title: Immunological effects of refolded human soluble BAFF synthesized in Escherichia coli on murine B lymphocytes in vitro and in vivo.
abstract: The B cell activating factor of the TNF family (BAFF, also known as BLyS, TALL-1, THANK, and zTNF4) is an important survival factor for B lymphocytes. Our previous study has demonstrated that the final purified material of human soluble BAFF (refolded hsBAFF) synthesized in Escherichia coli is biologically active in a validated induced human B lymphocyte proliferation bioassay. In this study, the administration of refolded hsBAFF to isolated mouse B lymphocytes and mice was carried out to study the immunological effects of hsBAFF on in vitro and in vivo B lymphocytes. The results showed that splenic B lymphocyte proliferation significantly increased after hsBAFF administration (in vitro 1, 2, 3, 5 microg/ml and in vivo 0.01, 0.5, 1.0 mg/kg body mass). An oppositely elevated immune response of B lymphocyte to LPS stimulation after hsBAFF administration (1, 2.5, 5 microg/ml) and a significantly elevated change after treatment with hsBAFF and costimulation with anti-IgM (2.5 microg/ml) was observed in vitro, respectively. A similar change existed also in hsBAFF-treated mice on the 8th postexperiment day, but the value with anti-IgM alone didn't increase compared to normal control in vitro. We found that the treatment of mice with hsBAFF resulted in a developmental maturation of T1 B lymphocytes to T2 and mature B lymphocytes by detecting distributions of splenic CD21(lo) with CD45R/B220(+) and CD21(hi) with CD45R/B220(+) subsets. These results suggest that the refolded hsBAFF synthesized in Escherichia coli may enhance immune responses in the body by regulating the proliferation, differentiation, and immune response of B lymphocytes.
authors.affiliation: Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Meng
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cao
authors.forename: Long
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xiao Xiao
authors.initials: XX
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: Shuang Quan
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D053264:B-Cell Activating Factor; D016175:B-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D017510:Protein Folding; D017464:Receptors, Complement 3d / Q000276:immunology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D053264:B-Cell Activating Factor; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D017464:Receptors, Complement 3d; C505719:TNFSF13B protein, human; C505720:Tnfsf13b protein, mouse; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha