title: Anti-IgM but not anti-IgD antibodies inhibit cell division of normal human mature B cells.
abstract: Insolubilized anti-IgD antibody markedly increased DNA synthesis in and cell division of normal peripheral blood B cells (PBL-B) when used in combination with IL-4. Anti-IgM antibodies also induced DNA synthesis of PBL-B, but their ability to induce cell division was less than that of anti-IgD antibodies even when used in combination with IL-4. Moreover, anti-IgM antibodies inhibited cell division of PBL-B stimulated with insolubilized anti-IgD antibody plus IL-4 without affecting DNA synthesis. Anti-IgM antibodies also inhibited Staphylococcus aureus Cowan I-induced cell division of PBL-B without affecting DNA synthesis. These results indicate that cross-linkage of surface IgM (sIgM) in mature B cells generates negative signals to inhibit cell division of mature B cells. Because anti-IgD antibodies did not inhibit cell division at all, the role of sIgD in the regulation of cell division of mature B cells may be quite different from that of sIgM. IFN-alpha/beta promoted cell division of PBL-B stimulated with insolubilized anti-IgD antibody plus IL-4. They also counteracted the inhibitory effect of anti-IgM antibody on cell division of PBL-B.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishigami
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Higaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaoka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mayumi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mikawa
mesh_terms: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000276:immunology*; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D006801:Humans; D007072:Immunoglobulin D / Q000276:immunology*; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000276:immunology*; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology; D016899:Interferon-beta / Q000494:pharmacology; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / Q000276:immunology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D007072:Immunoglobulin D; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell; D015847:Interleukin-4; D016899:Interferon-beta