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  • Title: Modulation of the IL-7 dose-response threshold during pro-B cell differentiation is dependent on pre-B cell receptor expression.
    Author: Marshall AJ, Fleming HE, Wu GE, Paige CJ.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1998 Dec 01; 161(11):6038-45. PubMed ID: 9834086.
    Abstract:
    The IL-7R and the pre-B cell receptor (pre-BCR) each provide critical signals during differentiation of B cell precursors. In this study we examine the interplay between signals dependent upon these receptors. We demonstrate that pre-BCR-deficient pro-B cells differ significantly from controls in their ability to use the IL-7R. We show that this difference, characterized by a failure to proliferate in response to IL-7, is narrowly restricted to IL-7 concentrations in the picogram per milliliter range and can be overcome with increasing amounts of IL-7. Restoration of Ig heavy chain to recombinase-activating gene-2-deficient pro-B cells leads to a restored response to picogram per milliliter levels of IL-7, providing strong evidence that modulation of the IL-7 dose-response threshold is dependent on pre-BCR. Culture of normal pro-B cells under low IL-7 conditions leads to selective outgrowth of cells expressing mu heavy chain, suggesting that modulation of IL-7 dose-response thresholds can allow for selective expansion of pre-BCR+ cells under conditions where IL-7 is limiting. We also provide evidence that expression of pre-BCR on pro-B cells limits the duration of IL-7 responsiveness by causing differentiation to an IL-7-unresponsive pre-B cell stage. Thus, the pre-BCR-dependent modulation of IL-7 responsiveness affects both the dose-response threshold and the duration of IL-7-induced clonal expansion. Our results suggest that positive selection of pre-BCR+ pro-B cells may be achieved through the fine tuning of IL-7 responses.
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