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Microbiol. Immunol. · Jan 2009
IL-4-dependent induction of IgE basophils in peripheral blood and IgE B cells in spleen as respective indicators of allergen sensitization and a precursor of cells secreting allergen-specific IgE antibody.
- Masako Miyoshi-Higashino, Masayo Hirano, Hiromi Ogita-Nakanishi, Yumiko Yamamoto-Kimoto, Kanji Sakurai, Junko Tashiro-Yamaji, Hayahito Nomi, Takeshi Takahashi, Sayako Miura-Takeda, Hiroshi Takenaka, Takahiro Kubota, and Ryotaro Yoshida.
- Department of Physiology, Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan.
- Microbiol. Immunol. 2009 Jan 1; 53 (1): 30-40.
AbstractIt was recently reported by us that either primary i.n. or i.p. injection of cedar pollen extract into BALB/c mice, or a second s.c. injection of the allergen into i.v. or s.c. sensitized mice, causes an IL-4-dependent increase in total IgE serum antibody to produce allergen-specific IgE antibody upon further s.c. sensitization. To determine the biology of total IgE antibody, in the present study IgE+ cells in peripheral blood or lymphoid tissues of allergen-sensitized BALB/c mice have been characterized. In peripheral blood, mice sensitized one to three times with the allergen produced a 2.5- to 4-fold increase in the number of IgE+ cells, with a time-course similar to that of the concentration of total IgE antibody in serum. These IgE+ cells were basophils. On the other hand, the number of IgE+ cells in the lymphoid tissues did not change significantly after an i.n., i.p., i.v. or s.c. injection of allergen into the mice, whereas a second s.c. injection of the allergen into the i.v.-, but not into the i.n.-, i.p.- or s.c.-, sensitized mice induced a small number of IgE+/IgM+/B220+ B cells in the spleen. In contrast, IgE+ cells were not seen in the blood or spleen of IL-4 -/- mice after sensitization with the allergen. These results suggest that IgE+ basophils in the peripheral blood, and IgE+ B cells in the spleen, might be IL-4-dependently induced as an indicator of sensitization with allergen, and a precursor of cells secreting allergen-specific IgE antibody, respectively.
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