Impaired IgA class switching in APRIL-deficient mice
AUTOR(ES)
Castigli, Emanuela
FONTE
National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
The tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family member APRIL binds to the receptors BCMA on B cells and TACI on B and T cells. To investigate the role of APRIL in immunity, we generated APRIL-deficient mice. APRIL-/- mice have normal T and B lymphocyte development, normal T and B cell proliferation in vitro, but increased numbers of CD44hiCD62Llo CD4+ effector/memory T cells and increased IgG responses to T-dependent antigens. Serum IgA levels were significantly decreased, and serum IgA antibody responses to mucosal immunization with TD antigens and to type 1 T-independent antigens were impaired in APRIL-/- mice. APRIL by itself induced IgA as well as IgG1 isotype switching in CD40-deficient IgM+IgD+ sorted B cells. These results suggest that APRIL down-regulates T cell-dependent antibody responses and promotes IgA class switching.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=374342Documentos Relacionados
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