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Objective: To study the apoptotic effects of influenza A virus on the Raji cell line., Methods: Cultured Raji cells were infected with influenza A virus at a multiplicity of infection (m.o.i) of 20 and the effects of apoptosis were detected at different time points post infection using the following methods: electron microscope, DNA agarose gel electrophoresis, PI stained flow cytometry (FCM) and Annexin-V FITC/PI stained FCM., Results: Raji cells infected with influenza A virus showed changes of morphology apoptosis, DNA agarose electrophoresis also demonstrated a ladder-like pattern of DNA fragments in a time-dependent manner. PI stained FCM showed "apoptosis peak" and FITC/PI stained FCM showed apoptotic cells. Quantitative analysis indicated that the percentage of apoptotic Raji cells increased after infection, and cycloheximide (CHX), an eukaryotic transcription inhibitor, could effectively inhibit the apoptotic effects of influenza A virus in vitro., Conclusions: Influenza A virus can induce apoptosis in Raji cell line suggesting that it may lead to a potential method for tumor therapy.

Objective: To study the apotosis-inducing effects of influenza virus on cancer cells and the role of FasL., Methods: Four strains of cancer cells (Hela, Raji, SMMC-7721 and SPC-A-1) were infected with 20 m. o. i influenza virus and the effects of apoptosis were detected at different time points post infection by electron microscopy, DNA agrose gel electrophoresis, PI stained flow cytometry, and Annexin-V FITC/PI stained flow cytometry. And the concentration of FasL in the culture supernatant was measured with the use of ELISA at the same time., Results: All the four strains of cancer cells showed apoptotic morphological changes. DNA agarose electrophoresis also showed "ladder" in a time dependent manner after virus infection. During this course, there was an obvious increase of FasL concentration in the cell culture supernatant., Conclusion: Influenza virus can induce tumour cells apoptosis in vitro, and it is probably related to the increased expression of FasL.

Objective: To construct the T suppress factor (TsF) cDNA library specific for AchR and screen out the positive clones of TsF., Methods: The full-length cDNA was synthesized by the reverse transcripting from the TsF PolyA+mRNA, which had been extracted from the AchR specific suppressor lines (ARSL). The cDNA library was obtained using Lambda gt11 vector. Finally, this cDNA library was screened by Western blotting using Analysis of this cDNA library showed that titer of the monoclonal antibody specific for TCR-achain., Results: recombinant bacteriophage was 1.4 x 10(7) pfu/ml, the rate of positive recombinant was 86.9%. The recombinant bacteriophage DNA were digested by EcoRI and electrophoresis analysis found that the main size of insertion was 0.8 to approximately 4.0 kb . As a result of screening, 27 positive clones were obtained. The positive recombinant bacteriophage DNA were digested by EcoRI, and electrophoresis analysis found that the size of insertion was 1 kb. Conclusion The results suggested that this cDNA library is available, the recombination phages can express TsF specific for AchR effectively and could be used to prepare the products of gene engineering of TsF.