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Immunological characterization of a low oncogenic mouse mammary tumor virus BALB/cNIV mice. 1981

J P Vacquier, and R D Cardiff, and P B Blair

Antigenic determinants of mouse mammary tumor virus (MuMTV) from the low-mammary-tumor-incidence strain BALB/cNIV were compared by competition radioimmunoassay with those of MuMTV's isolated from several high- and low-mammary-tumor-incidence mouse strains, using rabbit hyperimmune sera against BALB/cNIV MuMTV and against MuMTV from the high-mammary-tumor-incidence strain BALB/cfC3H. Using anti-BALB/cfC3H serum in competition radioimmunoassay, BALB/cNIV MuMTV lacked antigenic determinants present on MuMTV's from the BALB/cfC3H, C3H, and GR strains. With anti-BALB/cNIV serum in competition radioimmunoassay, type-specific antigenicity was detected with BALB/cNIV MuMTV. We found class-specific antigenicities on BALB/cNIV MuMTV that were shared with RIII and C3Hf MuMTV's BALB/cNIV MuMTV was reportedly derived from the C3Hf strain by infection of BALB/c mouse mammary tissue after transplantation into a (BALB/c X C3Hf)F1 hybrid followed by retransplantation into the BALB/c strain (D. R. Pitelka, K. B. DeOme, and H. A. Bern. Proc. Am Assoc. Cancer Res. 6:51, 1965). However, BALB/cNIV MuMTV contained type-specific antigens not present on C3Hf MuMTV. The possible origin of these determinants is discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008324	Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse	The type species of BETARETROVIRUS commonly latent in mice. It causes mammary adenocarcinoma in a genetically susceptible strain of mice when the appropriate hormonal influences operate.	Bittner Virus,Mammary Cancer Virus,Mouse mammary tumor virus,Mammary Tumor Viruses, Mouse
D008325	Mammary Neoplasms, Experimental	Experimentally induced mammary neoplasms in animals to provide a model for studying human BREAST NEOPLASMS.	Experimental Mammary Neoplasms,Neoplasms, Experimental Mammary,Experimental Mammary Neoplasm,Mammary Neoplasm, Experimental,Neoplasm, Experimental Mammary
D011863	Radioimmunoassay	Classic quantitative assay for detection of antigen-antibody reactions using a radioactively labeled substance (radioligand) either directly or indirectly to measure the binding of the unlabeled substance to a specific antibody or other receptor system. Non-immunogenic substances (e.g., haptens) can be measured if coupled to larger carrier proteins (e.g., bovine gamma-globulin or human serum albumin) capable of inducing antibody formation.	Radioimmunoassays
D004306	Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic	A specific immune response elicited by a specific dose of an immunologically active substance or cell in an organism, tissue, or cell.	Immunologic Dose-Response Relationship,Relationship, Immunologic Dose-Response,Dose Response Relationship, Immunologic,Dose-Response Relationships, Immunologic,Immunologic Dose Response Relationship,Immunologic Dose-Response Relationships,Relationship, Immunologic Dose Response,Relationships, Immunologic Dose-Response
D005260	Female		Females
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000912	Antibodies, Neoplasm	Immunoglobulins induced by antigens specific for tumors other than the normally occurring HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS.	Neoplasm Antibodies,Tumor Antibodies,Antibodies, Tumor
D000914	Antibodies, Viral	Immunoglobulins produced in response to VIRAL ANTIGENS.	Viral Antibodies
D000939	Epitopes	Sites on an antigen that interact with specific antibodies.	Antigenic Determinant,Antigenic Determinants,Antigenic Specificity,Epitope,Determinant, Antigenic,Determinants, Antigenic,Specificity, Antigenic
D051379	Mice	The common name for the genus Mus.	Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus