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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-11-15
pubmed:abstractText
The ability of a specific antigen (Ag) to stimulate B cells to produce IL-2 was examined with a murine B lymphoma line, A20-HL, which expressed surface IgM specific for trinitrophenyl (TNP). The culture supernatant of A20-HL cells stimulated with TNP3.9-ovalbumin (-OVA) or anti-IgM goat IgG contained an activity which supported the proliferation of an IL-2-dependent T cell line, CTLL-2. Neither TNP3.9-OVA nor anti-IgM antibody stimulated the parent line, A20.2J, which did not bear TNP-specific sIg, whereas anti-mouse Ig rabbit IgG F(ab)2 did stimulate both A20-HL cells and A20.2J cells. The active material in the culture supernatant was identified as IL-2 based on the experiments in which the activity was inhibited by anti-IL-2 mAb, and IL-2 mRNA was expressed in A20-HL cells stimulated with TNP3.9-OVA or anti-IgM antibody. These results support the conclusion that a specific Ag can stimulate A20-HL cells to produce IL-2. For IL-2 production, TNP receptors on A20-HL cells have to be appropriately cross-linked, inasmuch as either TNP3.9-OVA or TNP6.7-OVA was much more effective than TNP1.2-OVA and TNP22.9-OVA in the induction of IL-2 production by A20-HL cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0008-8749
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
138
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
207-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
IL-2 production by B cells stimulated with a specific antigen.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Allergology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't