Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 47, Issue 2, Pages 394-405Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201646638
Keywords
B cells; Bone marrow; Cell development; Fetal liver; Stroma; Transplantation
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- National Science Foundation
- European Union's Seventh Framework Programme for research, technological development and demonstration [315902]
- Science Foundation Ireland [SFI09/SRC/B1794, SFI07/SK/B1233b]
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Up to now long-term in vitro growth of pro-B cells was thought to require stromal cells. However, here we show that fetal liver (FL) and bone marrow (BM) derived pro-B cells can be propagated long-term in stromal cell-free cultures supplemented with IL-7, stem cell factor and FLT3 ligand. Within a week, most cells expressed surface CD19, CD79A, lambda 5, and VpreB antigens and had rearranged immunoglobulin D-J heavy chain genes. Both FL and BM pro-B cells reconstituted the B-cell compartments of immuno-incompetent Rag2-deficient mice, with FL pro-B cells generating follicular, marginal zone (MZB) and B1a B cells, and BM pro-B cells giving rise mainly to MZB cells. Reconstituted Rag2-deficient mice generated significant levels of IgM and IgG antibodies to a type II T-independent antigen; mice reconstituted with FL pro-B cells generated surprisingly high IgG(1) titers. Finally, we show for the first time that mice reconstituted with mixtures of pro-B and pro-T cells propagated in stromal cell-free in vitro cultures mounted a T-cell-dependent antibody response. This novel stromal cell-free culture system facilitates our understanding of B-cell development and might be applied clinically.
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