Receptors for B-cell stimulatory factor-1 expressed on cells of haematopoietic lineage
- 1 February 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature
- Vol. 325 (6104), 537-540
- https://doi.org/10.1038/325537a0
Abstract
B-cell stimulatory factor-1 (BSF-1) is a T-cell product of relative molecular mass 20,000 (Mr, 20K) initially described as a cofactor required for DNA synthesis by resting mouse B cells stimulated with low concentrations of anti-IgM antibodies. It acts on resting B cells to enhance the expression of class II major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules, to prepare these cells to respond more promptly to subsequent stimuli, such as anti-IgM antibodies, and causes the secretion of IgG1 and IgE by B cells stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). BSF-1 has been shown to stimulate T cell lines, resting T cells and some mast cell lines. Recently, the designation interleukin-4 (IL-4) has been suggested for BSF-1. We report here the existence of high-affinity cell-surface receptors specific for BSF-1 on both B and T lymphocytes, and on cells of several other haematopoietic lineages, including mast cell, macrophage and undifferentiated haematopoietic cell lines. Resting B and T lymphocytes express receptors, which increase in number upon activation of B cells with LPS or anti-IgM, and of T cells with concanavalin A. Cross-linking of 125I-labelled-BSF-1 to its receptors creates a complex of Mr approximately 80,000.Keywords
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