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Sahiner UM, Semic-Jusufagic A, Curtin JA, Birben E, Belgrave D, Sackesen C, Simpson A, Yavuz TS, Akdis CA, Custovic A, Kalayci O. Polymorphisms of endotoxin pathway and endotoxin exposure: in vitro IgE synthesis and replication in a birth cohort. Allergy 2014; 69:1648-58. [PMID: 25102764 DOI: 10.1111/all.12504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Genetic variants in endotoxin signaling pathway are important in modulating the effect of environmental endotoxin on asthma and atopic phenotypes. Our objective was to determine the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the endotoxin signaling pathway that may influence in vitro IgE synthesis and to investigate the relationship between these variants and endotoxin exposure in relation to the development of asthma and atopy in a birth cohort. METHODS Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 45 children with asthma were stimulated with 2 and 200 ng/ml lipopolysaccharide in vitro and IgE was measured in the culture supernatants. Children were genotyped for 121 SNPs from 30 genes in the endotoxin signaling pathway. Variants with a dose-response IgE production in relation to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) were selected for replication in a population-based birth cohort, in which we investigated the interaction between these SNPs and endotoxin exposure in relation to airway hyper-responsiveness, wheeze, and atopic sensitization. RESULTS Twenty-one SNPs in nine genes (CD14, TLR4, IRF3, TRAF-6, TIRAP, TRIF, IKK-1, ST-2, SOCS1) were found to modulate the effect of endotoxin on in vitro IgE synthesis, with six displaying high linkage disequilibrium. Of the remaining 15 SNPs, for seven we found significant relationships between genotype and endotoxin exposure in the genetic association study in relation to symptomatic airway hyper-responsiveness (CD14-rs2915863 and rs2569191, TRIF-rs4807000), current wheeze (ST-2-rs17639215, IKK-1-rs2230804, and TRIF-rs4807000), and atopy (CD14-rs2915863 and rs2569192, TRAF-6-rs5030411, and IKK-1-rs2230804). CONCLUSIONS Variants in the endotoxin signaling pathway are important determinants of asthma and atopy. The genotype effect is a function of the environmental endotoxin exposure.
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- U. M. Sahiner
- Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Unit; Hacettepe University School of Medicine; Ankara Turkey
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- Centre for Respiratory Medicine and Allergy; Institute of Inflammation and Repair; University of Manchester & University Hospital of South Manchester; Manchester UK
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- Centre for Respiratory Medicine and Allergy; Institute of Inflammation and Repair; University of Manchester & University Hospital of South Manchester; Manchester UK
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- Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Unit; Hacettepe University School of Medicine; Ankara Turkey
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- Centre for Respiratory Medicine and Allergy; Institute of Inflammation and Repair; University of Manchester & University Hospital of South Manchester; Manchester UK
- Centre for Health Informatics; Institute of Population Health; University of Manchester; Manchester UK
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- Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Unit; Hacettepe University School of Medicine; Ankara Turkey
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- Centre for Respiratory Medicine and Allergy; Institute of Inflammation and Repair; University of Manchester & University Hospital of South Manchester; Manchester UK
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- Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Unit; Hacettepe University School of Medicine; Ankara Turkey
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- Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF); University of Zurich; Davos Switzerland
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- Centre for Respiratory Medicine and Allergy; Institute of Inflammation and Repair; University of Manchester & University Hospital of South Manchester; Manchester UK
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- Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Unit; Hacettepe University School of Medicine; Ankara Turkey
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Sackesen C, Birben E, Soyer OU, Sahiner UM, Yavuz TS, Civelek E, Karabulut E, Akdis M, Akdis CA, Kalayci O. The effect of CD14 C159T polymorphism on in vitro IgE synthesis and cytokine production by PBMC from children with asthma. Allergy 2011; 66:48-57. [PMID: 20608916 DOI: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2010.02428.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Even though the genotype at the promoter region of the CD14 molecule is known to affect the atopic phenotypes, the cellular and molecular basis of this association is largely unknown. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on IgE production and cytokine profile by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) obtained from asthmatic children with the TT and the CC genotypes at position -159 of the CD14 gene. METHODS Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from asthmatic children with alternative genotypes at CD14 C159T locus were stimulated with 2 and 200 ng/ml LPS in vitro. The IgE, IgG and, IgM response was determined by ELISA and Ig έ-germline, IgG, and IgM transcription by real-time PCR. A cluster of cytokines was measured by cytometric bead array. RESULTS Asthmatic children with the TT genotype but not those with the CC genotype responded with increased IgE synthesis and germline transcription to LPS stimulation. There were no genotype-related differences in IgG and IgM. TT but not the CC genotype was associated with significantly increased interleukin (IL)-4/IL-12 and IL-4/interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) ratios in the culture supernatant. There were no genotype-related differences in IL-1β, IL-7, IL-10, IL-13, IL-17A, granulocyte colony stimulating factor, granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor, monocyte chemotactic protein, and tumor necrosis factor alpha. CONCLUSION Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from asthmatic children with the TT genotype at position -159 of the CD14 gene make more IgE than those with the CC genotype following LPS stimulation because of increased germline transcription and have an augmented Th2 cytokine profile.
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- C Sackesen
- Pediatric Allergy and Asthma Unit, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Hacettepe, Ankara, Turkey.
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- Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Vargas L, Patiño PJ, Rodríguez MF, Forero C, Montoya F, Montoya CJ, Sorensen RU, de Olarte DG. Increase in granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating factor secretion and the respiratory burst with decreased L-selectin expression in hyper-IgE syndrome patients. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 1999; 83:245-51. [PMID: 10507271 DOI: 10.1016/s1081-1206(10)62648-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND The hyper-IgE syndrome is a primary immunodeficiency characterized by severe recurrent abscesses, pneumonia with pneumatocele formation, and elevated serum IgE. Eosinophilia, neutrophil chemotactic defects, and marked tissue damage are frequently present in this syndrome. OBJECTIVE To study whether functional changes in cytokines, adhesion molecules, and neutrophils might help explain these clinical observations. METHODS The following functions were analyzed in patients with the hyper-IgE syndrome and in controls: (1) production of granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating factor by peripheral blood mononuclear cells by ELISA; (2) respiratory burst and reactive oxygen intermediates production by peripheral neutrophils using the luminol-enhanced chemiluminescense technique; and (3) expression of L-selectin on granulocytes and lymphocytes by flow cytometry. RESULTS Patients with hyper-IgE syndrome had significantly increased production of granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating factor by resting or stimulated mononuclear cells, increased generation of reactive oxygen intermediates by neutrophils treated with opsonized zymosan, and reduced L-selectin expression on quiescent and activated granulocytes and lymphocytes. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that an important feature of the hyper-IgE syndrome is the increased production of granulocyte-macrophage-colony-stimulating factor, which may explain the reduced L-selectin expression, decreased chemotaxis, and increased oxygen radical production and tissue damage in this disease.
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- L Vargas
- Immunology Laboratory, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
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Pachlopnik JM, Stämpfli MR, Rudolf MP, Aebischer I, Kricek F, Miescher S, Stadler BM. Antigen interaction and heat inactivation expose new epitopes on human IgE. Int Arch Allergy Immunol 1998; 117:231-8. [PMID: 9876224 DOI: 10.1159/000024016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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It is well established that heat-denatured IgE is no longer capable of binding to FcepsilonRI. We have found an antibody that interacts with heat-denatured IgE. Interestingly, this antibody can also be used to detect some serum IgE, but not IgE synthesized de novo in vitro. However, native IgE can be transformed into an IgE that is recognized by this antibody, if antigen is added. Our data indicate that physiological mechanisms exist that biologically inactivate IgE which might still be mistaken for 'functional' IgE by assays based on polyclonal antibodies.
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- J M Pachlopnik
- Institute of Immunology and Allergology, University of Bern,
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Hilman BC, Wahid R, Negrich R, Menon P, Abreo F, Veillon D. Immunodeficiency with elevated IgM, lymphoid hyperplasia, autoimmune anemia, and thrombocytopenia. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 1998; 80:441-51. [PMID: 9647265 DOI: 10.1016/s1081-1206(10)63066-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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- B C Hilman
- Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport 71130-3932, USA
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Christie G, Barton A, Bolognese B, Buckle DR, Cook RM, Hansbury MJ, Harper GP, Marshall LA, McCord ME, Moulder K, Murdock PR, Seal SM, Spackman VM, Weston BJ, Mayer RJ. IgE secretion is attenuated by an inhibitor of proteolytic processing of CD23 (Fc epsilonRII). Eur J Immunol 1997; 27:3228-35. [PMID: 9464810 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830271221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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CD23, the low-affinity IgE receptor, is up-regulated on interleukin (IL)-4-stimulated B cells and monocytes, with a concomitant increase in the release of soluble fragments of CD23 (sCD23) into the medium by proteolytic processing of the surface-bound intact CD23. The effect of inhibition of the processing of CD23 on IgE production in human and mouse cells and in a mouse model in vivo was evaluated. CD23 processing to sCD23 from RPMI 8866 (a human Epstein-Barr virus-transformed B cell line) cell membranes was inhibited by a broad-spectrum matrix-metalloprotease inhibitor, batimastat, with an IC50 of 0.15 microM. Batimastat also inhibited CD23 processing in whole RPMI 8866 cells as well as in IL-4-stimulated purified human monocytes with similar IC50. Batimastat inhibited IgE production from IL-4/anti-CD40-stimulated human tonsil B cells as well as mouse splenic B cells in a manner consistent with inhibition of CD23 processing. Release of soluble fragments of CD23 in the cell supernatants of tonsil B cells was inhibited over the concentration range of 1-10 microM batimastat and intact cell surface CD23 was increased on mouse splenic B cells in the presence of these concentrations of batimastat. IgE production of IL-4-stimulated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells was also blocked by 1-10 microM batimastat, again with comparable inhibition of sCD23 release over the same concentration range. Finally, in a mouse model of IgE production, batimastat inhibited IgE production in response to ovalbumin challenge as determined by serum IgE levels. Taken together, the data support a role of CD23 in IgE production and point to CD23 processing to sCD23 as a therapeutically relevant control point in the regulation of IgE synthesis.
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- G Christie
- SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, New Frontiers Science Park North, Harlow, GB
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Henchoz-Lecoanet S, Jeannin P, Aubry JP, Graber P, Bradshaw CG, Pochon S, Bonnefoy JY. The Epstein-Barr virus-binding site on CD21 is involved in CD23 binding and interleukin-4-induced IgE and IgG4 production by human B cells. Immunology 1996; 88:35-9. [PMID: 8707347 PMCID: PMC1456451 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1996.d01-651.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Human CD21 has previously been described as a receptor for the C3d,g and iC3b proteins of complement, as a receptor for the gp350/220 envelope glycoprotein of the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and also as a receptor for inerferon-alpha (IFN-alpha). Structurally, CD21 consists of 15 to 16 short consensus repeats (SCR) of 60 to 75 amino acids followed by a transmembrane domain and an intracytoplasmic region. We reported that CD23, a low-affinity receptor for IgE (Fc epsilon R2), is a new functional ligand for CD21. We recently found that the sites of interaction of CD23 on CD21 are on SCR 5 to 8 and 1-2. The first site is a lectin-sugar type of interaction and the second site is a protein-protein interaction. We report here that amongst the other ligands for CD21 (EBV, C3d,g and IFN-alpha), only EBV is able to inhibit the binding of CD23 to CD21. Furthermore, even a peptide from gp350/220 of EBV known to bind to CD21 is able to decrease CD23 binding to CD21. Since CD23/CD21 pairing is important in the control of IgE production, we tested the effect of the EBV-derived peptide on immunoglobulin production from peripheral blood mononuclear cells and purified tonsillar B cells. Interestingly, the EBV-peptide inhibited IgE and IgG4 production induced by interleukin-4, in a dose-dependent manner. The same results were obtained using either peripheral blood mononuclear cells or purified tonsillar B cells. Another CD21 ligand, C3, did not affect binding of CD23 to CD21 nor the production of IgE and IgG4. This study indicates that blocking CD23 binding to CD21 SCR 2 on human B cells selectively modulates immunoglobulin production.
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Katada Y, Tanaka T, Ochi H, Aitani M, Yokota A, Kikutani H, Suemura M, Kishimoto T. B cell-B cell interaction through intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and lymphocyte functional antigen-1 regulates immunoglobulin E synthesis by B cells stimulated with interleukin-4 and anti-CD40 antibody. Eur J Immunol 1996; 26:192-200. [PMID: 8566066 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830260130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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IgE synthesis by purified human B cells is induced by two signals: a class switching factor, most commonly interleukin (IL)-4, and the engagement of CD40, which is activated through its interaction with CD40 ligand (CD40L) expressed on activated T cells. Thus, the combination of IL-4 and anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody (mAb) has been shown to stimulate IgE production in vitro by highly purified B cells. In this T cell-independent system, strong homotypic aggregation of B cells is observed prior to the production of IgE. Flow cytometric analysis and cell binding assays showed that the stimulation of purified B cells with anti-CD40 mAb plus IL-4 resulted in a striking increase of intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1(CD54) expression, an induction of CD43 and an avidity change of lymphocyte functional antigen (LFA)-1(CD11a/CD18), with little augmentation of CD18 expression. Addition of anti-ICAM-1 mAb caused an inhibition of homotypic aggregation but augmented IgE synthesis by B cells stimulated with anti-CD40 mAb and IL-4, although it did not affect B cell proliferation or IL-6 production by the B cells. Among the mAb against counter-receptors for ICAM-1 tested, anti-CD11a mAb suppressed IgE synthesis, while anti-CD18 mAb and anti-CD43 mAb had little effect. The enhancing or inhibitory effect of anti-ICAM-1 mAb or anti-CD11a mAb on IgE production was achieved by the increased or decreased expression of germline C epsilon transcripts by B cells stimulated with anti-CD40 mAb and IL-4. These results indicate that B cell-B cell interaction through ICAM-1 and one of its counter receptors, LFA-1, regulates IgE synthesis by modulating C epsilon germ-line transcription.
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- Y Katada
- Department of Medicine III, Osaka University Medical School, Japan
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Wheeler DJ, Robins RA, Pritchard DI, Bundick RV, Shakib F. Peripheral blood based T cell-containing and T cell-depleted culture systems for human IgE synthesis: the role of T cells. Clin Exp Allergy 1996; 26:28-35. [PMID: 8789540 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1996.tb00053.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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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-depleted cultures released approximately 20 times more IgE [range 410-2220 ng/mliter (mean 1270 ng/mliter); based on six experiments using cells from three donors] than did T cell-containing cultures [range 23-105 ng/mliter (mean 58 ng/mliter); based on 15 experiments using cells from three donors]. Reconstitution experiments were performed to investigate the role of T cells on IgE synthesis. Adding T cells back to the anti-CD40 stimulated T cell-depleted cultures resulted in a dose-dependent inhibition of IgE production. In the absence of anti-CD40 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.
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- D J Wheeler
- Department of Immunology, University of Nottingham, UK
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- I Aebischer
- Institute of Immunology and Allergology, University of Bern, Switzerland
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Recently it has been shown that intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) preparations suppress the in vitro synthesis of IgG, IgA, and IgM. In this paper we demonstrate that IVIG and IgG purified from a single donor's serum also suppress the in vitro synthesis of IgE. We had noticed this effect when we added human serum (HS) to in vitro cultures for IgE synthesis. The interleukin-4 (IL-4)-induced IgE synthesis from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in the presence of fetal calf serum (FCS) was suppressed by HS in a dose-dependent fashion. The following results indicate that this suppression is mediated by IgG: (1) IVIG preparations, which consist mainly of IgG, suppressed the IgE synthesis from IL-4-stimulated PBMC in a dose-dependent way; (2) when HS was fractionated by protein G sepharose or anti-IgG sepharose, the eluate fractions (containing IgG), but not the effluent fractions (void of IgG) suppressed IgE synthesis, whereas the opposite was found when HS was fractionated by FCS-coupled sepharose. We conclude from these data that human IgG preparations suppress the in vitro synthesis not only of the IgG, IgA, and IgM isotypes, but also of the IgE isotype.
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- H Haas
- Forschungsinstitut Borstel, Germany
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Zürcher AW, Lang AB, Aebischer I, Miescher S, Stadler BM. IgE-producing hybridomas established after B-cell culture in the CD40 system. Immunol Lett 1995; 46:49-57. [PMID: 7590927 DOI: 10.1016/0165-2478(95)00014-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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While total IgE synthesis can be easily induced in human PBL or B cells by different stimuli, no systems are known for the induction of allergen-specific IgE in vitro. In this study we investigated whether a specific Ig response could be induced using the CD40 culture system with the final intention to generate B-cell hybridomas secreting IgE of defined specificity. B cells derived from immunized donors normally give rise to many specific hybridomas after cell fusion. However, if cultured in the CD40 system and then immortalized and screened for anti-tetanus specificity, no tetanus-specific clones were found but a large number of IgE-secreting hybridomas had been generated. Also allergen-specific B cells could not be expanded in the CD40 system but long-term cultures yielded again B cells that were efficiently immortalized by cell fusion resulting in stable IgE-secreting hybridomas but of undefined specificity. One of these IgE-producing clones was further characterized and had an IgE production rate of 4.5 micrograms/10(6) cells/24 h. This paper provides two findings. (1) Our cell lines represent a valuable new source of human IgE. (2) Most importantly, our data indicate that the CD40 system is not suitable to expand specific B cells, suggesting that other systems have to be developed for the induction of a significant antigen-specific Ig response.
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- A W Zürcher
- Institute of Immunology and Allergology, Inselspital University of Bern, Switzerland
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Chelidze LK, Lebedin YS, Tsytsikov EN, Pivnyuk VI, Vasilov RG. Effect of recombinant interleukin-4 on immunoglobulin synthesis in a culture of mononuclear cells isolated from human peripheral blood. Bull Exp Biol Med 1994. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02446476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Conley ME, Larché M, Bonagura VR, Lawton AR, Buckley RH, Fu SM, Coustan-Smith E, Herrod HG, Campana D. Hyper IgM syndrome associated with defective CD40-mediated B cell activation. J Clin Invest 1994; 94:1404-9. [PMID: 7523449 PMCID: PMC295267 DOI: 10.1172/jci117476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Recent studies show that most patients with X-linked hyper IgM syndrome have defects in the gene for CD40 ligand. We evaluated 17 unrelated males suspected of having X-linked hyper IgM syndrome. Activated T cells from 13 of the 17 patients failed to bind a soluble CD40 construct. In these patients, the sequence of CD40 ligand demonstrated mutations. By contrast, T cells from the remaining four patients exhibited normal binding to the CD40 construct. Sequencing of the cDNA for CD40 ligand from these patients did not show mutations. The possibility that hyper IgM syndrome in these four patients was due to abnormalities in the B cell response to CD40-mediated signals was examined. Peripheral blood lymphocytes were stimulated with anti-CD40 alone, IL4 alone or anti-CD40 plus IL4. In comparison with B cells from controls or patients with hyper IgM syndrome and mutant CD40 ligand, B cells from the patients with hyper IgM syndrome and normal CD40 ligand were defective in their ability to secrete IgE (P < 0.02) or express activation markers, CD25 and CD23 (P < 0.02) in response to stimulation with anti-CD40. The failure of these B cells to respond to CD40-mediated activation could not be attributed to a generalized deficiency in B cell activation because IL4 induced normal up-regulation of CD23 and CD25 expression. These findings indicate that hyper IgM syndrome may result from defects in expression of CD40 ligand by activated T cells or defects in CD40-mediated signal transduction in B cells.
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- M E Conley
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis
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Stämpfli MR, Miescher S, Aebischer I, Zürcher AW, Stadler BM. Inhibition of human IgE synthesis by anti-IgE antibodies requires divalent recognition. Eur J Immunol 1994; 24:2161-7. [PMID: 7522164 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830240934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We used a selection of well-characterized murine monoclonal anti-IgE antibodies to investigate their effect on human in vitro IgE synthesis. We found anti-IgE antibodies that either inhibited or enhanced interleukin-4 plus anti-CD40-induced in vitro IgE synthesis in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). This differential activity was isotype specific as neither IgM nor IgG synthesis were affected. Interestingly, only coding IgE mRNA was down-regulated, whereas germ-line epsilon RNA expression was not influenced by anti-IgE monoclonal antibody (mAb). On purified B cells all anti-IgE mAb inhibited interleukin-4 plus anti-CD40-induced IgE synthesis, implying a role of non-B cells for the enhancing activity observed in PBMC. Using Fab and F(ab')2 of an inhibitory anti-IgE mAb we could show that divalent recognition was required for inhibition of IgE synthesis.
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- M R Stämpfli
- Institute of Immunology and Allergology, University of Bern, Switzerland
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Aebischer I, Stämpfli MR, Zürcher A, Miescher S, Urwyler A, Frey B, Luger T, White RR, Stadler BM. Neuropeptides are potent modulators of human in vitro immunoglobulin E synthesis. Eur J Immunol 1994; 24:1908-13. [PMID: 7520001 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830240829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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We determined the effect of adrenocorticotropin hormone (ACTH) on the regulation of IgE synthesis. Depending on the concentration, ACTH enhanced or inhibited IgE synthesis in a culture system where IgE synthesis was induced with interleukin-4 (IL-4) and anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Similar effects on IgE synthesis were observed by adding ACTH-related peptides, e.g. corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), the inducer of ACTH, or alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH), a cleavage product of ACTH. However, ACTH had no effect on IgG or IgM synthesis in this culture system. ACTH did not act directly on either B or T cells as there was no influence on IgE synthesis in a system using purified B cells alone or co-cultured with T cells. The effect of ACTH on IgE synthesis was mediated by accessory cells. This was shown by priming purified CD14-positive monocytes with ACTH and reconstitution experiments. Therefore, these findings suggest that ACTH and the related peptides CRF and alpha-MSH can influence the microenvironment modulating an IL-4 and anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody driven class switching to IgE via accessory cells.
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- I Aebischer
- Institute of Clinical Immunology, University of Bern, Switzerland
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Gagnon R, Lian J, Boutin Y, Hébert J. Seasonal enhancement of IL-4 induced IgE synthesis by peripheral blood mononuclear cells of atopic patients. Clin Exp Allergy 1993; 23:498-503. [PMID: 8369977 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1993.tb03237.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The role of IL-4 on IgE synthesis has been well established. IL-4 has been shown to promote IgE production by B cells from atopic and non-atopic donors. In this study, the effects of natural exposure to pollens on IL-4-induced IgE synthesis by peripheral blood mononuclear cells of atopic and non-atopic donors were examined. The results confirm production of IgE in an IL-4 dose-dependent manner by PBMC cultures of these two groups. When cultures were performed out of the pollen season, following stimulation by IL-4, no significant differences was observed between the levels of IgE produced by PBMC of atopic and non-atopic donors. In contrast, upon natural exposure to pollens, significant higher levels of IgE were measured in the atopic group than in the non-atopic one. These results show that the pollen season influences the IL-4-induced IgE synthesis by PBMC of allergic patients and are in keeping with seasonal rise of specific IgE antibodies.
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- R Gagnon
- Centre de Recherche en Inflammation, Immunologie et Rhumatologie, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada
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Allen RC, Armitage RJ, Conley ME, Rosenblatt H, Jenkins NA, Copeland NG, Bedell MA, Edelhoff S, Disteche CM, Simoneaux DK. CD40 ligand gene defects responsible for X-linked hyper-IgM syndrome. Science 1993; 259:990-3. [PMID: 7679801 DOI: 10.1126/science.7679801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 608] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The ligand for CD40 (CD40L) is a membrane glycoprotein on activated T cells that induces B cell proliferation and immunoglobulin secretion. Abnormalities in the CD40L gene were associated with an X-linked immunodeficiency in humans [hyper-IgM (immunoglobulin M) syndrome]. This disease is characterized by elevated concentrations of serum IgM and decreased amounts of all other isotypes. CD40L complementary DNAs from three of four patients with this syndrome contained distinct point mutations. Recombinant expression of two of the mutant CD40L complementary DNAs resulted in proteins incapable of binding to CD40 and unable to induce proliferation or IgE secretion from normal B cells. Activated T cells from the four affected patients failed to express wild-type CD40L, although their B cells responded normally to wild-type CD40L. Thus, these CD40L defects lead to a T cell abnormality that results in the failure of patient B cells to undergo immunoglobulin class switching.
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- R C Allen
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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Gauchat JF, Aubry JP, Mazzei G, Life P, Jomotte T, Elson G, Bonnefoy JY. Human CD40-ligand: molecular cloning, cellular distribution and regulation of expression by factors controlling IgE production. FEBS Lett 1993; 315:259-66. [PMID: 7678552 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)81175-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Here we report the cloning of the cDNA for human CD40-Ligand (CD40-L) from a CD4-positive T cell clone. The deduced amino acid sequence predicts a type II membrane protein of 261 amino acids. Northern blot and FACS analysis of PBMNC revealed that the human CD40-L can be detected on T cells and is absent from B cells and monocytes. The human CD40-L is expressed on both CD4- and CD8-positive T cells, (CD45R0+) and (CD45RA+) subsets. We observed that IL-4, an inducer of IgE production, upregulated CD40-L mRNA level while IFN gamma, an inhibitor of IgE synthesis, reduced the expression of CD40-L mRNA. These data suggest a the correlation between human CD40-L expression and IgE production.
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- J F Gauchat
- Glaxo Institute for Molecular Biology, Plan les Ouates/Geneva, Switzerland
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Claassen JL, Levine AD, Buckley RH. Mechanism of pokeweed mitogen inhibition of rhIL-4-induced human IgE synthesis. Cell Immunol 1992; 140:357-69. [PMID: 1347486 DOI: 10.1016/0008-8749(92)90202-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Pokeweed mitogen (PWM) suppressed rhIL-4-induced IgE synthesis in a concentration-dependent manner. When rhIL-4 was present from Day 0, PWM added to cultures on Day 0 or 3 inhibited MNC IgE synthesis but not when it was added on Day 6 or later. The concentration of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) in MNC culture supernatants varied directly with the quantity of PWM added. Conversely, rhIL-4-stimulated MNC culture IgE concentrations varied inversely with the dose of PWM added and the IFN-gamma concentrations induced. The addition of a rabbit polyclonal neutralizing anti-human IFN-gamma antibody to rhIL-4 plus PWM-stimulated cultures partially or completely reversed PWM-induced inhibition of rhIL-4-induced IgE synthesis. PWM failed to inhibit rhIL-4-induced IgE synthesis by isolated B cells cocultured with monocytes and T cells from a clone unable to produce IFN-gamma message or protein. These findings are consistent with the postulate that PWM inhibits rhIL-4-induced IgE synthesis by inducing the production of IFN-gamma.
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- J L Claassen
- Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina 27710
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Claasen JJ, Levine AD, Schiff SE, Buckley RH. Mononuclear cells from patients with the hyper-IgE syndrome produce little IgE when they are stimulated with recombinant human interleukin-4. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1991; 88:713-21. [PMID: 1720150 DOI: 10.1016/0091-6749(91)90177-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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To investigate whether B cells from patients with the hyper-IgE syndrome are more sensitive to the effects of interleukin-4 in vitro than B cells of normal or atopic individuals, we stimulated blood mononuclear cells (MNC) with varying doses of recombinant human interleukin 4 (rhIL-4) and measured supernatant IgE concentrations after 18 days of culture. Geometric mean spontaneous IgE synthesis after 18 days of culture without rhIL-4 was low (less than 3 ng/ml) and similar for MNCs from nine patients with the hyper-IgE syndrome, nine atopic and nine normal subjects. As found in our previous studies, MNCs from the nine atopic and the nine normal donors produced significant and similar quantities of IgE (geometric mean maximum IgE, 25.2 and 18.7 ng/ml, respectively) when MNCs were stimulated with rhIL-4. MNCs from both donor groups had similar sensitivity to the concentration of IL-4 eliciting the IgE response. In striking contrast, MNCs from the nine patients with the hyper-IgE syndrome failed to produce significant IgE over that produced spontaneously when MNCs were stimulated by a wide range of rhIL-4 concentrations. Coculture of B cell-enriched subpopulations from patients with the hyper-IgE syndrome with T cell-enriched subpopulations from nonatopic and atopic donors failed to restore responsiveness to rhIL-4. The addition of anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody to MNC cultures did result in enhancement of rhIL-4 IgE synthesis by MNCs from patients with the hyper-IgE syndrome, but the concentration of anti-CD40 required to elicit this enhancement was tenfold higher than for control MNCs.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- J J Claasen
- Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N.C
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Byron KA, Varigos GA, Wootton AM. Recombinant interferon-gamma inhibits the expression of IL-4 receptors on human lymphocytes. Clin Exp Immunol 1991; 85:307-11. [PMID: 1907531 PMCID: PMC1535746 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1991.tb05724.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Interferon gamma (IFN-gamma) has been shown to inhibit many of the activities of IL-4, including the induction of IgE synthesis and the proliferation of T cell clones. Here we demonstrate that IFN-gamma is able to inhibit the expression of IL-4 receptors on peripheral blood lymphocytes from both normal healthy donors and from patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia. Inhibition was shown to be dose-dependent and did not affect the binding affinity of the receptor as shown by Scatchard analysis. IFN-gamma was unable to displace labelled IL-4 from its membrane receptor, which demonstrates that IFN-gamma and IL-4 do not compete for the same membrane binding protein. The ability of IFN-gamma to down-regulate IL-4 receptors may be important in controlling certain immune responses.
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- K A Byron
- Department of Biochemistry, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Van der Pouw-Kraan T, Van Kooten C, Van Oers R, Aarden LA. Human transferrin allows efficient IgE production by anti-CD3-stimulated human lymphocytes at low cell densities. Eur J Immunol 1991; 21:385-90. [PMID: 1825633 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830210220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A solid-phase-coupled anti-CD3 T cell activation system was used to study the regulation of human IgE production in vitro. Using 5000 peripheral blood lymphocytes from healthy donors, containing 10%-20% B lymphocytes and no monocytes. IgE was produced very efficiently on a per cell basis. A key observation was that apart from interleukin (IL) 4, human transferrin was essential for IgE production. Furthermore it was found that IgE was produced at low densities only; at higher cell concentrations IgE production was completely abrogated, whereas IgM production increased with increasing cell density. This inhibition at higher cell densities is probably mediated by IL2. Addition of low amounts (6 U/ml) of IL2 strongly enhanced IgE and IgM production at low cell densities, but higher concentrations of IL2 (50 U/ml) were strongly inhibitory for IgE production.
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- T Van der Pouw-Kraan
- Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam
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