Muscarinic cholinergic receptors of B lymphocytes during the immune response in mice

The effect of a specific antigen on expression of muscarinic cholinergic (MC) receptors on the surface of splenic B lymphocytes of mice after their immunization was studied. To determine the number of MC receptors on the B lymphocytes, 3H-quinuclidinyl benzilate with specific radioactivity of 36 Ci/mmole, a specific blocker of these receptors, was used. The degree of specific binding was determined and the number of receptors on the surface of a B lymphocyte was calculated. The results are obtained are evidence of the possibility of stearic interaction between MC receptors and immunoglobulin receptors binding specific antigen on B lymphocytes during the immune response