title: Induction of murine autoimmune disease by chronic polyclonal B cell activation.
abstract: In vivo, prolonged polyclonal activation of B cells by the nonantigenic but potent mitogenic lipid A portion of lipopolysaccharide (LPS-R595) resulted in acceleration of the late life systemic lupus erythematosus disease of female MRL/n, BXSB, and NZW mice, mimicking the time, form, and histopathological features characteristic of their early life disease counterparts, i.e., MRL/l females, BXSB males, and (NZB X NZW)F1 females. Similar polyclonal B cell activation of "immunologically normal" mice has less effect and led to a limited expression of autoimmune disease. This R595-induced autoimmunity and immune complex-mediated disease seemed to be the direct result of activation of the immune system and not from other effects of endotoxin since C3H/HeJ, a strain lacking lymphocyte receptors for LPS-R595, had neither serological nor histological evidence of autoimmune disease despite identical treatment.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000921:Antibody-Producing Cells / Q000276:immunology; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000187:drug effects; D001806:Blood Urea Nitrogen; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000276:immunology; D006462:Hemolytic Plaque Technique; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D006493:Heparin