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. 1998 Feb;93(2):238–248. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1998.00416.x

Proliferation of CD3+ B220- single-positive normal T cells was suppressed in B-cell-deficient lpr mice.

T Akashi 1, S Nagafuchi 1, K Anzai 1, D Kitamura 1, J Wang 1, I Taniuchi 1, Y Niho 1, T Watanabe 1
PMCID: PMC1364184  PMID: 9616374

Abstract

It is known that lpr mice develop systemic lymphadenopathy and lupus erythematosus-like autoimmune disease that are associated with the accumulation of CD4- CD8- (double-negative; DN) CD3+ B220+ abnormal T cells as well as normal mature CD4+ or CD8+ single-positive (SP) CD3+ T cells. In order to clarify the role of B cells in the lymphoproliferation and autoimmunity of lpr mice, we created B-cell-deficient C57BL/6 (B6) lpr mice (B6lpr/lpr microMT/microMT) by crossing B6lpr/lpr mice with B6 microMT/microMT mice in which the B-cell development was arrested at pre-B stage owing to a targeted disruption of the immunoglobulin mu heavy-chain gene locus. In the B-cell-deficient B6-lpr mice, both lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly were markedly suppressed. Although the accumulation of both CD3+ B220- SP normal T cells and CD3+ B220+ DN abnormal T cells was inhibited in the B-cell-deficient lpr mice, the decrease in numbers of CD3+ B220- SP normal T cells occurred more strikingly than that of the CD3+ B220+ DN abnormal T cells. Glomerulonephritis did not develop in the B-cell-deficient lpr mice over 40 weeks. The present results indicate that the B cells thus play a crucial role in the extensive proliferation of normal CD3+ B220- mature SP T cells rather than the accumulation of abnormal DN T cells.

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