A non-cytotoxic suppressor of immunoglobulin synthesis and secretion by B cells of normal humans and patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus.
A factor secreted by thymocytes of immunized rabbits totally suppressed both the initiation of, and ongoing synthesis and secretion of, lectin (PWM)-induced synthesis of IgM and IgG immunoglobulins by the circulating B lymphocytes of normal humans, and of twenty consecutive patients with rheumatoid arthritis and twelve consecutive patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. The suppressor factor, referred to as human Ig synthesis/secretion suppressor factor or HISSF, is not HLA restricted in its activity and is not cytotoxic to the circulating human mononuclear cells (B cells, T cells, Null cells and monocytes). It was demonstrated that T cells precultured with HISSF were transformed into suppressor cells which, when added to fresh cultures of autologous B cells, suppressed the synthesis and secretion of IgM and IgG. On the basis of its suppressive and non-cytotoxic properties in vitro, HISSF may be an effective immunosuppressant in the treatment of patients with autoimmune diseases.
Richter
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Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Kaplan
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Kraag
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Talor
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Jodouin
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D000818:Animals; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000276:immunology*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000276:immunology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology*; D011817:Rabbits; D012397:Rosette Formation; D013491:Suppressor Factors, Immunologic / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology
D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D007136:Immunoglobulins; D013491:Suppressor Factors, Immunologic