Rabbit lymphoid cells. II. Anti-allotype antisera, lipopolysaccharide and other bacterial and fungal mitogens as probes for the identification of B-cell subpopulations.
Removal of adherent cells or complement-mediated killing of rabbit thymus lymphocyte antigen (BTLA) bearing rabbit T lymphocytes did not abolish the responsiveness (increased thymidine incorporation) of lymphoid cells to antibody against immunoglobulin allotype, Nocardia water-soluble mitogen (NWSM), pneumococcal polysaccharide SIII (PPSIII), S. abortus lipopolysaccharide (LPS), lipid A conjugated to bovine serum albumin and a crude preparation containing C polysaccharide from the cell wall of Diplococcus pneumoniae. Isologous and heterologous antisera, directed against different portions of the Ig receptor, differed in their capacity to enhance thymidine incorporation. The difference in mitogenicity of these antisera was discussed in terms of the accessibility of cell-bound immunoglobulin receptor sites. Spleen cells, responsive to anti-allotype (Ab4) antiserum and B-cell mitogens, NWSM and PPSIII, were characterized by velocity sedimentation. The mean volume of NWSM- and PPSIII-responsive cells was larger than that of the cells responsive to anti-allotype antiserum. Fractionation of spleen cells on glass bead columns yielded a population of non-adherent cells which were two to six times as responsive to anti-Ab4 antiserum as the original spleen cell suspension. The responsiveness of peripheral blood lymphocytes to anti-Ab4 antiserum was significantly greater than that of spleen cells. On the other hand, spleen cells were more responsive to PPSIII than were cells from the peripheral blood, the popliteal and the mesenteric lymph nodes.
D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D007104:Immune Adherence Reaction; D007126:Immunoglobulin Allotypes; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008934:Mitogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009615:Nocardia / Q000276:immunology; D011817:Rabbits; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism
D007126:Immunoglobulin Allotypes; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D008934:Mitogens; D013936:Thymidine