title: Differentiation of murine B cells induced by chondroitin sulfate B.
abstract: A two-step culture system was used to investigate the role of chondroitin sulfate (CS) B, which is mitogenic to B cells, in differentiation of B cells. Mouse spleen B cells were incubated for 3 days with CSB in the presence of interleukin (IL)-4 and IL-5. After washing, the cells were replated at 10(5) viable cells/well and recultured without CSB in the presence of IL-4 and IL-5. CSB dose-dependently increased IgM production, the greatest enhancement being 450%. Dextran sulfate had a similar effect, whereas other glycosaminoglycans, CSA, CSC, heparin and hyaluronic acid, were marginally effective. Treatment of B cells with CSB resulted in increases in the number of IgM-secreting cells and numbers of CD138-positive cells and CD45R/B220-negative cells. CSB-induced IgM production was inhibited by the protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor GF109203X but not by the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitor wortmannin. These results demonstrated that CSB promoted differentiation of B cells in the presence of IL-4 and IL-5 and suggested that PKC but not PI3K is crucial for CSB-induced IgM production.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunochemistry, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan.
authors.forename: Ritsuko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yoshihara
authors.forename: Eriko
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kadota
authors.forename: Saeko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: Tomomi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Goto
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Eiichi
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gohda
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003871:Dermatan Sulfate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000378:metabolism; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000378:metabolism; D015848:Interleukin-5 / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D015848:Interleukin-5; D015847:Interleukin-4; D003871:Dermatan Sulfate; D011493:Protein Kinase C