Abstract
B lymphocytes from aged mice were found to be defective in their ability to proliferate in response to stimulation with an autoreactive T cell clone D1.4. The differentiative response leading to antibody secretion was also impaired in the auto D1.4 T cell-stimulated B cells from old mice in comparison to similarly stimulated B cells from young mice. The B cells from old mice were competent in activating the autoreactive T cells such that the T cells were induced to proliferate. The B cell defect appears to be restricted to a certain phase of B cell activation, since old mouse B cells responded to the auto D1.4 T cells by increasing cell surface Ia as well as size, but failed to incorporate tritiated thymidine. The responsiveness to interleukin-4 was found to be similar between B cells from young and old mice. It appeared that the B cells from old mice are specifically defective in progressing from the g0 phase of cell cycle into the S phase when stimulated with the auto D1.4 T cells.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1989
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/0008-8749(89)90178-0
Funding Information
Supported in part by NIH Grants CA 45009 and CA45010 to P.S.N. and M.N., AI 21490, AG-05731, and an appropriation from the PSP funds of University of Kentucky to B.S. B.S. is a recipient of Research Career Development Award 1K04AGOO422 from the NIH.,
Repository Citation
Nagarkatti, Prakash S.; Seth, Aruna; Nagarkatti, Mitzi; Muthusamy, Natarajan; Rychlik, Barbara; and Bondada, Subbarao, "A Specific Defect in the Proliferative Capacity of B Cells from Old Mice Stimulated with Autoreactive T Cells" (1989). Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications. 186.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/microbio_facpub/186
Notes/Citation Information
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