In rat B lymphocyte genesis sixty percent is lost from the bone marrow at the transition of nondividing pre-B cell to sIgM+ B lymphocyte, the stage of Ig light chain gene expression

European Journal of Immunology
G J DeenenD Opstelten

Abstract

The cycling B precursor cells in rat bone marrow (BM) that carry the B220 antigen and no surface Ig daily produce 780 million new cells. The pool of recirculating B lymphocytes in the rat, however, renew at a rate of only about 40 million cells/day. To analyze at which stages in B lymphocyte genesis the cell loss occurs, we identified post-mitotic cells in the rat BM B lineage, and determined their renewal rates. We used 5-bromo-deoxyuridine (BrdUrd) to label DNA-synthesizing cells, identifying incorporated BrdUrd with the mouse monoclonal antibody BU-1. B lineage cell subsets were identified by the markers HIS24 antigen (rat B220), terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT), Ig mu heavy chain, and complete Ig. By use of double and triple immunocytology, we determined the extent of BrdUrd incorporation in the various B lineage compartments [HIS24+TdT-Ig-, TdT+, cytoplasmic mu chain (c mu)+ surface (s) IgM- pre-B, sIgM+ B]. Both sIgM+ B lymphocytes and all B precursors with cell diameters less than 11-12 microns were virtually devoid of DNA synthesis, as indicated by S-phase indices below 2%. In contrast, S-phase indices of large B precursors ranged between 43%-66%. We established the renewal rates of nondividing BM B lineage c...Continue Reading

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