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GIF Inhibits Th Effector Generation by Acting on Antigen-Presenting B Cells^{1 ,2}

Katsuji Sugie^3,* and Jianyong Huang

Divisions of ^* Allergy and Immunochemistry, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, San Diego, CA 92121

Glycosylation-inhibiting factor (GIF) is a 13-kDa cytokine secreted from T cells. Administration of bioactive recombinant GIF inhibits IgG1 and IgE Ab responses in vivo. Treatment of B cells with the cytokine reduces the secretion of IgG1 and IgE induced by LPS and IL-4. To examine the effect on cognate T-B interaction, GIF was added to low-density B cells from MD4 transgenic (Tg) mice, which express B cell receptor specific for hen egg lysozyme (HEL). The B cells were subsequently pulsed with HEL-OVA conjugate and cultured with OVA-specific naive CD4 T cells from DO11.10 Tg mice. Treatment of Ag-presenting B cells with GIF reduced expansion and IL-2 secretion of naive T cells and rendered them hyporesponsive to antigenic restimulation, resulting in 50–95% reduction of IL-4 and IFN- secretion upon restimulation with Ag. GIF dramatically inhibited Th effector generation when it was added to B cells before pulsing with HEL-OVA, whereas it showed little to no effect when added after B cells were pulsed with Ag. GIF was more effective when B cells from MD4 Tg mice were pulsed with HEL-OVA than when they were pulsed with OVA. This cytokine did not affect Th effector generation when B cells or irradiated splenocytes pulsed with OVA_323–339 peptide stimulated naive DO11.10 T cells. Confocal microscopy revealed that GIF inhibited internalization of HEL by B cells from MD4 Tg mice. Therefore, the cytokine may regulate early steps of Ag presentation involving B cell receptors to diminish Th effector generation from naive CD4 T cells.

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