Human B cell precursors proliferate and express CD23 after CD40 ligation

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Abstract

The CD40 surface membrane molecule plays an important role in the activation of mature human B cells, but its role in earlier stages of B lineage development is unknown. Here, we have investigated the effects of triggering the CD40 antigen on B cell precursors (BCP) by crosslinking with anti-CD40 antibody presented by Fcγ-receptor type II-transfected murine Ltk- cells (CD40 system). CD10+ surface immunoglobulin negative (sIg-) BCP, freshly isolated from fetal bone marrow or precultured on stromal cells, proliferated in the CD40 system. This effect required the presence of IL-3, which acted as a specific cosignal among a panel of cytokines examined. The association of IL-10 and IL-7 potentiated the observed IL-3 and CD40-dependent BCP proliferation, demonstrating that IL-10 can act on early B lineage cells. CD40-dependent activation of fetal BCP did not favor maturation to sIg+ B cells, but resulted in the induction of high levels of surface membrane CD23. The emerging CD23+ BCP lacked sIg and CD10, and represented an important proportion of the cycling cells in the CD40-dependent cultures. Taken together, our data demonstrate that stimulation of the CD40 antigen induces expression of the CD23 gene, and regulates cell proliferation during normal human B cell ontogeny.

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Saeland, S., Duvert, V., Moreau, I., & Banchereau, J. (1993). Human B cell precursors proliferate and express CD23 after CD40 ligation. Journal of Experimental Medicine, 178(1), 113–120. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.178.1.113

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