title: Enhancement by monoclonal anti-Lyb-2 antibody of antigen-specific B lymphocyte expansion stimulated by TNP-Ficoll and T lymphocyte-derived factors.
abstract: By using antigen-specific populations of B cells (TNP-ABC) we have demonstrated that the type-2 antigen TNP-Ficoll was capable of initiating B cell proliferation only in the presence of T cell-derived factors. Monoclonal-anti-Lyb-2.1 antibody acted synergistically with a T cell-derived supernatant, as well as with B cell-stimulating factor (BSF-1) to enhance the level of B cell expansion obtained in this in vitro system. This effect of anti-Lyb-2.1 mAB was observed at each day of the antigen-driven B cell expansion and was seen only with B cells purified from strains expressing the Lyb-2.1 allele. The epitope density of hapten on the Ficoll plays a critical role in this process, because Ficoll that is haptenated with low density of hapten was not found to be stimulatory. These results suggest that the Lyb-2 surface molecule influences the antigen-driven B cell growth that is stimulated by type 2 antigens and BSF-1.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000941:Antigens; D000950:Antigens, Ly / Q000032:analysis*; D000954:Antigens, Surface / Q000276:immunology*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005362:Ficoll / Q000276:immunology; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000276:immunology; D015847:Interleukin-4; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014301:Trinitrobenzenes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000941:Antigens; D000950:Antigens, Ly; D000954:Antigens, Surface; D006133:Growth Substances; D008222:Lymphokines; D014301:Trinitrobenzenes; D015847:Interleukin-4; D005362:Ficoll