PMID: 6968791Dec 1, 1980Paper

In vitro immune response of human peripheral lymphocytes. VI. Distribution and characterization of precursors for PHA- and protein A-induced colony-forming B cells

The Journal of Immunology : Official Journal of the American Association of Immunologists
T KuritaniY Yamamura

Abstract

B cells from peripheral blood or cord blood formed colonies by stimulation with either PHA or protein A. On the other hand, tonsillar B cells did not form protein A-induced colonies, although PHA-induced colony formation was comparable to that observed in peripheral B cells. Lack of protein A-induced colony formation in tonsillar B cells was not due to the defect of helper T cells in preculture or to the presence of suppressor cells but was due to the absence of precursors for colony formation. The result showed that PHA- and protein A-induced colony-forming cells belonged to distinct subsets of B cells. Depletion of mu-bearing cells from peripheral B cells abrogated both PHA- and protein A-induced colony formation. Depletion of delta-bearing cells did not affect PHA- and protein A-induced colony formation and the population enriched with delta-bearing cells also showed colony formation. Depletion of complement receptor (CR)-positive cells removed precursors for both PHA- and protein A-induced colony formation. These results showed that precursor cells for PHA- and protein A-induced colony formation were IgM+, IgD+ and CR+ or IgM+, IgD- and CR+.

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