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PMID: 159461 Published · ppublish English Journal Article Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Bacterial lipopolysaccharide activates suppressor B lymphocytes.

Koenig S, Hoffmann MK

Abstract

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) extracted from the outer cell wall of Gram-negative bacteria modulates the immune response in vivo and in vitro. Depending on the experimental conditions, it may enhance or inhibit the production of humoral antibody. The pathway by which LPS suppresses antibody production is examined in this study. C57BL/6 spleen cells incubated with LPS (greater than 10 micrograms/ml) not only fail to produce antibody to sheep erythrocytes in vitro but also, when transferred 24 hr after stimulation with LPS, inhibit antibody production in spleen cells that were not treated with LPS. This observation suggested that LPS activates suppressor cells. We have identified a suppressor B cell as mediator of LPS-induced immune suppression and determined its cell surface antigen phenotype as Ig+, Ia+, CR+, Ly-B-2+,PC1-.LPS does not induce suppressor macrophages or suppressor T cells, nor are macrophages or T cells required for the generation of suppressor B cells by LPS.

MeSH Terms
Animals Antibody Formation/drug effects Antigens, Surface/analysis B-Lymphocytes/immunology Female Isoantigens/analysis Lipopolysaccharides/immunology,pharmacology Macrophages/immunology Mice Polysaccharides, Bacterial/immunology Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/analysis Salmonella/immunology T-Lymphocytes/immunology T-Lymphocytes, Regulatory/immunology
Chemicals
Antigens, Surface Isoantigens Lipopolysaccharides Polysaccharides, Bacterial Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell
Authors & Affiliations
2 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Koenig S
Hoffmann M K
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Article Info
Journal
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Abbr.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
ISSN
0027-8424
Published
1979-09-00
Pages
4608-12
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
7505876
PMCID
PMC411628
Subset
IM
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