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Polyclonal B-cell activation by bacteria that induce nonsuppurative sequelae

✍ Scribed by W. L. Gross

Publisher
Springer
Year
1989
Tongue
English
Weight
609 KB
Volume
9
Category
Article
ISSN
0172-8172

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✦ Synopsis

The polyclonal B cell activation (PBA) process induced by Klebsiella pneumoniae K34 (klebs) and Yersinia enterocolitica 03 (yers) was investigated. Both heat-inactivated bacteria and their cell wall biostructures (klebsM, muriene, protein I etc.) stimulate human blood B cells to differentiate into immunoglobulin-secreting cells without prior proliferation and without T cells. Klebs-activated B cells secrete mainly IgM and to a lesser degree IgG (mainly IgG2). The PBA process was regulated by CD4+ cells and monocytes, but not by CD8+ cells. While interleukin 2 is able both to induce proliferation and to enhance differentiation in klebs-activated B cell cultures, the low-molecular-weight B cell growth factor (BCGF) did not lead to a significant amount of 3H-thymidine uptake. In addition, in klebs-activated B cell cultures various anti-polynucleotide autoantibodies and the 16/6 idiotype were detectable. Thus, bacteria that induce nonsuppurative sequelae (e.g. klebs, yers) can use several mechanisms to overcome tolerance in their host.

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