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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-8-7
pubmed:abstractText
Long-term cultured pre-B cells are able to differentiate into immunoglobulin (Ig)M-positive B cells (IgM(+) cells) when transplanted into severe combined immunodeficient (SCID) mice. Based on previous studies, here we report the development of a reconstitution assay in nonobese diabetic/SCID (NOD/SCID) mice using pre-B cells, which allows us to study the role of calpains (calcium-activated endopeptidases) during B cell development as well as in B cell clonal deletion. Using this model, we show that calpastatin (the natural inhibitor of calpains) inhibits B cell receptor-induced apoptosis in IgM(+) cells derived from transplanted mice. We thus hypothesize an important function for calpain in sculpting the B cell repertoire.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0022-1007
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
194
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
247-54
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11489944-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11489944-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:11489944-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11489944-Calcium-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11489944-Calpain, pubmed-meshheading:11489944-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:11489944-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:11489944-Clonal Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:11489944-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:11489944-Hematopoiesis, pubmed-meshheading:11489944-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:11489944-Hematopoietic Stem Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11489944-Immunoglobulin M, pubmed-meshheading:11489944-Interleukin-7, pubmed-meshheading:11489944-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11489944-Mice, Inbred NOD, pubmed-meshheading:11489944-Mice, SCID, pubmed-meshheading:11489944-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:11489944-Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Transplanted long-term cultured pre-BI cells expressing calpastatin are resistant to B cell receptor-induced apoptosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología/CSIC, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco UAM, E-28049 Madrid, Spain. aruiz@cnb.uam.es
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't