Murine memory B cells are multi-isotype expressors.

Abstract:

:Flow cytometric analyses of the surface immunoglobulins of murine memory B cells revealed the existence of populations expressing multiple isotypes, including an IgM+/IgG+ population that could be stimulated in vitro with antigen to secrete both IgM and IgG. Female BALB/c mice were immunized with R-phycoerythrin (RPE), a fluorescent photosynthetic accessory protein from red algae. Pooled splenocytes from these mice at different stages of immunization were stained with RPE as well as with allophycocyanin- and fluorescein-conjugated anti-isotype antibodies and analysed on a two-laser FACS. RPE-binding cell sub-populations were defined and selectively sorted to verify their phenotype and to demonstrate that the various subpopulations (IgM+/IgG+, IgM+/IgG-, IgM-/IgG+) had different isotype-secretion patterns when challenged with RPE in vitro. These results re-affirm the notion that a transcriptional processing mechanism may be responsible for the simultaneous expression of multiple isotypes in memory cells.

journal_name

Immunology

journal_title

Immunology

authors

Wu CJ,Karttunen JT,Chin DH,Sen D,Gilbert W

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1991-01-01 00:00:00

pages

48-55

issue

1

eissn

0019-2805

issn

1365-2567

journal_volume

72

pub_type

杂志文章