Effects of cigarette smoke on the immune response. II. Chronic exposure to cigarette smoke inhibits surface immunoglobulin-mediated responses in B cells.
Effects of cigarette smoke on the immune response. II. Chronic exposure to cigarette smoke inhibits surface immunoglobulin-mediated responses in B cells.
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香烟烟雾对免疫反应的影响。
DOI:
10.1016/0041-008x(91)90256-e
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发表时间:
1991
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Sopori,ML
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作者:
Savage,SM;Donaldson,LA;Cherian,S;Chilukuri,R;White,VA;Sopori,ML
We have previously reported that chronic exposure of rats to cigarette smoke inhibits the antibody-forming cell (AFC) response to both T-dependent and T-independent antigens and may reflect B cell dysfunction. In this communication we extend these studies to show that T cell functions are normal in chronically smoke-exposed rats (SM) as judged by their responses to mitogens and “nominal” or alloantigens. While B cells from SM respond significantly to the B cell mitogen lipopolysaccharide (LPS), they fail to proliferate in response to anti-IgM (anti-μ) or to produce significant AFC response to sheep red blood cells. On the basis of the number of rosettes formed with trinitrophenylated (TNP) horse red blood cells, the frequency of TNP-binding cells (TNP-ABC) in the spleens of SM is comparable to sham control rats. However, the proliferation of TNP-ABC to TNP-Brucella abortus is significantly decreased in SM. These differences in SM B cell responses, i.e., between LPS and anti-μ/antigen, may to be related to the ability of LPS to bypass a portion of the membrane signal transduction cascade. These results suggest that cigarette smoke affects an early step(s) in the antigen-dependent B cell signal transduction pathway.