity of a CII-specific T-cell hybridoma at continuous subcultivation have been investigated. As the number of passages increased, besides the oval semiadherent cells (normal phenotype), fibroblast-like cells (transformed phenotype) were also observed. The two cell subpopulations differed in their karyotype characteristic, as well as in their functional reactivity. The cell population with a normal phenotype was characterized by a tetramodal number of chromosomes (30, 40, 48 and 70) and trisomies of chromosomes 6 and 14, while the cell population with a transformed phenotype was characterized by a trimodal number of chromosomes (11, 68 and 74) and trisomy of chromosome 12. A nullisomy of sex chromosomes was established in both types of cells. In the initial passages of subcultivation, 73.04% of the cells with a normal morphological phenotype expressed TCR-CD3 complexes on their surface and possessed high functional reactivity. After a two-week subcultivation, the values of these indices went down considerably: 46.11% of the cells expressed functional TCR-CD3 complexes, as a result of which their functional reactivity decreased. Only 2.71% of the cells with a transformed morphological phenotype expressed functional TCR-CD3 complexes on their surface. In these cells, a total loss of reactivity towards the specific antigens was established. The achieved results show that at continuous subcultivation the T-cell hybridomas are unstable, and with the increase in the number of passages there appear chromosome rearrangements, leading to loss of their functional reactivity. (Less)
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