title: An analysis of the growth and differentiation of B cells isolated from follicles of the ileal Peyer's patch of sheep.
abstract: We developed a method to isolate and culture cells from the lymphoid follicles of the ileal Peyer's (PP) patch of young sheep (6-12 weeks). These cells were 98% sIgM+ B cells and 1% T cells. Cultured follicular cells were used to investigate B-cell proliferation and differentiation. Less than 50% of B cells were viable after 24 hr of culture and this decrease in B-cell viability also occurred following co-stimulation with pokeweed mitogen (PWM) and recombinant bovine interleukin-1 (rBoIL-1) or rBoIL-2. In contrast, co-stimulation with PWM and either rBoIL-1 or rBoIL-2 induced a marked proliferative response that was maximal on Day 4 of culture. Cytokine-induced proliferation of the B cells required PWM co-stimulation and proliferation induced by rBoIL-1 and rBoIL-2 was neither additive or synergistic. This suggests that PWM bound a molecule or molecules that signalled responsiveness to both rBoIL-1 and rBoIL-2. Culture of follicular cells with PWM and both rBoIL-1 and rBoIL-2 also resulted in B-cell differentiation. This differentiation was associated with decreased proliferation, an increased number of viable B cells, and increased expression of both surface IgM and non-Ig membrane molecules. Thus, co-stimulation of ileal PP follicular cells with PWM and rBoIL-1 and rBoIL-2 resulted in both B-cell proliferation and differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physiology, University of Calgary, Canada.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Griebel
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Reynolds
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000276:immunology; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000276:immunology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D007082:Ileum / Q000276:immunology*; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000276:immunology; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000276:immunology; D016131:Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D010581:Peyer's Patches / Q000276:immunology*; D011043:Pokeweed Mitogens / Q000276:immunology; D012756:Sheep / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D007376:Interleukin-2; D011043:Pokeweed Mitogens