TY - JOUR
T1 - Cognate T Cell Help for CD40-Deficient B Cells Induces c-myc RNA Expression, but DNA Synthesis Requires an Additional Signal Through Surface Ig
AU - Schrader, Carol E.
AU - Stavnezer, Janet
AU - Kikutani, Hitoshi
AU - Parker, David C.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam. All rights reserved.
PY - 1997/1/1
Y1 - 1997/1/1
N2 - To investigate the role of CD40 ligand in the delivery of help to B cells, we examined the Ag-specific interaction of B cells from CD40-deficient mice with a Th2 cell line in vitro. Small resting B cells from normal mice are stimulated to synthesize DNA when they present monovalent Ag (rabbit Fab anti-Ig) to a rabbit Ig-specific Th cell line. This response, which is independent of a signal through the B cell Ag receptor (slg), is nearly absent in B cells from CD40-deficient mice. The CD40-deficient B cells are not defective in Ag presentation because they induce T cell IL-4 synthesis as well as normal B cells. Also, CD40-deficient B cells respond to T cell help with DNA synthesis almost as well as normal B cells if an additional signal is provided through slg. In conjunction with a slg signal, cell contact with helper T cells induces DNA synthesis more effectively than soluble cytokines. CD40-independent T cell help can also be measured as an early increase in c-myc mRNA levels in CD40-deficient B cells presenting Ag to helper T cells, although the levels of c-myc RNA expression are lower than those in normal B cells. However, c-myc RNA induced by noncognate interaction with anti-CD3-activated T cells is completely CD40 dependent. We conclude that early growth signals from activated Th cells are received by CD40-/- B cells, but that CD40 and/or slg signals are required for efficient induction of DNA synthesis.
AB - To investigate the role of CD40 ligand in the delivery of help to B cells, we examined the Ag-specific interaction of B cells from CD40-deficient mice with a Th2 cell line in vitro. Small resting B cells from normal mice are stimulated to synthesize DNA when they present monovalent Ag (rabbit Fab anti-Ig) to a rabbit Ig-specific Th cell line. This response, which is independent of a signal through the B cell Ag receptor (slg), is nearly absent in B cells from CD40-deficient mice. The CD40-deficient B cells are not defective in Ag presentation because they induce T cell IL-4 synthesis as well as normal B cells. Also, CD40-deficient B cells respond to T cell help with DNA synthesis almost as well as normal B cells if an additional signal is provided through slg. In conjunction with a slg signal, cell contact with helper T cells induces DNA synthesis more effectively than soluble cytokines. CD40-independent T cell help can also be measured as an early increase in c-myc mRNA levels in CD40-deficient B cells presenting Ag to helper T cells, although the levels of c-myc RNA expression are lower than those in normal B cells. However, c-myc RNA induced by noncognate interaction with anti-CD3-activated T cells is completely CD40 dependent. We conclude that early growth signals from activated Th cells are received by CD40-/- B cells, but that CD40 and/or slg signals are required for efficient induction of DNA synthesis.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 8977186
AN - SCOPUS:0030636969
SN - 0022-1767
VL - 158
SP - 153
EP - 162
JO - Journal of Immunology
JF - Journal of Immunology
IS - 1
ER -