PMID: 6983530Dec 1, 1982Paper

Spontaneous in vitro differentiation of antigen-specific lymphocytes from a patient with immunoglobulin M gammopathy

The Journal of Clinical Investigation
J HalperB Pernis

Abstract

Recently we have identified two monoclonal immunoglobulin M (IgM) proteins that bind Klebsiella polysaccharides. The lymphocytes of one of these patients (M.A.Y.) were available for study. A substantial proportion of the B lymphocytes isolated from this patient's peripheral blood also bound Klebsiella polysaccharides with a pattern of specificity identical to that of the monoclonal IgM, and reacted with an anti-idiotypic antiserum directed against this IgM. Stripping the surface immunoglobulin from these lymphocytes eliminated this reactivity. Although no plasma cells were detected in the freshly isolated peripheral blood lymphocytes of this patient, plasma cells binding Klebsiella polysaccharide appeared after 7 d of in vitro culture. This occurred regardless of whether the cultures were supplemented with autologous plasma, normal human plasma, or fetal calf serum. Pokeweed mitogen neither stimulated nor inhibited the in vitro differentiation of the monoclonal B lymphocytes into plasma cells. This differentiation was, however, abrogated by F(ab')2 fragments of anti-human IgM and by anti-idiotypic antibodies, as well as by the Klebsiella polysaccharide with which the monoclonal IgM reacted.

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