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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 133, Issue 3 1209-1214, Copyright © 1984 by American Association of Immunologists

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Ontogeny of B lymphocyte function. XV. A role for thymus cells in the maturation of the capacity of a subpopulation of B cells to re-express surface immunoglobulin after treatment with anti-immunoglobulin

YW Chen, EB Jacobson and GW Siskind

The maturation of the C57BL/6 B cell population to be able to re- express surface immunoglobulin (sIg) after its removal by treatment with rabbit antimouse Ig (RAMIg) was studied in a cell transfer system. It was found that thymus cells were required for the maturation of a subset of the B cell population to be able to re-express sIg. The B cell population of irradiated, thymectomized mice reconstituted with spleen cells from donors under 2 wk of age remained deficient in their ability to re-express sIg even after 4 wk residence in the cell transfer recipient. In contrast, if adult thymus cells were transferred together with the immature B cells, the B cell population matured to be able to re-express sIg after treatment with RAMIg. Approximately one- third of the B cell population appears to require thymus cells for this maturation. The maturation of the thymus cell population to be capable of mediating this maturation of the B cell population occurs in two steps: between 2 and 3 and between 3 and 4 wk of age. This timing corresponds to the age at which the B cell population of C57BL/6 mice normally acquires the capacity to re-express sIg, which we have previously shown to also occur in two steps. Thymus cells from 3-wk-old donors can mediate the first step in B cell maturation to be able to re- express sIg, but cannot mediate the second step in this maturation of the B cell population. Thymus cells from 4-wk-old donors can mediate both steps in the maturation of the B cell population. The results suggest that thymus cells are involved in regulating some aspects of B cell differentiation.




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