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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 158, Issue 1 153-162, Copyright © 1997 by American Association of Immunologists

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Cognate T cell help for CD40-deficient B cells induces c-myc RNA expression, but DNA synthesis requires an additional signal through surface Ig

CE Schrader, J Stavnezer, H Kikutani and DC Parker
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester 01655, USA.

To investigate the role of CD40 ligand in the delivery of help to B cells, we examined the Ag-specific interaction of B cells from CD40- deficient mice with a Th2 cell line in vitro. Small resting B cells from normal mice are stimulated to synthesize DNA when they present monovalent Ag (rabbit Fab anti-Ig) to a rabbit Ig-specific Th cell line. This response, which is independent of a signal through the B cell Ag receptor (sIg), is nearly absent in B cells from CD40-deficient mice. The CD40-deficient B cells are not defective in Ag presentation because they induce T cell IL-4 synthesis as well as normal B cells. Also, CD40-deficient B cells respond to T cell help with DNA synthesis almost as well as normal B cells if an additional signal is provided through sIg. In conjunction with a sIg signal, cell contact with helper T cells induces DNA synthesis more effectively than soluble cytokines. CD40-independent T cell help can also be measured as an early increase in c-myc mRNA levels in CD40-deficient B cells presenting Ag to helper T cells, although the levels of c-myc RNA expression are lower than those in normal B cells. However, c-myc RNA induced by noncognate interaction with anti-CD3-activated T cells is completely CD40 dependent. We conclude that early growth signals from activated Th cells are received by CD40-/- B cells, but that CD40 and/or sIg signals are required for efficient induction of DNA synthesis.


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