Cultures of isolated mouse splenic B lymphocytes activated by the divalent F(ab')2 fragment of purified rabbit anti-mouse Fab or class-specific anti-mouse IgM antibodies can be driven on to high rate Ig secretion by the addition of the supernatant fluid of a 24-h culture of concanavalin A-activated spleen cells (SN). The polyclonal antibody response to anti-Ig pus SN is comparable in magnitude with the lipopolysaccharide response as measured in a reverse plaque assay. The addition of SN can be delayed for 24 h after addition of anti-Ig without changing the kinetics of the response. Addition at 48 h delays the response by 24 h. The response to F(ab')2 anti-Fab plus SN is sensitive to Fc-dependent inhibition because intact anti-Fab antibodies inhibit strongly at relatively low concentrations. The monovalent Fab' fragment fails to induce Ig secretion, indicating that cross-linkage of surface immunoglobulin is required. Although the production of active SN is T cell dependent, the response to anti-Ig plus SN is T independent. These findings are interpreted as a polyclonal model of a thymus-dependent antibody response. X
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July 01 1980
Activation of murine B lymphocytes by anti-immunoglobulin is an inductive signal leading to immunoglobulin secretion.
D C Parker
D C Wadsworth
G B Schneider
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1980) 152 (1): 138–150.
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D C Parker, D C Wadsworth, G B Schneider; Activation of murine B lymphocytes by anti-immunoglobulin is an inductive signal leading to immunoglobulin secretion.. J Exp Med 1 July 1980; 152 (1): 138–150. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.152.1.138
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