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The Journal of Immunology, 2002, 169: 1283-1292.
Copyright © 2002 by The American Association of Immunologists

Level of B Cell Antigen Receptor Surface Expression Influences Both Positive and Negative Selection of B Cells During Primary Development1

Lynn M. Heltemes and Tim Manser2

Kimmel Cancer Center and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107

To examine the effect of B cell Ag receptor (BCR) surface density on B cell development, we studied multiple lines of mice containing various copy numbers of an IgHµ{delta} transgene. The VH gene in this transgene encodes multireactive BCRs with low affinity for self Ags. These BCRs promote differentiation to a B cell subpopulation that shares some, but not all of the properties of marginal zone (MZ) B cells. Surface BCR level was found to be related to transgene gene copy number in these mice. In mice containing 1–15 copies of the transgene, elevated surface BCR levels were correlated with increased numbers of B cells in the MZ-like subset. However, in mice containing 20–30 copies of the transgene, massive clonal deletion of B cells was observed in the bone marrow, few B cells populated the spleen, and B cells were essentially absent from the lymph nodes. These data support the idea that autoantigens mediate not only negative, but positive selection of developing B cells as well. More importantly, they illustrate the profound influence of BCR surface density on the extent to which either of these selective processes take place.




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