Lindsten T, Andersson B
J Exp Med. 1979 Dec 1;150(6):1285-92. doi: 10.1084/jem.150.6.1285.
This paper deals with the CBA/N mice, a strain bearing a genetic defect in their B-cell compartment. By using a previously described system we have been able to show that the immature cells of CBA/N mice are functionally indistinguishable from normal immature cells, in that both can be triggered to respond to thymus-independent (TI) antigens, provided they are supplied with helper T cells. When the maturation is completed, CBA/N B cells are unable to respond to TI antigens (like lipopolysaccharide and polyvinyl pyrrolidine) irrespective of the presence of helper T cells, whereas normal mature B cells have grown able to respond without any help. These data allow us to reject the hypothesis that CBA/N mice are arrested at an immature stage and clearly support the idea that they have deviated during development so that only thymus-dependent B cells develop.
本文研究的是CBA/N小鼠,这是一种在B细胞区室存在基因缺陷的品系。通过使用先前描述的系统,我们已经能够表明,CBA/N小鼠的未成熟细胞在功能上与正常未成熟细胞没有区别,因为只要提供辅助性T细胞,两者都能被触发对非胸腺依赖性(TI)抗原作出反应。当成熟完成时,无论是否存在辅助性T细胞,CBA/N B细胞都无法对TI抗原(如脂多糖和聚乙烯吡咯烷)作出反应,而正常成熟B细胞已经能够在没有任何帮助的情况下作出反应。这些数据使我们能够否定CBA/N小鼠停滞在未成熟阶段的假设,并明确支持这样一种观点,即它们在发育过程中发生了偏差,以至于只有胸腺依赖性B细胞得以发育。