title: Antigen presentation by hapten-specific B lymphocytes. IV. Comparative ability of B cells to present specific antigen and anti-immunoglobulin antibody.
abstract: The ability of trinitrophenyl (TNP)-binding murine B lymphocytes to present native rabbit IgG (RGG), TNP-modified RGG, and rabbit anti-mouse Ig (RAMG) to an Ia-restricted, RGG-specific helper/inducer T cell clone was compared. By three independent assays (lymphokine secretion, T cell proliferation, and B cell differentiation), TNP-RGG was presented at 10(2)- to 10(3)-fold lower concentrations than RGG, and RAMG at 10(2)- to 10(3)-fold lower concentrations than TNP-RGG. The available data suggest that the efficiency of antigen presentation is dependent primarily on the avidity of binding of a ligand to B cell surface Ig and/or the extent of subsequent endocytosis (modulation). Despite the observed quantitative differences between anti-Ig (RAMG) and specific antigen (TNP-RGG), these results demonstrate that qualitatively both are essentially similar in their ability to mediate specific T-B interactions. Thus, anti-Ig antibodies are valid models for analyzing cognate interactions between antigen-specific B and helper T lymphocytes.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000276:immunology*; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000276:immunology*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D002999:Clone Cells; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000502:physiology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014301:Trinitrobenzenes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D007375:Interleukin-1; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell; D014301:Trinitrobenzenes