title: Anti-CD40 antibody stimulates the VLA-4-dependent adhesion of normal and LFA-1-deficient B cells to endothelium.
abstract: We have demonstrated that anti-CD40 antibody stimulates the heterotypic adhesion of B cells to endothelial cells. This has been shown by using normal B lymphocytes and B-cell lines in a quantitative adhesion assay. When B cells, B-cell lines and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed B cells from a patient with leucocyte adhesion deficiency (LAD) were stimulated with anti-CD40 antibody, they were found to adhere to both untreated and interleukin-1 (IL-1)-stimulated human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC), and to the lung carcinoma line A549. To identify the adhesion receptors responsible for this anti-CD40-induced adhesion, cells were pretreated with blocking antibodies prior to assay. Our results indicate that anti-CD40-stimulated adhesion of tonsillar B cells, B-cell lines RPMI-8866, JY, and an EBV-transformed LAD-cell line were predominantly dependent on the very late antigen-4 (VLA-4)-vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM) interaction. Anti-CD40-induced adhesion appears to be dependent on the activation of protein tyrosine kinase and protein kinase C and on the presence of divalent cations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, Glaxo Institute for Molecular Biology SA, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Flores-Romo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Estoppey
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Bacon
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000276:immunology*; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology*; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D001667:Binding, Competitive / Q000276:immunology; D019013:CD40 Antigens; D002448:Cell Adhesion / Q000276:immunology; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules / Q000032:analysis; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 / Q000276:immunology*; D016029:Receptors, Very Late Antigen / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D015703:Antigens, CD; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte; D019013:CD40 Antigens; D015815:Cell Adhesion Molecules; D016169:Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1; D016029:Receptors, Very Late Antigen