Follicular dendritic cells inhibit apoptosis in human B lymphocytes by a rapid and irreversible blockade of preexisting endonuclease

During germinal center reactions, a minority of B lymphocytes are selected after successful binding to follicular dendritic cells (FDCs). The majority of the B cells, however, die by apoptosis. One of the characteristics of apoptosis is rapid fragmentation of DNA by an endogenous endonuclease. The regulation of apoptosis and endonuclease activity in germinal center (GC) B cells is largely unknown. In this study we have investigated the induction and inhibition of endonuclease activity in GC B cells. We also investigated the role of FDCs, surface Ig (sIg), sIgM, CD21, CD22 CD40, and intracellular Zn2+ in the regulation of endonuclease activity. We have found that DNA fragmentation in GC B cells is caused by a preexisting endonuclease very similar to NUC-18 (an 18-kD endonuclease identified in rat thymocytes). Endonuclease activity in GC B cells appears to be rapidly and irreversibly blocked after interaction with FDCs, but not after cross-linkage of sIg, sIgM, CD21, CD22, or CD40. Addition of soluble CD40-human IgM fusion protein (sCD40) to FDC-B cell cultures also did not interfere with FDC-mediated B cell rescue. Chelation of intracellular Zn2+ during FDC-B cell cultures resulted in abrogated B cell rescue. These data suggest that FDCs inhibit apoptosis in GC B cells by a rapid inactivation of preexisting endonuclease using a mechanism distinct from CD40 ligation.

• Publication year

  1995

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Medicine

• Publication date

  1995-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1084/JEM.181.6.1985PMID 7759994PMCID 2192045
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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