title: Peripheral blood lymphocyte receptors for B-lymphoblastoid cell lines (B-LCL).
abstract: Because interactions between B cells and T lymphoyctes are of fundamental importance in the generation of the immune response to most antigens, we attempted to identify the cells capable of binding B-lymphoblastoid cell lines (B-LCL), their tissue distribution, and their presence in other species. Cells bearing a surface receptor for B-LCL were found in human peripheral blood, tonsil, and bone marrow, as well as mouse and rat spleen. Binding cells were phenotypically heterogeneous. The majority are T cells as defined by their ability to bind sheep red blood cells (E-rosettes). However, a subpopulation of non-T-lymphocytes were capable of binding B-LCL. This was demonstrated by depleting T cells with an E-rosette centrifugation technique and then performing a double rosette assay. The wide distribution of T lymphocytes with receptors for B-lymphoblastoid cells within peripheral lymphoid organs and their presence in several species suggest that these surface molecules may represent one of the means by which T cells and B cells interact in the induction of the immune response to T-dependent antigens.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D002460:Cell Line; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D051381:Rats; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000276:immunology*; D012397:Rosette Formation; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D011971:Receptors, Immunologic