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Zbesko JC, Frye JB, Becktel DA, Gerardo DK, Stokes J, Calderon K, Nguyen TVV, Bhattacharya D, Doyle KP. IgA natural antibodies are produced following T-cell independent B-cell activation following stroke. Brain Behav Immun 2021; 91:578-586. [PMID: 32956832 PMCID: PMC8279117 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2020.09.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Revised: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Up to 30% of stroke patients experience cognitive decline within one year of their stroke. There are currently no FDA-approved drugs that can prevent post-stroke cognitive decline, in part due to a poor understanding of the mechanisms involved. We have previously demonstrated that a B-lymphocyte response to stroke, marked by IgA + cells, can cause delayed cognitive dysfunction in mice and that a similar adaptive immune response occurs in the brains of some human stroke patients that suffer from vascular dementia. The stimuli which trigger B-lymphocyte activation following stroke, and their target antigens, are still unknown. Therefore, to learn more about the mechanisms by which B-lymphocytes become activated following stroke we first characterized the temporal kinetics of the B-lymphocyte, T-lymphocyte, and plasma cell (PC) response to stroke in the brain by immunohistochemistry (IHC). We discovered that B-lymphocyte, T-lymphocyte, and plasma cell infiltration within the infarct progressively increases between 2 and 7 weeks after stroke. We then compared the B-lymphocyte response to stroke in WT, MHCII-/-, CD4-/-, and MyD88-/- mice to determine if B-lymphocytes mature into IgA + PCs through a T-lymphocyte and MyD88 dependent mechanism. Our data from a combination of IHC and flow cytometry indicate that following stroke, a population of IgA + PCs develops independently of CD4 + helper T-lymphocytes and MyD88 signaling. Subsequent sequencing of immunoglobulin genes of individual IgA + PCs present within the infarct identified a novel population of natural antibodies with few somatic mutations in complementarity-determining regions. These findings indicate that a population of IgA + PCs develops in the infarct following stroke by B-lymphocytes interacting with one or more thymus independent type 2 (TI-2) antigens, and that they produce IgA natural antibodies.
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- Jacob C. Zbesko
- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA,Department of Neurology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA
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- Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA,Department of Neurology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA,Arizona Center on Aging, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85719, USA,Corresponding author at: Department of Immunobiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, 1656 E. Mabel Street, Tucson, Arizona 85719, USA. (K.P. Doyle)
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Kearns-Jonker M, Barteneva N, Mencel R, Hussain N, Shulkin I, Xu A, Yew M, Cramer DV. Use of molecular modeling and site-directed mutagenesis to define the structural basis for the immune response to carbohydrate xenoantigens. BMC Immunol 2007; 8:3. [PMID: 17352819 PMCID: PMC1851715 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2172-8-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2006] [Accepted: 03/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Natural antibodies directed at carbohydrates reject porcine xenografts. They are initially expressed in germline configuration and are encoded by a small number of structurally-related germline progenitors. The transplantation of genetically-modified pig organs prevents hyperacute rejection, but delayed graft rejection still occurs, partly due to humoral responses. IgVH genes encoding induced xenoantibodies are predominantly, not exclusively, derived from germline progenitors in the VH3 family. We have previously identified the immunoglobulin heavy chain genes encoding VH3 xenoantibodies in patients and primates. In this manuscript, we complete the structural analysis of induced xenoantibodies by identifying the IgVH genes encoding the small proportion of VH4 xenoantibodies and the germline progenitors encoding xenoantibody light chains. This information has been used to define the xenoantibody/carbohydrate binding site using computer-simulated modeling. RESULTS The VH4-59 gene encodes antibodies in the VH4 family that are induced in human patients mounting active xenoantibody responses. The light chain of xenoantibodies is encoded by DPK5 and HSIGKV134. The structural information obtained by sequencing analysis was used to create computer-simulated models. Key contact sites for xenoantibody/carbohydrate interaction for VH3 family xenoantibodies include amino acids in sites 31, 33, 50, 57, 58 and the CDR3 region of the IgVH gene. Site-directed mutagenesis indicates that mutations in predicted contact sites alter binding to carbohydrate xenoantigens. Computer-simulated modeling suggests that the CDR3 region directly influences binding. CONCLUSION Xenoantibodies induced during early and delayed xenograft responses are predominantly encoded by genes in the VH3 family, with a small proportion encoded by VH4 germline progenitors. This restricted group can be identified by the unique canonical structure of the light chain, heavy chain and CDR3. Computer-simulated models depict this structure with accuracy, as confirmed by site-directed mutagenesis. Computer-simulated drug design using computer-simulated models may now be applied to develop new drugs that may enhance the survival of xenografted organs.
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- Mary Kearns-Jonker
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saban Research Institute of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Mailstop #137, Los Angeles, CA 90027 USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saban Research Institute of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Mailstop #137, Los Angeles, CA 90027 USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saban Research Institute of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Mailstop #137, Los Angeles, CA 90027 USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saban Research Institute of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Mailstop #137, Los Angeles, CA 90027 USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saban Research Institute of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Mailstop #137, Los Angeles, CA 90027 USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saban Research Institute of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Mailstop #137, Los Angeles, CA 90027 USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saban Research Institute of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Mailstop #137, Los Angeles, CA 90027 USA
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Saban Research Institute of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, 4650 Sunset Blvd, Mailstop #137, Los Angeles, CA 90027 USA
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Scotti C, Gherardi E. Structural Basis of Affinity Maturation of the TEPC15/Vκ45.1 Anti-2-phenyl-5-oxazolone Antibodies. J Mol Biol 2006; 359:1161-9. [PMID: 16682055 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.04.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2006] [Revised: 04/11/2006] [Accepted: 04/12/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Affinity maturation is a process that leads to the emergence of more efficient antibodies following initial antigen encounter and represents a key strategy of the adaptive immunity of vertebrate organisms. Earlier and detailed sequence studies of the antibody response to a model antigen, the hapten 2-phenyl-5-oxazolone (phOx), define three different classes of antibodies. Class I antibodies use the V(H)Ox1/V(kappa)Ox1 gene pair and dominate the early stages of the anti-phOx response, class II antibodies use the V(kappa)Ox1 gene but a different V(H) segment and are common in the intermediate stages, and class III antibodies use the TEPC15/V(kappa)45.1 genes and play the greatest role in the late stages. Only the crystal structure of one anti-phOx antibody, the class II NQ10/12.5 Fab fragment, has been described. Here we report the crystal structures of the scFv form of the low and high affinity anti-phOx class III antibodies NQ10/1.12 and NQ16/113.8 complexed with the hapten. The two antibodies differ by nine amino acid substitutions, all located in the V(H) domain. Analysis of the two structures shows that affinity maturation results from an increase in surface complementarity, as a consequence of a finely tuned and highly concerted process chaperoned by the somatic mutations, and implies a more efficient hapten-induced fit in the mature antibody. The data also demonstrate that class III antibodies respond in a completely different way to the architectural problem of binding phOx compared to the class II antibody NQ10/12.5.
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- Claudia Scotti
- Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Universita' di Pavia, Italy.
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Baxendale HE, Goldblatt D. Correlation of molecular characteristics, isotype, and in vitro functional activity of human antipneumococcal monoclonal antibodies. Infect Immun 2006; 74:1025-31. [PMID: 16428749 PMCID: PMC1360365 DOI: 10.1128/iai.74.2.1025-1031.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Structure-function correlations of pneumococcal antibodies are important in predicting how changes in the pneumococcus (Pnc)-specific B-cell repertoire will influence humoral immunity against invasive Pnc disease. Using a unique panel of human hybridomas derived from memory B cells after pneumococcal conjugate vaccination, we analyzed the structure-function relationship of nine monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) reactive to Pnc polysaccharides. The avidities of the antibodies correlated with the avidity of donor immune serum (R, 0.7; P < 0.025), and this relationship was particularly strong for immunoglobulin A clones (R, 1; P < 0.0005), suggesting that the MAbs may represent important clones contributing to serological memory. Common heavy-light chain combinations and amino acid replacement mutations were seen for clones with the same serospecificity from different individuals. The two highest-avidity MAbs used Vh3-48, and two MAbs with the same serospecificity, using the same V gene pairings (Vh3-7 and Vk2A17), had similar avidities, suggesting that canonical V gene use makes an important contribution to avidity. Although all clones had mutation levels consistent with their being derived from memory B cells, low levels of replacement mutation were associated with high avidities. This relationship was strongest for Vh genes (R, 0.8; P < 0.01). Opsonophagocytosis was demonstrated for all clones, and there was a trend toward clones using canonical genes with low levels of mutation having high opsonophagocytic activities (R, 0.5). These data suggest that the use of canonical genes in the Pnc antibody response is associated with highly functional antibodies and that most somatic mutations seen in these genes are not antigen selected.
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- H E Baxendale
- Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Unit, Institute of Child Health, University of London Medical School, 30 Guilford St., London WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom.
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Srivastava N, Smithson SL, Westerink MAJ. A novel approach to study variable heavy chain gene usage in response to the capsular polysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C. J Microbiol Methods 2002; 50:249-62. [PMID: 12031575 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7012(02)00034-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The molecular mechanisms involved in the relatively poor immune response in the elderly are not clearly understood. Qualitative aspects of the immune response could be a possible explanation for the differential response to T-independent antigens in young adults and elderly. This study is directed towards elucidating the differential usage of variable heavy chain by young adult and elderly derived sequences in response to the capsular polysaccharide of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup C. We currently report findings of a preliminary study designed to test the feasibility of a novel approach to isolate antigen-specific B cells. Paramagnetic beads coated with an anti-idiotypic antibody, which mimics the capsular polysaccharide of N. meningitidis serogroup C, were used to select B cells. Analysis of the gene usage data indicates some unexpected differences in the use of variable chain heavy chain in the case of young adult versus elderly sequences. The elderly derived sequences use a more diverse array of V(H) gene families in contrast to the young adult sequences, where the V(H) gene family usage is restricted. Nearly half the young adult sequences utilize V(H)3-15 germline sequence while only 25% of the elderly sequences use this germline sequence. There were interesting differences in the types of JH chain and the composition and length of CDR3 utilized by the two groups. Together, these significant differences may contribute towards the poor immune response to T-independent antigens in the elderly. These data validate the techniques used for these studies and suggest that it is pertinent to use this approach towards future investigations to elucidate gene usage in response to an antigen.
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- Neeti Srivastava
- Departments of Medicine and Pathology, Medical College of Ohio, 3055, Arlington Avenue, Toledo, OH 43614, USA
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Yavuz S, Grammer AC, Yavuz AS, Nanki T, Lipsky PE. Comparative characteristics of mu chain and alpha chain transcripts expressed by individual tonsil plasma cells. Mol Immunol 2001; 38:19-34. [PMID: 11483207 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-5890(01)00036-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Plasma cells (PCs) are one of the two major cell types generated during germinal center reactions. To test the hypothesis that PCs express a unique repertoire of immunoglobulin (Ig) genes resulting from intensive antigenic stimulation and selection, the mutational pattern and distribution of V(H) gene segments within 178 transcripts amplified from individual IgM and IgA secreting tonsil PCs were analyzed. The results demonstrated that both mu and alpha transcripts expressed repertoires with limited diversity. Moreover, both mu and alpha transcripts were heavily mutated, with a significantly increased mutational frequency noted for alpha compared to mu transcripts (5.0 x 10(-2) vs 1.8 x 10(-2), P<0.001). In addition, both mu and alpha transcripts showed significantly greater targeting of mutations to RGYW motifs (purine/guanine/pyrimidine/A or T) compared to memory B cells. Finally, clonally expanded cells were detected in alpha but not mu PC compartments. These results indicate that antigen driven stimulation and selection shape the entire expressed PC repertoire, but the impact is greater in alpha expressing PCs.
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- S Yavuz
- Department of Internal Medicine, Harold C. Simmons Arthritis Research Center, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75235, USA
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Beck JG, Low KH, Burnett M, Xu L, Suleyman S, Thompson KM, Sullivan L, Natvig JB, George V. Analysis of 'natural' and vaccine-induced haemophilus influenzae type B capsular polysaccharide serum antibodies for 3H1, a V3-23-associated idiotope. Immunol Lett 2000; 72:171-7. [PMID: 10880838 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-2478(00)00185-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The variable (V-) region repertoire of antibodies (Abs) to Haemophilus influenzae capsular polysaccharide (Hib PS) has been extensively studied in individuals vaccinated against the microbe, but to a lesser extent in subjects who generated such Abs in response to a 'natural' encounter with this microbe or its antigenic mimics. To gain an insight into the repertoire of Hib PS-reactive Abs in vaccinated and non-vaccinated individuals, we used a monoclonal Ab, 3H1, which detects an idiotypic marker associated with an Ab V-region gene, V3-23. We show here that Hib PS-reactive Abs with detectable 3H1 idiotope can be quantified by an indirect inimunoezymatic assay in serum samples of non-vaccinated healthy adults as well as of recently vaccinated healthy infants. The percentage of Abs that was simultaneously Hib PS-reactive and 3H1-positive ranged widely (from 0 to 68%) among individual serum samples from both groups of subjects. No dramatic differences in the expression of 3H1 idiotope on Hib PS-reactive Abs were found between vaccinated and non-vaccinated individuals. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that the utilization of V-region genes in Hib PS-reactive Abs that individuals generate after a 'natural' encounter with Hib PS or its mimics is similar to that in these Abs elicited by Hib PS conjugate vaccines.
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- J G Beck
- Department of Biological Sciences, PO Drawer GY, Mississippi State University, MS 39762, USA
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Dono M, Zupo S, Leanza N, Melioli G, Fogli M, Melagrana A, Chiorazzi N, Ferrarini M. Heterogeneity of tonsillar subepithelial B lymphocytes, the splenic marginal zone equivalents. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 164:5596-604. [PMID: 10820234 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.11.5596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The VH4 genes expressed by both resting and in vivo-activated subepithelial (SE) B cells from human tonsils were studied. Resting SE B cells were subdivided according to the presence (IgDlow) or absence (IgM-only) of surface IgD. CD27 was abundant on activated SE B cells and low on resting IgM-only B cells. Resting IgDlow SE B cells could be subdivided into CD27low and CD27high cell fractions. Resting IgDlow SE B cells displayed VH4 genes with a substantial number of mutations (13/29 of the molecular clones were mutated), whereas 25/26 of the clones from resting IgM-only SE B cells were unmutated. Moreover, mutated VH4 genes were detected mainly within the CD27high cell fraction of the IgDlow SE B cells. Several identical unmutated VH4DJH sequences (11/32) were found in different molecular clones from resting IgM-only SE B cells, suggesting local cellular expansion. Both unmutated (14/25) and mutated (11/25) sequences were found in mu transcripts of activated SE B cells. Extensive mutation was observed in the gamma transcripts of activated SE B cells. Therefore, SE B cells are heterogeneous, being comprised of B cells with mutated Ig VH4 genes, that are Ag-experienced B cells, and a subset of B cells with unmutated VH4 genes that are either virgin cells or cells driven by Ags that did not induce or select for V gene mutations.
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- M Dono
- Servizio di Immunologia Clinica and Servizio di Citometria Centro Biotechnologie Avanzate, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, IST, Genova, Italy.
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