DIFFERENTIAL MACROPHAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR T-HELPER CELL AND T-HELPER CELL-INDUCED LYMPHOCYTE-B PROLIFERATION
DIFFERENTIAL MACROPHAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR T-HELPER CELL AND T-HELPER CELL-INDUCED LYMPHOCYTE-B PROLIFERATION
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DOI:
10.1084/jem.157.1.312
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
15.3
通讯作者:
COUTINHO, A
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作者:
BANDEIRA, A;POBOR, G;COUTINHO, A
Major histocompatibility complex-restricted helper T cell clones against minor antigens expressed on B cell and macrophage surfaces, when confronted with appropriate T cell-depleted mouse spleen cells, are induced to proliferation and, in turn, activate target-responder B cells to polyclonal growth and maturation. Irradiation of helper cell populations demonstrates that their effector functions (and B lymphocyte responses) are independent of proliferative activity. Adherent cell depletion on Sephadex G10 columns, while completely abrogating helper T cell proliferation, does not abolish helper cell-induced B cell responses, demonstrating a remarkable quantitative difference in macrophage requirements for the growth of these 2 cell types. Because significant B cell responses are detected upon interaction with primed helper T cells under conditions of extreme macrophage depletion, the role of macrophages in T-B cell cooperation is apparently limited to expansion of optimal numbers of helper T lymphocytes. It follows that activated helper cells can autonomously produce all B cell-specific growth and maturation factors mediating cooperative antibody responses. The profound reduction of lipopolysaccharide-induced responses upon macrophage depletion suggests accessory cell production of such factors in thymus-independent B cell growth and/or maturation.