Engagement of CD20 suppresses apoptosis in germinal center B cells
- 1 November 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Immunology
- Vol. 25 (11), 3160-3164
- https://doi.org/10.1002/eji.1830251126
Abstract
In a screen of 67 monoclonal antibodies (mAb) included in the Blind Panel of B cell antibodies for the 5th International Workshop on Human Leukocyte Differentiation Antigens, only the CD20 mAb – included as a positive control for immunophenotyping studies – was found to suppress the spontaneous apoptosis which occurs in human germinal center (GC) B cells when placed in tissue culture at 37°C. Further detailed study using the 1F5 mAb confirmed this observation, showing that rescue from apoptosis via CD20, while not as efficient as that obtained on ligating CD40, was of similar magnitude to that achieved on engagement of surface immunoglobulin (sIg) by immobilized antibody. Also similar to anti-Ig, the CD20 mAb rescued from apoptosis without priming for the proliferation of GC B cells: this was quite different to its action on resting, non-GC B cells, where it provides a potent priming signal for cell cycle progression in response to IL-4 or anti-CD40. Unlike the survival signal engendered via sIg, CD20 engagement neither mobilized Ca2+ from intracellular stores or opening of a Ca2+ channel with 1F5, nor did it affect the ability of anti-Ig to open a Ca2+ gate in GC B cells. An unexpected feature of CD20-mediated rescue of GC B cells from apoptosis was a failure to turn on Bcl-2 expression.Keywords
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