The Journal of Immunology, Vol 141, Issue 2 489-498, Copyright © 1988 by American Association of Immunologists

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IL-4 induces co-expression of intrinsic membrane IgG1 and IgE by murine B cells stimulated with lipopolysaccharide

CM Snapper, FD Finkelman, D Stefany, DH Conrad and WE Paul
Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD 20892.

IL-4 promotes IgG1 and IgE secretion by murine B cells stimulated with bacterial LPS. We show that stimulation of unprimed resting splenic B cells with LPS and 10(4) U/ml rIL-4 results in the expression of membrane (m) IgG1 and mIgE on 40 to 50% and 15 to 25% of the total B cell population, respectively, on day 4 of culture. The possibility of a significant contribution to cell surface staining by cytophilic, secreted Ig isotypes was eliminated by either the addition of anti-Fc gamma or anti-Fc epsilon R mAb during the culture or by acid treatment before staining. A similar proportion of IgE-expressing B cells are also found, after stimulation with LPS and 10(4) U/ml IL-4, by cytoplasmic staining using fluorescence microscopy. Cell sorting analysis further indicates that B cell populations that express mIgG1 and mIgE secrete these respective Ig isotypes. In addition, such cells show striking diminution in IgM secretion compared to mIgG1- or mIgE- sorted B cells. Stimulation with LPS and IL-4 (10(4) U/ml) induces co- expression of mIgG1 and mIgE on LPS-stimulated B cells; up to 75% of mIgE+ B cells co-express mIgG1 and up to 19% of mIgG1+ B cells express mIgE. This striking co-expression of mIgG1 and mIgE is mirrored by the co-expression of mIgG1 with mIgG3 and mIgG2b by B cells stimulated with LPS and 200 U/ml IL-4. Cell sorting analysis demonstrates that the B cell population that co-expresses mIgG1 and mIgE secretes both IgG1 and IgE. However, "two-color" cytoplasmic staining fails to demonstrate any B cells that simultaneously secrete both IgG1 and IgE.

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