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* Laboratory of Experimental Laboratory Medicine, Department of Medical Diagnostic Sciences;
Laboratory of Experimental Transplantation, Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, and
Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Department of Pathophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium;
Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium; and
¶ Bioceros, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Streptococcus pneumoniae causes serious infections in children, the elderly, and immunocompromised patients. Protection against infections with S. pneumoniae is mediated through Abs against the capsular polysaccharides (caps-PS). We previously showed that the murine Ab response to caps-PS is dependent on CD40-CD40L interaction. In the present paper, we addressed the question of whether the CD40-CD40L-mediated modulation of the anti-caps-PS immune reaction is the result of a direct interaction between B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes or of an indirect interaction. SCID/SCID mice reconstituted with B lymphocytes from wild-type mice did not mount anti-caps-PS Abs. SCID/SCID mice reconstituted with B lymphocytes from wild-type mice and CD4+ T lymphocytes from wild-type mice but not CD4+ T lymphocytes from CD40L knockout mice stimulated the anti-caps-PS Ab response. This indicated that CD4+ T lymphocytes stimulated the anti-caps-PS Ab response in a CD40L-dependent manner. SCID/SCID mice reconstituted with B lymphocytes from CD40 knockout mice and CD4+ T lymphocytes from wild-type mice generated an anti-caps-PS Ab response that could be inhibited by MR1, a blocking anti-CD40L Ab. These data indicated that CD4+ T lymphocytes stimulated the anti-caps-PS Ab response in an indirect way. Finally, lethally irradiated CD40 knockout mice reconstituted with bone marrow from wild-type mice mounted an anti-caps-PS Ab response that was comparable to the Ab response in wild-type mice, revealing that the required CD40 was on hemopoietic cells. In conclusion, we provide evidence that CD4+ T lymphocytes expressing CD40L stimulate the Ab response to soluble caps-PS by interacting with CD40-expressing non-B cells.
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