Litinskiy Mikhail B, Nardelli Bernardetta, Hilbert David M, He Bing, Schaffer Andras, Casali Paolo, Cerutti Andrea
Division of Molecular Immunology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA.
Nat Immunol. 2002 Sep;3(9):822-9. doi: 10.1038/ni829. Epub 2002 Aug 5.
Immunoglobulin (Ig) class-switch DNA recombination (CSR) is thought to be highly dependent upon engagement of CD40 on B cells by CD40 ligand on T cells. We show here that dendritic cells up-regulate BLyS and APRIL upon exposure to interferon-alpha, interferon-gamma or CD40 ligand. In the presence of interleukin 10 (IL-10) or transforming growth factor-beta, BLyS and APRIL induce CSR from C(mu) to C(gamma) and/or C(alpha) genes in B cells, whereas CSR to C(epsilon) requires IL-4. Secretion of class-switched antibodies requires additional stimulation by B cell antigen receptor engagement and IL-15. By eliciting CD40-independent Ig class switching and plasmacytoid differentiation, BLyS and APRIL critically link the innate and adaptive immune responses.
免疫球蛋白(Ig)类别转换DNA重组(CSR)被认为高度依赖于T细胞上的CD40配体与B细胞上的CD40结合。我们在此表明,树突状细胞在暴露于α干扰素、γ干扰素或CD40配体后会上调B淋巴细胞刺激因子(BLyS)和增殖诱导配体(APRIL)。在白细胞介素10(IL-10)或转化生长因子-β存在的情况下,BLyS和APRIL可诱导B细胞中从Cμ到Cγ和/或Cα基因的类别转换,而向Cε的类别转换则需要IL-4。类别转换抗体的分泌需要通过B细胞抗原受体结合和IL-15进行额外刺激。通过引发不依赖CD40的Ig类别转换和浆细胞样分化,BLyS和APRIL将先天性免疫反应和适应性免疫反应紧密联系起来。