title: Proliferation and autoantibody production by mouse thyroglobulin (MTg)-specific B cells activated in vitro by MTg and MTg-specific T cells.
abstract: Immunization of genetically susceptible strains of mice with mouse thyroglobulin (MTg) and adjuvant results in sensitization of MTg-specific CD4+ T cells that can induce experimental autoimmune thyroiditis (EAT) after in vitro activation with MTg. These MTg specific CD4+ T cells also provide help to MTg-specific B cells which produce anti-MTg autoantibodies in vivo. This study was undertaken to develop a system with which to measure MTg-specific helper function in vitro. MTg-activated T cells were shown to provide help to MTg-primed B cells in vitro as assessed by B-cell proliferation and anti-MTg autoantibody production. These responses were MTg-specific and required MTg priming of both the T- and B-cell populations. An MTg-specific CD4+ T-cell line also induced MTg-specific B-cell proliferation and was capable of inducing IgG1, IgG2a and IgG2b synthesis in MTg- primed B cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, 65212, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cong
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Braley-Mullen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D000939:Epitopes; D005260:Female; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008211:Lymphocyte Cooperation; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008808:Mice, Inbred CBA; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D013954:Thyroglobulin / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D000939:Epitopes; D013954:Thyroglobulin