The novel murine B cell differentiation antigen Lp-3.
The unique murine lymphocyte differentiation antigen, Lp-3, with a mol. wt of approximately 125 kd, was found using a rat monoclonal antibody. The Lp-3 antigen was distributed on a wide variety of myeloid, T cell, and B cell lineages in mice. However, the expression was only found in B cells at certain stages of differentiation. The pre-B and virgin B cells in the bone marrow from 2-month-old BALB/c mice were weakly positive for Lp-3, while the resting B cells in the spleen and lymph node were Lp-3 negative. In contrast, the majority of B cells in the peritoneal cavity, mostly Ly-1 (CD5) B cells, had a brighter fluorescence for Lp-3 than did bone marrow B cells. The Lp-3 antigen could be induced in a high density in approximately one-half of lipopolysaccharide-stimulated, large, blastic spleen B cells. Cell cycle analysis showed that Lp-3 is an early B cell activation antigen which is first expressed at the G1A phase of the cell cycle. Therefore this novel B cell differentiation antigen will be useful for differentiating pre-B and virgin B cells in the bone marrow, resting B cells, and a population of activated B cells in the periphery. In contrast to findings in BALB/c mice, there was an elevated population of B cells with a bright Lp-3 expression in the spleen of autoimmune-prone NZB x NZW F1 mice.
Abe
M
M
Department of Pathology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Okada
T
T
Matsumoto
K
K
Ishida
Y
Y
Shiota
J
J
Nishimura
H
H
Hirose
S
S
Sato
H
H
Shirai
T
T
D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte / Q000737:chemistry; D015551:Autoimmunity; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology*; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000276:immunology; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D008970:Molecular Weight; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte