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  • Title: Mechanisms of antigen receptor-dependent apoptosis of human B lymphoma cells probed with a panel of 27 monoclonal antibodies.
    Author: Grafton G, Goodall M, Gregory CD, Gordon J.
    Journal: Cell Immunol; 1997 Nov 25; 182(1):45-56. PubMed ID: 9427809.
    Abstract:
    The present study has used a panel of 23 monoclonal antibodies to IgM and 4 to IgD in order to probe parameters influencing sIg-dependent apoptosis in an IgM/IgD-expressing Burkitt lymphoma line. No direct correlation was observed between the capacity of the different anti-mu to drive cells into apoptosis and either their domain specificity or their affinity for sIgM. There was, however, a direct correlation between the functional outcome and the ability of the monoclonal antibodies to elicit a rise in intracellular Ca2+. For apoptosis to occur, the Ca2+ response had to attain a threshold value of approximately 100 nM. A direct role for Ca2+ in the delivery of the apoptotic signal was demonstrated using thapsigargin to raise intracellular Ca2+ levels. Antigen receptor ligation was linked to Ca2+ increases by tyrosine kinases as revealed by direct analysis of protein tyrosine phosphorylation and the effects of selective protein tyrosine kinase-inhibiting tyrphostins. These findings reveal a central role for the antigen receptor-generated Ca2+ signal in driving apoptosis in human B lymphoma cells and stresses the need to use a panel of reagents when probing function with presumed ligand-mimetic monoclonal antibodies.
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