Abstract |
We have found that old lpr mice exhibit a loss of mature B cells in the bone marrow. The deleted population is HSAlo B220hi and is generated from the peripheral pool. Abnormalities in the microenvironment could explain the absence of mature B cells. Thus, old lpr bones were grafted under the skin of normal adult Ly5.1 hosts and examined 3 weeks later for the presence of Ly5.1+ B220hi cells. Our data show that the lpr medullary compartment was efficiently restored by host B cells. These results suggest that the bone marrow microenvironment of old lpr mice is able to sustain mature B cells. However, transfer of T cell-depleted bone marrow cells from old lpr mice to Rag-2 -/- mice leads to incomplete and inefficient repopulation of the host medullary compartment. Thus, a defect at an early stage of B cell differentiation was detected: using four-color flow cytometry, we found a profound depletion of the late pro-B B220+ CD43+ HSA+ BP-1+ cell population in aging lpr mice. This depletion was not observed in old autoimmune-prone MRL-+/+ mice which develop only autoantibodies but was present in B6-lpr mice which develop a lymphadenopathy and an indolent autoimmune syndrome. Altogether, our results demonstrate an age-linked defect in the progression of B cell differentiation in lpr mice independent of the presence of autoantibodies and targeted to the late pro-B cell subset.
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Authors | N Dautigny, H Chabre, C Garcia, S Ezine |
Journal | European journal of immunology
(Eur J Immunol)
Vol. 26
Issue 9
Pg. 2087-92
(Sep 1996)
ISSN: 0014-2980 [Print] Germany |
PMID | 8814251
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Autoantibodies
- Leukocyte Common Antigens
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Topics |
- Animals
- Autoantibodies
(biosynthesis)
- Autoimmunity
- B-Lymphocytes
(physiology)
- Bone Marrow Cells
- Female
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells
(physiology)
- Leukocyte Common Antigens
(analysis)
- Lymphatic Diseases
(etiology)
- Lymphoproliferative Disorders
(immunology)
- Male
- Mice
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