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  • Title: Ontogeny of B-lymphocyte function. IX. Difference in the time of maturation of the capacity of B lymphocytes from foetal and neonatal mice to produce a heterogeneous antibody response to thymic-dependent and thymic-independent antigens.
    Author: Sherr DH, Szewczuk MR, Cusano A, Rappaport W, Siskind GW.
    Journal: Immunology; 1979 Apr; 36(4):891-907. PubMed ID: 374264.
    Abstract:
    The ontogeny of the capacity of the B-lymphocyte population to produce a response which is heterogeneous with respect to antibody affinity was studied in a cell transfer system. Lethally irradiated mice were reconstituted with B cells from donors of various ages, together with adult thymus cells when the response to T-dependent antigens was studied. The animals were immunized with one of a variety of antigens one day after cell transfer and the distribution of their splenic plaque-forming cells (PFC) with respect to affinity was assayed, by hapten inhibition of plaque formation, 2 to 3 weeks after immunization. Mice reconstituted with B cells from neonatal donors produced a response of low affinity and restricted heterogeneity. With four different thymic-dependent antigens (DNP-BGG, F-BGG, DNP-KLH and Dan-KLH) the splenic B-cell population acquired the capacity to reconstitute irradiated mice to produce a normal adult-like, highly heterogeneous, high affinity PFC response between 7 and 10 days after birth. The capacity to produce a heterogeneous response to the thymic-dependent protein antigen BGG matured just slightly later between 10 and 14 days of age. The bone marrow matures with regard to the capacity to reconstitute irradiated mice to give a heterogeneous response several days after the spleen, possibly as a consequence of the redistribution of peripheral B cells to the bone marrow. In contrast, maturation of the capacity of the splenic B-cell population to reconstitute irradiated recipients to give a heterogeneous, adult-like PFC response to three 'thymic-independent' antigens (TNP-PA, DNP-Ficoll and TNP-BA) takes place considerably later (between 3 and 4 weeks of age). These results suggest that the population of B-cell precursors which responds to thymic-dependent antigens may represent a different subpopulation of B cells from the population that responds to thymic independent antigens. Furthermore, the results suggest that these B-cell subsets mature at different times, presumably under independent controls.
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