title: Increased immunoglobulin secretion by B lymphocytes from Trypanosoma cruzi infected mice after B lymphocytes-natural killer cell interaction.
abstract: In the present study, we investigated whether natural killer (NK) cells modulate immunoglobulin (Ig) secretion by B cells from Trypanosoma cruzi-infected mice. B cells from infected mice increased IgM and IgG2a secretion in the presence of a NK cell line, and this response was cell contact-dependent. Stimulation of splenic B cells with polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid, a NK cell activator, also increased Ig secretion by B cells from infected mice. B cells from infected mice expressed higher levels of the B7.2 molecule. Our results suggest that NK cells may be involved in the control of the abnormal B cell activation observed during T. cruzi infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Instituto de Microbiologia Prof. Paulo de Góes, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: De Arruda Hinds
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Alexandre-Moreira
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Decoté-Ricardo
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Nunes
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Peçanha
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis*; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000032:analysis; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D051940:B7-2 Antigen; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D007694:Killer Cells, Natural / Q000276:immunology; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000032:analysis; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011070:Poly I-C / Q000494:pharmacology; D014349:Trypanosoma cruzi / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan; D015703:Antigens, CD; D051940:B7-2 Antigen; C497965:Cd86 protein, mouse; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011070:Poly I-C