We investigated the ability of IgM-, IgD-, and IgG-bearing cells from the spleens of unprimed (BALB/c x C57BL/Ka)F1 mice to restore the adoptive primary anti-BSA and anti-DNP antibody responses. Purified populations of isotype-specific cells were prepared by immunofluorescent staining and sorting on the fluorescence activated cell sorter. Bright or dull cells were transferred to irradiated syngeneic recipients which were challenged with DNP-BSA in complete Freund's adjuvant. Unfractionated spleen cells as well as IgM- and IgD-bearing cells restored the adoptive primary IgM and IgG antibody response. IgG-bearing cells restored a vigorous adoptive response which was all IgG (2-mercaptoethanol resistant). Depletion of IgG-bearing cells markedly increased the adoptive IgM response, and depletion of IgM-bearing cells markedly increased the IgG response. However, depletion of IgD-bearing cells resulted in a considerable reduction in the IgG response. The latter finding indicates that there is a subpopulation of IgD-bearing cells which express little or no surface IgM and which make a considerable contribution to the adoptive primary IgG response.
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May 01 1977
The relationship between surface immunoglobulin isotype and immune function of murine B lymphocytes II. Surface immunoglobulin isotopes on unprimed B cells in the spleen.
I Zan-Bar
E S Vitetta
S Strober
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1977) 145 (5): 1206–1215.
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I Zan-Bar, E S Vitetta, S Strober; The relationship between surface immunoglobulin isotype and immune function of murine B lymphocytes II. Surface immunoglobulin isotopes on unprimed B cells in the spleen.. J Exp Med 1 May 1977; 145 (5): 1206–1215. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.145.5.1206
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