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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 136, Issue 2 539-545, Copyright © 1986 by American Association of Immunologists

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Supernatant from a cloned helper T cell stimulates most small resting B cells to undergo increased I-A expression, blastogenesis, and progression through cell cycle

L Leclercq, JC Cambier, Z Mishal, MH Julius and J Theze

Helper T cell clone 52.3 supernatant (52.3 SN) was previously shown to be able to stimulate gradient-purified murine resting B cells in the absence of any additional stimulus. However, the proportion of cells that were accounting for the thymidine uptake and the Ig production was unknown. In this paper, we have studied induced changes that can be measured at the single cell level, and have thus determined the frequency of resting B cells that respond to 52.3 SN. Results indicate that 52.3 SN induces an increased I-A expression and a cell size enlargement on virtually all resting B cells. A significant proportion (30%) of these cells later becomes large blasts. Acridine orange staining revealed that in the presence of 52.3 SN a large fraction of the resting B cells undergoes the G0 to G1 transition. Furthermore, 52.3 SN is able to induce at least 20% of the cells to continue through the cell cycle into S phase as indicated by propidium iodide staining of DNA. Finally, a fraction of the 52.3 SN-stimulated cells differentiate to Ig-producing cells. Our present results suggest that resting B cells express functional receptors for some lymphokines and that these lymphokines can act in the absence of membrane Ig occupancy. Our findings further support the existence of a B cell-activating factor acting in a MHC-unrestricted manner and responsible for the entry of resting B cells into cell cycle. The relationship between this factor and other lymphokines is discussed.


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