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  • Title: Inhibition of LFA-1-dependent human B-cell aggregation induced by CD40 antibodies and interleukin-4 leads to decreased IgE synthesis.
    Author: Björck P, Paulie S.
    Journal: Immunology; 1993 Feb; 78(2):218-25. PubMed ID: 7682536.
    Abstract:
    Antibodies to CD40 have been shown to induce homotypic aggregation of human resting B cells and B-cell lines via an LFA-1-dependent mechanism. We show here that interleukin-4 (IL-4) is a strong potentiator of this process and stimulation of tonsillar B cells for 4 days with IL-4 and CD40 antibodies resulted in the formation of large, dense aggregates. Also in this case, aggregation appeared to be chiefly dependent on the activation of LFA-1, although the small clusters of cells remaining after blocking with LFA-1 antibodies suggest the involvement of another adhesion system(s). When testing the relationship between aggregation and IgE synthesis, a known consequences of IL-4/CD40 stimulation, IgE levels were found to be significantly decreased in the presence of LFA-1 antibodies. In contrast to these observations, proliferation occurring in response to the IL-4/CD40 stimulation was not inhibitable by LFA-1 antibodies. Rather, in most cases, this was slightly enhanced, suggesting that aggregation may have a limiting effect on cell growth. Isolated aggregates, each of which could comprise more than 10(5) cells, were also examined by electron microscopy. This revealed a tissue-like structure of the aggregates with large contact areas and with minimal intercellular space between the adjacent cells. As the apparent inhibitory effect of aggregation on proliferation may reflect a negative autocrine signalling, which is enhanced by the close cell contact, we also tested the effect of neutralizing antibodies to IL-6, one of the factors known to be produced in the system. Such treatment did not affect aggregation but in most experiments enhanced proliferation. The results suggest that a possible effect of aggregation may be to enhance differentiation of cells and that this may also be associated with the difficulties in growing B cells in vitro.
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