title: Resting B lymphocytes as APC for naive T lymphocytes: dependence on CD40 ligand/CD40.
abstract: Although resting B cells as APC are tolerogenic for naive T cells in vivo, we show here that they can provide all the costimulatory signals necessary for naive T cell proliferation in vivo and in vitro. In the absence of an activating signal through the B cell Ag receptor, T cell proliferation after Ag recognition on resting B cells depends on CD40 expression on the B cells, implying that naive T cells use the membrane-bound cytokine, CD40 ligand (CD154), to induce the costimulatory signals that they need. Induction of B7-1 (CD80) and increased or sustained expression of CD44H, ICAM-1 (CD54), and B7-2 (CD86) are dependent on the interaction of CD40 ligand with CD40. Transient expression (12 h) of B7-2 is T cell- and peptide Ag-dependent, but CD40-independent. Only sustained (>/=24 h) expression of B7-2 and perhaps increased expression of ICAM-1 could be shown to be functionally important in this system. T cells cultured with CD40-deficient B cells and peptide remain about as responsive as fresh naive cells upon secondary culture with whole splenic APC. Therefore, B cells, and perhaps other APC, may be tolerogenic not because they fail to provide sufficient costimulation for T cell proliferation, but because they are deficient in some later functions necessary for a productive T cell response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR 97201, USA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Munks
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Purkerson
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Parker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017951:Antigen Presentation; D000938:Antigen-Presenting Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology; D016175:B-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D051940:B7-2 Antigen; D018106:CD28 Antigens / Q000502:physiology; D019013:CD40 Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D023201:CD40 Ligand; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017635:Clonal Anergy; D007399:Interphase / Q000276:immunology; D008024:Ligands; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation / Q000276:immunology; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D010455:Peptides / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D051940:B7-2 Antigen; D018106:CD28 Antigens; D019013:CD40 Antigens; C497965:Cd86 protein, mouse; D008024:Ligands; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D010455:Peptides; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell; D023201:CD40 Ligand