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Tight Regulation of IFN- Transcription and Secretion in Immature and Mature B cells by the Inhibitory MHC Class I Receptor, Ly49G2¹

Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

To complete their maturation and to participate in the humoral immune response, immature B cells that leave the bone marrow are targeted to specific areas in the spleen, where they differentiate into mature cells. Previously, we showed that immature B cells actively down-regulate their integrin-mediated migration to lymph nodes or sites of inflammation, enabling their targeting to the spleen to allow their final maturation. This inhibition is mediated by IFN-, which is transcribed and secreted at low levels by these immature B cells and is down-regulated at the mature stage. The activating MHC class I receptor, Ly49D, which is expressed at high levels on immature B cells, stimulates this IFN- secretion. In this study we show that B cells coexpress the inhibitory MHC class I receptor, Ly49G2. In addition, we demonstrate a tight regulation in the expression of the Ly49 family members on B cells that depends on their cell surface levels. High levels of Ly49G2 have a dominant inhibitory effect on Ly49D expressed at low levels on immature bone marrow and mature B cells, resulting in inhibition of IFN- secretion. However, low levels of the inhibitory receptor, Ly49G2, coexpressed with high levels of the activating receptor, Ly49D, on the immigrating immature B cells enable the secretion of specific low levels of IFN-. This expression pattern insures the inhibitory control of peripheral immature B cell to prevent premature encounter with an Ag while enabling entry to the lymph nodes during the mature stage.

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