Mechanisms of antigen receptor-dependent apoptosis of human B lymphoma cells probed with a panel of 27 monoclonal antibodies

Cellular Immunology
Gillian GraftonJ Gordon

Abstract

The present study has used a panel of 23 monoclonal antibodies to IgM and 4 to IgD in order to probe parameters influencing sIg-dependent apoptosis in an IgM/IgD-expressing Burkitt lymphoma line. No direct correlation was observed between the capacity of the different anti-mu to drive cells into apoptosis and either their domain specificity or their affinity for sIgM. There was, however, a direct correlation between the functional outcome and the ability of the monoclonal antibodies to elicit a rise in intracellular Ca2+. For apoptosis to occur, the Ca2+ response had to attain a threshold value of approximately 100 nM. A direct role for Ca2+ in the delivery of the apoptotic signal was demonstrated using thapsigargin to raise intracellular Ca2+ levels. Antigen receptor ligation was linked to Ca2+ increases by tyrosine kinases as revealed by direct analysis of protein tyrosine phosphorylation and the effects of selective protein tyrosine kinase-inhibiting tyrphostins. These findings reveal a central role for the antigen receptor-generated Ca2+ signal in driving apoptosis in human B lymphoma cells and stresses the need to use a panel of reagents when probing function with presumed ligand-mimetic monoclonal antibodies.

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Aug 6, 2000·Immunology·J Gordon, J D Pound
Nov 12, 2010·Medical Oncology·D ĐevenicaA Markotić
Mar 10, 1999·British Journal of Cancer·M S CraggM J Glennie

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