STIMULATION OF HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES-B BY ANTIBODIES TO IGM AND IGG - FUNCTIONAL EVIDENCE FOR THE EXPRESSION OF IGG ON LYMPHOCYTE-B SURFACE-MEMBRANES
STIMULATION OF HUMAN LYMPHOCYTES-B BY ANTIBODIES TO IGM AND IGG - FUNCTIONAL EVIDENCE FOR THE EXPRESSION OF IGG ON LYMPHOCYTE-B SURFACE-MEMBRANES
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DOI:
10.1016/0090-1229(80)90042-2
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
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KUNKEL, HG
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CHIORAZZI, N;FU, SM;KUNKEL, HG
Isolated human tonsillar and peripheral blood B [bone marrow-derived] lymphocytes were induced to proliferate in vitro after exposure to F(ab'')2 fragments of affinity purified antibodies to Ig[immunoglobulin]M, IgG, Fab, .kappa. and .lambda. chain determinants. Low levels of DNA synthesis were observed in cultures containing anti-IgA antibodies, whereas DNA synthesis was not detected in cultures stimulated with anti-IgD. Divalent antibodies were essential for the generation of blastogenesis. These proliferative responses were T [thymus-derived] cell independent and susceptible to suppression by excess numbers of monocytes. They were elicitable in cultures not containing FCS [fetal calf serum] or 2-mercaptoethanol. Highly specific antibodies to IgG induced marked proliferation; this was similar in degree to that induced by anti-IgM. Subfractionation studies demonstrated that the anti-IgG responsive cells were contained to a major extent within the surface IgM+ B cell population. None of the antibody preparations elicited B cell differentiation to antibody producing cells. Anti-.mu. antibodies completley abrogated Ig synthesis by pokeweed mitogen[PWM]-stimulated cultures of unseparated tonsillar mononuclear cells. Anti-IgG antibodies similarly suppressed PWM-induced antibody production, although this was most apparent on the IgG response. In contrast, anti-IgD antibodies both failed to suppress Ig production and in certain instances resulted in an increased level of Ig synthesis. IgG molecules are apparently intimately associated with the surface membrane of some B cells and coexpression of IgG with IgM occurs. The observations emphasize further the divergent functional roles which surface IgM and IgG vs. surface IgD have in B cell proliferation and differentiation.