The Journal of Immunology, Vol 146, Issue 10 3273-3279, Copyright © 1991 by American Association of Immunologists

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Stimulation of B lymphocytes through surface Ig receptors induces LFA-1 and ICAM-1-dependent adhesion

LH Dang and KL Rock
Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.

Engagement of the surface Ig receptor with anti-IgM antibodies stimulates murine B lymphocytes to markedly increase their expression of the cell adhesion molecules ICAM-1 and LFA-1. Stimulated B cells display increased homotypic adhesiveness and form spontaneous heterotypic conjugates with T lymphocytes. This latter T-B cell interaction is further enhanced if T cells have been previously activated with phorbol esters. In all cases, the formation of cell-cell conjugates is dependent on LFA-1-ICAM-1-mediated interactions as assessed in mAb blocking experiments. B lymphocytes stimulated with anti-IgM display a marked increase in binding to ICAM-1-transfected L cells. This cell-cell interaction is inhibited by anti-LFA-1 mAb binding to the B lymphocyte. Together, these results demonstrate that there is an induction of both ICAM-1 and LFA-1 on stimulated B cells and a corresponding increase in the adhesiveness of these cells. These findings suggest that Ag binding to the surface Ig receptor could prepare a B lymphocyte for subsequent interaction with a T lymphocyte. This provides insight into how efficient T-B collaboration may occur between very infrequent Ag-specific lymphocytes.

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