Splenic and peritoneal B-1 cells differ in terms of transcriptional and proliferative features that separate peritoneal B-1 from splenic B-2 cells

Gavin M. Fischer, Laura A. Solt, William D. Hastings, Kejian Yang, Rachel M. Gerstein, Barbara S. Nikolajczyk, Stephen H. Clarke, Thomas L. Rothstein

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Abstract

B-1 cells constitute a distinct B cell subset with characteristic phenotypic and functional features. B-1 cells are highly represented among peritoneal lymphocytes; substantial numbers of B-1 cells are also located within splenic tissue. Here a number of differences in transcription factor and gene expression were identified that separate peritoneal B-1 and splenic B-2 cells, and then splenic B-1 cells obtained from immunoglobulin transgenic mice were tested for these parameters. Splenic B-1 cells resembled splenic B-2 cells rather than peritoneal B-1 cells in terms of nuclear expression of DNA-binding STAT3, CREB, and PU.1, with respect to transcriptional activation of IL-10, and in the failure to enter cell cycle in response to PMA. Splenic B-1 cells (B-1S) appear to constitute a unique population of B-1 cells, which, while sharing with peritoneal B-1 cells (B-1P) certain phenotypic features, differ from them in transcription factor and gene expression and in signaling for cell cycle progression.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)62-71
Number of pages10
JournalCellular Immunology
Volume213
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 10 2001

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
1This work was supported by grants from The Charles H. Hood Foundation (R.M.G.) and the Arthritis Foundation (S.H.C.), by American Cancer Society Grant IRG72-001-24 (B.S.N.), and by USPHS Grants AI29576 (S.H.C.), AI43587 (S.H.C.), and AI29690 (T.L.R.), awarded by the National Institutes of Health.

Keywords

  • B lymphocytes
  • CD5
  • Cellular proliferation
  • Cytokines
  • Transcription factors

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Immunology

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