HTLV-1-infected T-cell lines (ED-40515(−), MT-2, Hut-102, and ATL-43T) and non–HTLV-1–infected T-cell line (Jurkat T cell) were cultured in RPMI1640 (Nacalai Tesque) containing 10% FBS and 1% PSG (Invitrogen). Jurkat T cells stably expressing a spliced form of HBZ called Jurkat-HBZ were maintained as described previously44 (link). HEK293T cells were maintained with DMEM (Nacalai Tesque) containing 10% FBS and 1% PSG. The Jurkat Tet/On-Tax cells45 (link) kindly gifted from Dr. W.C. Greene were maintained in RPMI1640 supplemented with 10% tetracycline-free FBS (Clontech) and treated with 1 µg/ml doxycycline for 36 hours for inducible Tax expression. Human-cell-killing assay was performed as described previously9 (link).
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