Fc-IgM and Fc-IgG receptors on human circulating B lymphocytes.
Fc-IgM and Fc-IgG receptors on human circulating B lymphocytes.
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人循环 B 淋巴细胞上的 Fc-IgM 和 Fc-IgG 受体。
DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.121.3.887
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发表时间:
1978
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Samuel Broder
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作者:
Werner J. Pichler;Samuel Broder
Peripheral blood B cells from normal humans were enriched with rosette techniques (mean 93.5% surface immunoglobulin positive). We studied these purified B cells for the expression of Fc-IgG and Fc-IgM receptors by using bovine red blood cells coated with IgG (EA-IgG) or IgM (EA-IgM). Between 81 and 94% (mean 88.67%) Fc-IgG and between 79 and 97% (mean 87.5%) Fc-IgM receptor positive cells were found by using this sensitive rosette technique.
The Fc-IgG receptor values had a tendency to decrease in culutre at 37°C. In contrast, cultivation at 37°C for 24, 48, and even 72 hr enhanced Fc-IgM receptor expression. Trypsinization (0.25%) removed Fc-IgM receptors, but not Fc-IgG receptors. However, after further cultivation of the trypsinized cells, Fc-IgM receptors were re-expressed on the same or even greater percentages of cells.
Fc-IgM receptors were also detected on monoclonal B cells (chronic lymphatic leukemia cells) expressing surface immunoglobulins with either δ or γ heavy chains exclusively. The high percentage of Fc-IgM positive cells in normal peripheral blood B cells, coupled with the observation that the Fc-IgM receptors are not confined to monoclonal B cells with particular classes of surface immunoglobulins, suggests that the Fc-IgM receptor may be present on essentially all B cells. Moreover, our results suggest that most human B cells expressed both Fc-IgM and Fc-IgG receptors simultaneously.