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Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
B cell development in mouse bone marrow depends critically upon IL-7. To examine the possible in vivo trophic role of IL-7, we have quantitated apoptosis and Bcl-2 family proteins in populations of phenotypically defined B lineage cells in IL-7-deficient and IL-7-overexpressing mice. Using immunofluorescence labeling, multiparameter flow cytometry, and a short-term culture assay, we show that the apoptotic rates of precursor B cells, but not of more mature B cells, are enhanced by IL-7 gene deletion, associated with increased intracellular content of Bax and decreased Bcl-2, while, conversely, an IL-7 transgene suppresses precursor B cell apoptosis and produces low Bax and high Bcl-2 levels. During normal B cell development, high Bax/Bcl-2 ratios characterize cells undergoing greatest apoptotic cell death. Pro-B cells in RAG-2-/- mice, all destined to abort, show elevated Bax levels and Bax/Bcl-2 ratios. By comparison with the elevated rate of pro-B cell apoptosis in RAG-2-/- mice, provisional estimates have been made for the fraction of pro-B cells undergoing apoptosis in normal mice (70%), IL-7-/- mice (85%), and IL-7 transgenic mice (35%). The results demonstrate that IL-7 strongly promotes in vivo cell survival and maintains antiapoptotic Bcl-2/Bax ratios during the development of precursor B cells in mouse bone marrow.
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