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  2. Participation of intercellular adhesion molecule-2 (CD102) in B lymphopoiesis

Participation of intercellular adhesion molecule-2 (CD102) in B lymphopoiesis

  • Immunol Lett. 2008 Oct 30;120(1-2):79-86. doi: 10.1016/j.imlet.2008.07.003.
Yoshio Yamashita 1 Taku Kouro Kensuke Miyake Kiyoshi Takatsu Mizuho A Kido Teruo Tanaka Masaaki Goto Paul W Kincade
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  • 1 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Saga Medical School, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan. yamashy2@cc.saga-u.ac.jp
Abstract

The survival and fate of blood cell precursors is dependent on their communication with stromal cells of various types within bone marrow. Monoclonal Antibodies have proven to be powerful tools for identifying molecules responsible for such interactions and we now describe one that selectively blocks B lymphopoiesis. The BF/32 antibody inhibited the establishment, but not the maintenance of long-term bone marrow cultures capable of lymphocyte production. However, there was no obvious effect on lymphocyte-stromal cell adhesion or responsiveness of pre-B cells to intereleukin-7. Furthermore, the reagent had no influence on myeloid precursors or myeloid bone marrow cultures. Injection of adult mice with BF/32 reduced B lineage precursors within bone marrow, but spared mature B cells. Moreover, the reagent did not alter responsiveness of mature B cells to activating stimuli. The 60 kDa protein recognized by this antibody was widely expressed on lymphocytes. Amino terminal protein Sequencing and transfection experiments identified it as the murine homologue of ICAM-2 (CD102).

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