Novel in vitro model for high-rate IgA class switching - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1995 Apr 1;154(7):3156-61.

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Novel in vitro model for high-rate IgA class switching

T M McIntyre et al. J Immunol. 1995.

Abstract

The parameters necessary for induction of high-rate IgA class switching are unknown. Thus, although TGF-beta is switch factor for the IgA class, the percentage of membrane (m)IgA+ cells generated in vitro in response to TGF-beta and various individual modes of B cell activation is limited to 1 to 2% of the total B cell population, a percentage far below that observed within Peyer's patches. In this report we determined a set of parameters that act synergistically to generate up to 15 to 20% mIgA+ cells in vitro. A dual mode of B cell activation is required whereby signaling through CD40 or in response to LPS stimulation must occur in concert with multivalent Ag receptor crosslinking. A complex cytokine requirement is also revealed in that both IL-4 and IL-5 must be present with TGF-beta for high-rate IgA class switching to occur. By contrast, IFN-gamma, a known antagonist of IL-4, strongly suppresses the induction of mIgA+ cells in response to these stimuli. This novel cellular system should serve as a powerful tool for studying the molecular mechanisms that underly the IgA class switch and may provide insight into the physiologic parameters that induce it.

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