Affiliation:
1. Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City
Abstract
Activation of natural killer-like T (NKT) cells with the CD1d ligand α-galactosylceramide enhances T-dependent humoral immune responses against coadministered T-dependent Ag. At present, there is little information on the mechanisms involved other than a dependence on CD1d expression by antigen-presenting cells and/or development of the NKT subset. We therefore tested the hypothesis that direct presentation of α-GC by B cells was required for NKT-enhanced Ab responses against T-dependent Ag. We reconstituted B cell–deficient μMT mice with B cells from C57Bl/6 donors or CD1d−/− donors before immunization with NP-KLH alone or NP-KLH mixed with α-GC. We made the surprising observation that B-cell expression of CD1d is absolutely required for the NKT-enhanced Ab response. Our data show that the mechanism by which NKT cells enhance humoral immune responses involves interaction with CD1d-expressing B cells.
Publisher
American Society of Hematology
Subject
Cell Biology,Hematology,Immunology,Biochemistry
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