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Peripheral blood based T cell‐containing and T cell‐depleted culture systems for human IgE synthesis: the role of T cells
Author(s) -
WHEELER D. J.,
ROBINS R. A.,
PRITCHARD D. I.,
BUNDICK R. V.,
SHAKIB F.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
clinical and experimental allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1365-2222
pISSN - 0954-7894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00053.x
Subject(s) - peripheral blood mononuclear cell , immunoglobulin e , immunology , cell culture , in vitro , t cell , microbiology and biotechnology , cd40 , cell , biology , cytotoxic t cell , chemistry , medicine , antibody , biochemistry , immune system , genetics
Summary Background Comparable T cell‐containing and T cell‐depleted culture systems for human IgE synthesis are currently not available. Objective This has prompted us to develop peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) based culture systems for human IgE synthesis in the presence and absence of T cells. Methods In this paper we describe simplified conditions for in vitro synthesis of high levels of IgE by human peripheral blood B cells, both in T cell‐containing cultures and in anti‐CD40 stimulated T cell‐depleted cultures. Results T cell‐depieted cultures released approximately 20 times more IgE [range 410–2220 ng/mL (mean 1270 ng/mL); based on six experiments using cells from three donors] than did T cell‐containing cultures [range 23–105 ng/mL (mean 58 ng/mL); based on 15 experiments using cells from three donors]. Reconstitution experiments were performed to investigate the role of T eells on IgE synthesis. Adding T eells back to the anti‐CD40 stimulated T cell‐depleted cultures resulted in a dose‐dependent inhibition of IgE production. In the absence of anti‐CIMO low numbers of T cells stimulated, while high numbers suppressed, IgE production: the optimal ratio of T cells to non‐T cells for maximal IgE production was found to be 1:1. At this ratio, irradiated (non‐replicating) T cells supported a much greater IgE synthesis than did non‐irradiated T cells. Conclusion The development of these systems provides directly comparable T cell‐containing and T cell‐depleted cultures for human IgE synthesis from peripheral blood, allowing further study of the role of T cells in IgE regulation. These systems will also be of use for determining whether potential modulators of IgE synthesis act on the T cells or on other cell types.