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J Biol Chem, Vol. 273, Issue 46, 30680-30687, November 13, 1998

Overexpression of Branched O-Linked Oligosaccharides on T Cell Surface Glycoproteins Impairs Humoral Immune Responses in Transgenic Mice

From the Glycobiology Program, La Jolla Cancer Research Center, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California 92037

The aberrant expression of core 2 O-glycans on T cell surface glycoproteins has been associated with various immunodeficient syndromes such as Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and AIDS. To determine the effect of this aberrant expression of core 2 O-glycans on immune responses, we previously generated transgenic mice overexpressing core 2 -1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase (C2GnT) in T cells, and demonstrated that T cell primary immune responses mediated through interaction between T cells and antigen-presenting cells are impaired in the transgenic mice (Tsuboi, S., and Fukuda, M. (1997) EMBO J. 16, 6364-6373). In this study, we determined whether overexpression of core 2 oligosaccharides on T cells leads to impaired humoral immune responses by B cells using the same transgenic mice. When T cells were activated, both T and B cells from the transgenic and control mice expressed an equivalent amount of CD40L and CD40, which are, respectively, the receptor and counter-receptor for the interaction between T and B cells. However, activated T cells from the transgenic mice induced B cell proliferation less efficiently than those from control mice, regardless of whether B cells were isolated from control or the transgenic mice. This suggests that overexpression of core 2 O-glycans on T cell surface glycoproteins renders T cell-B cell interaction inefficient. Moreover, in the transgenic mice both immunoglobulin isotype switching and germinal center formation were also impaired. Taken together, these results indicate that aberrant expression of core 2 O-glycans on T cell surface glycoproteins results in impaired humoral immune responses due to an impaired interaction between T and B cells.

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