期刊
MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY
卷 46, 期 8-9, 页码 1613-1619出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2009.02.026
关键词
B cells; Antibodies; Lipopolysaccharide; Isotype switch; B cell subpopulations
资金
- German Research Council (DFG)
- EC via Clinigene and the Marie Curie Action Miditrain [MEST-CF-2004-504990]
- Helmholtz Gemeinschaft via HIRSIB
Murine B1 cells have been shown to be able to switch to IgA in vitro. In agreement, we could demonstrate in the peritoneum of mice the presence of IgA producing B1 cells. Interestingly, enzyme-linked immunospot assays of lipopolysaccharide stimulated cultures revealed that only the B1b cell subpopulation contained high numbers of such cells while IgA producing B cells were rare amongst the B2 and B1 a cell populations. This was confirmed by RT-PCR on sorted peritoneal B cell subpopulations. In addition, the variable regions associated with IgA of peritoneal B1b cells displayed extensive variation due to somatic hypermutation. In contrast, mutations were found only at low frequencies in VH regions associated with IgM of both B1 cell populations. Thus, peritoneal B1b cells display many similarities to B2 cells. This finding is consistent with the idea of a layered immune system in which peritoneal B1 a and splenic follicular B2 cells appear at the two extremes and peritoneal B1b and B2 cells represent intermediates. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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