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The Journal of Immunology, 1998, 161: 5217-5225.
Copyright © 1998 by The American Association of Immunologists

CD40 Engagement Triggers Switching to IgA1 and IgA2 in Human B Cells Through Induction of Endogenous TGF-ß: Evidence for TGF-ß But Not IL-10-Dependent Direct Sµ->S{alpha} and Sequential Sµ->S{gamma}, S{gamma}->S{alpha} DNA Recombination1

Hong Zan*, Andrea Cerutti*, Patricia Dramitinos*, András Schaffer*,{dagger} and Paolo Casali2,*,{dagger}

* Division of Molecular Immunology, Department of Pathology, Cornell University Medical College, and {dagger} Immunology Program, Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, NY 10021

IgA are major effectors of antimicrobial defense in the respiratory and digestive tracts. We have analyzed the requirements for and the modalities of switching to IgA using our recently identified monoclonal model of human germinal center differentiation, CL-01 B cells. CL-01 cells bear surface IgM (sIgM) and sIgD and switch to all seven downstream isotypes in response to physiologic stimuli. In these cells, CD40 engagement by CD40 ligand induces production of endogenous TGF-ß and IL-10, expression of germline I{alpha}1-C{alpha}1 and I{alpha}2-C{alpha}2 transcripts, mature VHDJH-C{alpha}1 and VHDJH-C{alpha}2 transcripts, and IgA secretion. These events are associated with not only direct Sµ->S{alpha}, but also sequential Sµ->S{gamma}, S{gamma}->S{alpha} DNA recombination, and are ablated by neutralizing anti-TGF-ß but not IL-10 Ab, and indicating that TGF-ß, not IL-10, is a crucial mediator of the transcriptional activation and recombination of human C{alpha}1 and C{alpha}2 genes. Our findings in CL-01 cells were reproduced in freshly isolated naive sIgM+ sIgD+ B lymphocytes. Thus, engagement of CD40, in the absence of other (known) stimuli, is sufficient to effectively induce switching to IgA in human B cells. This is effected by direct and sequential DNA recombination events, which are both dependent upon endogenous TGF-ß secreted by the CD40L-induced B cells.




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