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Joachim A, Aussel R, Gélard L, Zhang F, Mori D, Grégoire C, Villazala Merino S, Gaya M, Liang Y, Malissen M, Malissen B. Defective LAT signalosome pathology in mice mimics human IgG4-related disease at single-cell level. J Exp Med 2023; 220:e20231028. [PMID: 37624388 PMCID: PMC10457416 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20231028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/08/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Mice with a loss-of-function mutation in the LAT adaptor (LatY136F) develop an autoimmune and type 2 inflammatory disorder called defective LAT signalosome pathology (DLSP). We analyzed via single-cell omics the trajectory leading to LatY136F DLSP and the underlying CD4+ T cell diversification. T follicular helper cells, CD4+ cytotoxic T cells, activated B cells, and plasma cells were found in LatY136F spleen and lung. Such cell constellation entailed all the cell types causative of human IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), an autoimmune and inflammatory condition with LatY136F DLSP-like histopathological manifestations. Most previously described T cell-mediated autoimmune manifestations require persistent TCR input. In contrast, following their first engagement by self-antigens, the autoreactive TCR expressed by LatY136F CD4+ T cells hand over their central role in T cell activation to CD28 costimulatory molecules. As a result, all subsequent LatY136F DLSP manifestations, including the production of autoantibodies, solely rely on CD28 engagement. Our findings elucidate the etiology of the LatY136F DLSP and qualify it as a model of IgG4-RD.
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- Anais Joachim
- Aix Marseille Université, INSERM, CNRS, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, INSERM, CNRS, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, INSERM, CNRS, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
- Centre d’Immunophénomique, INSERM, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, INSERM, CNRS, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
- School of Laboratory Medicine, Henan Key Laboratory for Immunology and Targeted Therapy, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- Aix Marseille Université, INSERM, CNRS, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
- Centre d’Immunophénomique, INSERM, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, INSERM, CNRS, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, INSERM, CNRS, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
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- Aix Marseille Université, INSERM, CNRS, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
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- School of Laboratory Medicine, Henan Key Laboratory for Immunology and Targeted Therapy, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- Aix Marseille Université, INSERM, CNRS, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
- Centre d’Immunophénomique, INSERM, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France
- Laboratory of Immunophenomics, School of Laboratory Medicine, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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- Aix Marseille Université, INSERM, CNRS, Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
- Centre d’Immunophénomique, INSERM, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, Marseille, France
- Laboratory of Immunophenomics, School of Laboratory Medicine, Xinxiang Medical University, Xinxiang, China
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Jing W, Baumgartner CK, Xue F, Schroeder JA, Shi Q. Pre-existing anti-factor VIII immunity alters therapeutic platelet-targeted factor VIII engraftment following busulfan conditioning through cytotoxic CD8 T cells. J Thromb Haemost 2023; 21:488-498. [PMID: 36696197 PMCID: PMC11249136 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtha.2022.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 09/21/2022] [Accepted: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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BACKGROUND We previously demonstrated that busulfan preconditioning enabled sustained therapeutic platelet-derived factor VIII (FVIII) expression in naïve FVIIInull mice transplanted with 2bF8-transduced Sca-1+ cells. However, in mice with pre-existing inhibitors, platelet-FVIII expression was lost. OBJECTIVE In this study, we aimed to describe the mechanism of this platelet-FVIII loss. METHODS We monitored platelet-FVIII expression in FVIIInull mice that were immunized with rhFVIII to induce inhibitors and subsequently conditioned with busulfan before whole bone marrow transplantation or Sca-1+ hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) from 2bF8 transgenic (2bF8Tg) mice. Busulfan with or without antithymocyte globulin or anti-CD8 antibody was employed before 2bF8Tg HSCT. Interferon gamma-ELISpot assay was used to assess which subset of cells was the target in platelet-FVIII loss. B-cell-deficient homozygous mutant mice were used to determine whether platelet-FVIII loss in FVIII-primed mice was mediated by antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity. RESULTS Platelet-FVIII expression was sustained in 2bF8Tg bone marrow transplantation but not in 2bF8Tg HSCT recipients. CD8 T-cell depletion in addition to busulfan preconditioning restored platelet-FVIII expression in 2bF8Tg-HSCT recipients. ELISpot analyses showed that FVIII-primed CD8 T cells were efficiently restimulated by 2bF8Tg-Sca-1+ cells and secreted interferon gamma, but were not stimulated by 2bF8Tg platelets/megakaryocytes, suggesting that 2bF8Tg-Sca-1+ cells are targets for FVIII-primed CD8 T cells. When 2bF8Tg-Sca-1+ cells were transplanted into FVIII-primed homozygous mutant mice preconditioned with busulfan, no FVIII expression was detected, suggesting that antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity was not the mechanism of platelet-FVIII loss in FVIII-primed mice. CONCLUSION Pre-existng immunity can alter the engraftment of 2bF8Tg-Sca-1+ cells through the cytotoxic CD8 T-cell-mediated pathway. Sufficient eradication of FVIII-primed CD8 T cells is critical for the success of platelet gene therapy in hemophilia A with inhibitors.
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- Weiqing Jing
- Blood Research Institute, Versiti, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Blood Research Institute, Versiti, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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- Blood Research Institute, Versiti, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Children's Research Institute, Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; Midwest Athletes Against Childhood Cancer (MACC) Fund Research Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
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See JX, Chandramathi S, Abdulla MA, Vadivelu J, Shankar EM. Persistent infection due to a small-colony variant of Burkholderia pseudomallei leads to PD-1 upregulation on circulating immune cells and mononuclear infiltration in viscera of experimental BALB/c mice. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2017; 11:e0005702. [PMID: 28820897 PMCID: PMC5562302 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Background Melioidosis is a neglected tropical disease endemic across South East Asia and Northern Australia. The etiological agent, Burkholderia pseudomallei (B.pseudomallei), is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped, motile bacterium residing in the soil and muddy water across endemic regions of the tropical world. The bacterium is known to cause persistent infections by remaining latent within host cells for prolonged duration. Reactivation of the recrudescent disease often occurs in elders whose immunity wanes. Moreover, recurrence rates in melioidosis patients can be up to ~13% despite appropriate antibiotic therapy, suggestive of bacterial persistence and inefficacy of antibiotic regimens. The mechanisms behind bacterial persistence in the host remain unclear, and hence understanding host immunity during persistent B. pseudomallei infections may help designing potential immunotherapy. Methodology/Principal findings A persistent infection was generated using a small-colony variant (SCV) and a wild-type (WT) B. pseudomallei in BALB/c mice via intranasal administration. Infected mice that survived for >60 days were sacrificed. Lungs, livers, spleens, and peripheral blood mononuclear cells were harvested for experimental investigations. Histopathological changes of organs were observed in the infected mice, suggestive of successful establishment of persistent infections. Moreover, natural killer (NK) cell frequency was increased in SCV- and WT-infected mice. We observed programmed death-1 (PD-1) upregulation on B cells of SCV- and WT-infected mice. Interestingly, PD-1 upregulation was only observed on NK cells and monocytes of SCV-infected mice. In contrast, cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 (CTLA-4) downregulation was seen on NK cells of WT-infected mice, and on monocytes of SCV- and WT-infected mice. Conclusions/Significance The SCV and the WT of B. pseudomallei distinctly upregulated PD-1 expression on B cells, NK cells, and monocytes to dampen host immunity, which likely facilitates bacterial persistence. PD-1/PD-L1 pathway appears to play an important role in the persistence of B. pseudomallei in the host. B. pseudomallei is a bacterium that causes melioidosis, a disease endemic in Southeastern Asia and Northern Australia. It is estimated that melioidosis leads to 89,000 deaths worldwide each year. Nevertheless, melioidosis continues to remain a neglected tropical disease that is not even on the list of neglected tropical diseases of the World Health Organization. Furthermore, the disease has a high mortality and recurrence rate, which can be up to 40% and 13%, respectively. It has also been well documented that B. pseudomallei causes latent/persistent infections for a prolonged period without showing apparent symptoms in the infected individual. The mechanisms that are responsible for bacterial persistence in the host remain unclear. Our results demonstrated that B. pseudomallei were able to upregulate PD-1 expression on B cells, NK cells, and/or monocytes during persistent diseases, which likely diminish optimal host immunity. The weakened host immunity in turns facilitates persistence of the bacterium. Interestingly, the SCV had a higher PD-1 expression on distinct immune cells compared to the WT, which might explain its frequent association with persistent infections. Immunotherapies by targeting PD-1/PD-L1 pathway could serve as a better treatment than the conventional antibiotic regimens, which cause a high rate of recurrence in melioidosis patients.
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- Jia-Xiang See
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- * E-mail: (SC); (EMS); (JV)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- * E-mail: (SC); (EMS); (JV)
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- Center of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA), University of Malaya, Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Division of Infection Biology, Department of Life Sciences, School of Basic & Applied Sciences, Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur, India
- * E-mail: (SC); (EMS); (JV)
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Kelsoe G. Curiouser and curiouser: the role(s) of AID expression in self-tolerance. Eur J Immunol 2014; 44:2876-9. [PMID: 25308427 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201445102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Revised: 09/10/2014] [Accepted: 09/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Aicda is crucial for antibody diversification by mediating Ig class-switch recombination, V(D)J hypermutation (SHM) and, in some species, gene conversion. Recently, evidence has accumulated to show that Aicda is expressed during B-cell development and that this expression in some unknown way, mediates tolerance in immature and transitional B cells. In this issue of the European Journal of Immunology, Umiker et al. [Eur. J. Immunol. 2014. 44: 3093-3108] show that enforced expression of Aicda during early B-cell development is associated with self-tolerance. Curiously, constitutive Aicda expression that begins early in B cells suppresses the generation of autoreactive IgM but promotes the expression of self-reactive IgG. In contrast, when Aicda is activated later in B-cell development, self-reactive IgM is abundant but IgG is not. These observations suggest pathways for self-tolerance that have been little explored.
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- Garnett Kelsoe
- Department of Immunology and Human Vaccine Institute, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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Kumar S, Wuerffel R, Achour I, Lajoie B, Sen R, Dekker J, Feeney AJ, Kenter AL. Flexible ordering of antibody class switch and V(D)J joining during B-cell ontogeny. Genes Dev 2014; 27:2439-44. [PMID: 24240234 PMCID: PMC3841733 DOI: 10.1101/gad.227165.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Omenn syndrome is a severe immunodeficiency disease commonly arising from hypomorphic RAG recombinase gene mutations. RAG recombinase mediates V(D)J joining during early B-lymphocyte development in the bone marrow (BM). V(D)J recombination and class switch recombination are thought to partition between the BM and secondary lymphoid organs. Kenter and colleagues show that V(D)J joining and switching are interchangeably inducible in the BM. This study has important implications for the development of Omenn syndrome, autoimmune diseases, and leukemia. V(D)J joining is mediated by RAG recombinase during early B-lymphocyte development in the bone marrow (BM). Activation-induced deaminase initiates isotype switching in mature B cells of secondary lymphoid structures. Previous studies questioned the strict ontological partitioning of these processes. We show that pro-B cells undergo robust switching to a subset of immunoglobulin H (IgH) isotypes. Chromatin studies reveal that in pro-B cells, the spatial organization of the Igh locus may restrict switching to this subset of isotypes. We demonstrate that in the BM, V(D)J joining and switching are interchangeably inducible, providing an explanation for the hyper-IgE phenotype of Omenn syndrome.
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- Satyendra Kumar
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
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The development and function of B lymphocytes critically depend on the non-germline B-cell antigen receptor (BCR). In addition to the diverse antigen-recognition regions, whose coding sequences are generated by the somatic DNA rearrangement, the variety of the constant domains of the Heavy Chain (HC) portion contributes to the multiplicity of the BCR types. The functions of particular classes of the HC, particularly in the context of the membrane BCR, are not completely understood. The expression of the various classes of the HC correlates with the distinct stages of B-cell development, types of B-cell subsets, and their effector functions. In this chapter, we summarize and discuss the accumulated knowledge on the role of the μ, δ, and γ HC isotypes of the conventional and precursor BCR in B-cell differentiation, selection, and engagement with (auto)antigens.
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- Elena Surova
- Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Department of Molecular immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg and Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany
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- Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), Albert Ludwigs University Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Department of Molecular immunology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg and Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany; Department of Immunology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
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High affinity autoreactive IgG antibodies have been implicated in the development of lupus nephritis and other autoimmune disorders. With the discovery of activation-induced deaminase (AID), this question could be finally tested by examining the impact of AID deficiency in autoimmune-prone mice like the MLR/lpr strain. We have recently shown that AID-deficient MRL/lpr mice experienced a complete abrogation of lupus nephritis, and increased survival despite a dramatic increase in autoreactive IgM. Subsequent studies demonstrated that anti-dsDNA IgM is not pathogenic and in fact protects MRL/lpr from glomerulonephritis. AID-deficiency is also associated with decreased antibody-independent B cell-mediated autoimmunity likely through the loss of high affinity receptors through somatic hypermutation. Combined these results directly implicate AID in the development of B cell mediated autoimmunity. However, studies with hyper IgM AID-deficient patients indicate an increase in the incidence of certain autoimmunities. These results, likely the result of the immunodeficiency associated with AID deficiency, suggest caution in therapeutic approaches based in AID inhibition.
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- Marilyn Diaz
- Somatic Hypermutation Group, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
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Ghosh S, Hoselton SA, Schuh JM. μ-chain-deficient mice possess B-1 cells and produce IgG and IgE, but not IgA, following systemic sensitization and inhalational challenge in a fungal asthma model. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2012; 189:1322-9. [PMID: 22732592 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1200138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis is often difficult to treat and results in morbidity associated with chronic airway changes. This study assessed the requirement for B cells and their products in the allergic pulmonary phenotype in a murine model of fungal allergic asthma that mimics allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. C57BL/6 and μMT mice (assumed to lack peripheral B cells) were sensitized with Aspergillus fumigatus extract and challenged with two inhalation exposures of live conidia to induce airway disease. Airway hyperresponsiveness after methacholine challenge, peribronchovascular inflammation, goblet cell metaplasia, and fibrotic remodeling of the airways was similar between μMT mice and their wild-type counterparts (C57BL/6). Surprisingly, even in the absence of the μ-chain, these μMT mice produced IgE and IgG Abs, although the Abs induced did not have specificity for A. fumigatus Ags. In contrast, IgA was not detected in either the lavage fluid or serum of μMT mice that had been exposed to A. fumigatus. Our findings also reveal the existence of CD19(+)CD9(+)IgD(+) B-1 cells in the lungs of the μMT animals. These data show the μMT mice to have a developmental pathway independent of the canonical μ-chain route that allows for their survival upon antigenic challenge with A. fumigatus conidia, although this pathway does not seem to allow for the normal development of Ag-specific repertoires. Additionally, this study shows that IgA is not required for either clearance or containment of A. fumigatus in the murine lung, as fungal outgrowth was not observed in the μMT animals after multiple inhalation exposures to live conidia.
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- Sumit Ghosh
- Department of Veterinary and Microbiological Sciences, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58108, USA.
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Jiang C, Zhao ML, Waters KM, Diaz M. Activation-induced deaminase contributes to the antibody-independent role of B cells in the development of autoimmunity. Autoimmunity 2012; 45:440-8. [PMID: 22559231 DOI: 10.3109/08916934.2012.682668] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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B cells contribute to autoimmunity both as secretors of pathogenic antibodies and through the activation of autoreactive T cells. B cells and antibodies acquire higher affinity to self-antigen through a process known as immunoglobulin hypermutation or SHM. The contribution of SHM to pathogenic antibody development in lupus has been established in various autoimmune mouse models and by examining antibodies from patients. However, its role in the antibody-independent contribution of B cells to autoimmunity has not been examined. Herein, we generate lupus-prone MRL/lpr mice with a limited IgM-only B cell repertoire, no secreted antibodies and no SHM. This enabled us to isolate the role of somatic hypermutation in B cell-mediated autoimmunity. We found that SHM-deficiency correlated with a reduction in autoreactive B cells, a decrease in T cell activation and a decrease in kidney lymphocytic infiltration. These data establish AID as an important contributor to the antibody-independent role of B cells in autoimmunity.
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- Chuancang Jiang
- Somatic Hypermutation Group, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Duong BH, Ota T, Aoki-Ota M, Cooper AB, Ait-Azzouzene D, Vela JL, Gavin AL, Nemazee D. Negative selection by IgM superantigen defines a B cell central tolerance compartment and reveals mutations allowing escape. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 187:5596-605. [PMID: 22043016 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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To analyze B lymphocyte central tolerance in a polyclonal immune system, mice were engineered to express a superantigen reactive to IgM of allotype b (IgM(b)). IgM(b/b) mice carrying superantigen were severely B cell lymphopenic, but small numbers of B cells matured. Their sera contained low levels of IgG and occasionally high levels of IgA. In bone marrow, immature B cells were normal in number, but internalized IgM and had a unique gene expression profile, compared with those expressing high levels of surface IgM, including elevated recombinase activator gene expression. A comparable B cell population was defined in wild-type bone marrows, with an abundance suggesting that at steady state ∼20% of normal developing B cells are constantly encountering autoantigens in situ. In superantigen-expressing mice, as well as in mice carrying the 3H9 anti-DNA IgH transgene, or 3H9 H along with mutation in the murine κ-deleting element RS, IgM internalization was correlated with CD19 downmodulation. CD19(low) bone marrow cells from 3H9;RS(-/-) mice were enriched in L chains that promote DNA binding. Our results suggest that central tolerance and attendant L chain receptor editing affect a large fraction of normal developing B cells. IgH(a/b) mice carrying the superantigen had a ∼50% loss in follicular B cell numbers, suggesting that escape from central tolerance by receptor editing from one IgH allele to another was not a major mechanism. IgM(b) superantigen hosts reconstituted with experimental bone marrow were demonstrated to be useful in revealing pathways involved in central tolerance.
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- Bao Hoa Duong
- Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Kuraoka M, McWilliams L, Kelsoe G. AID expression during B-cell development: searching for answers. Immunol Res 2011; 49:3-13. [PMID: 21136202 DOI: 10.1007/s12026-010-8185-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Expression of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) by germinal center (GC) B cells drives the processes of immunoglobulin (Ig) somatic hypermutation (SHM) and class switch recombination (CSR) necessary for the generation of high affinity IgG serum antibody and the memory B-cell compartment. Increasing evidence indicates that AID is also expressed at low levels in developing B cells but to date, this early, developmentally regulated AID expression has no known function. Does the timing and extent of AID expression in developmentally immature, non-GC B cells provide clues to reveal its physiologic role?
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- Masayuki Kuraoka
- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Jiang C, Zhao ML, Scearce RM, Diaz M. Activation-induced deaminase-deficient MRL/lpr mice secrete high levels of protective antibodies against lupus nephritis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 63:1086-96. [PMID: 21225690 DOI: 10.1002/art.30230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We previously generated MRL/lpr mice deficient in activation-induced deaminase (AID) that lack isotype switching and immunoglobulin hypermutation. These mice have high levels of unmutated (germline) autoreactive IgM, yet they experienced an increase in survival and an improvement in lupus nephritis that exceeded that of MRL/lpr mice lacking IgG. The purpose of the present study was to test the hypothesis that high levels of germline autoreactive IgM in these mice confer protection against lupus nephritis. METHODS Autoreactive IgM antibodies of various specificities, including antibodies against double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), from AID-deficient MRL/lpr mice were given to asymptomatic MRL/lpr mice, and the levels of cytokines, proteinuria, immune complex deposition in the kidneys, and glomerulonephritis were examined. Novel AID-deficient MRL/lpr mice that lack any antibodies were generated for comparison to AID-deficient MRL/lpr mice that secrete only IgM. RESULTS Treatment with IgM anti-dsDNA resulted in a dramatic improvement in lupus nephritis. Other autoreactive IgM antibodies, such as antiphospholipid and anti-Sm, did not alter the pathologic changes. Secretion of proinflammatory cytokines by macrophages and the levels of inflammatory cells and apoptotic debris in the kidneys were lower in mice receiving IgM anti-dsDNA. Protective IgM derived from AID-deficient MRL/lpr mice displayed a distinct B cell repertoire, with a bias toward members of the V(H) 7183 family. CONCLUSION IgM anti-dsDNA protected MRL/lpr mice from lupus nephritis, likely by stopping the inflammatory cascade leading to kidney damage. A distinct repertoire of V(H) usage in IgM anti-dsDNA hybridomas from AID-deficient mice suggests that there is enrichment of a dedicated B cell population that secretes unmutated protective IgM in these mice.
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- Chuancang Jiang
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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Banh A, Zhang J, Cao H, Bouley DM, Kwok S, Kong C, Giaccia AJ, Koong AC, Le QT. Tumor galectin-1 mediates tumor growth and metastasis through regulation of T-cell apoptosis. Cancer Res 2011; 71:4423-31. [PMID: 21546572 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-10-4157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Galectin-1 (Gal-1), a carbohydrate-binding protein whose secretion is enhanced by hypoxia, promotes tumor aggressiveness by promoting angiogenesis and T-cell apoptosis. However, the importance of tumor versus host Gal-1 in tumor progression is undefined. Here we offer evidence that implicates tumor Gal-1 and its modulation of T-cell immunity in progression. Comparing Gal-1-deficient mice as hosts for Lewis lung carcinoma cells where Gal-1 levels were preserved or knocked down, we found that tumor Gal-1 was more critical than host Gal-1 in promoting tumor growth and spontaneous metastasis. Enhanced growth and metastasis associated with Gal-1 related to its immunomodulatory function, insofar as the benefits of Gal-1 expression to Lewis lung carcinoma growth were abolished in immunodeficient mice. In contrast, angiogenesis, as assessed by microvessel density count, was similar between tumors with divergent Gal-1 levels when examined at a comparable size. Our findings establish that tumor rather than host Gal-1 is responsible for mediating tumor progression through intratumoral immunomodulation, with broad implications in developing novel targeting strategies for Gal-1 in cancer.
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- Alice Banh
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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Perona-Wright G, Mohrs K, Taylor J, Zaph C, Artis D, Pearce EJ, Mohrs M. Cutting edge: Helminth infection induces IgE in the absence of mu- or delta-chain expression. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2008; 181:6697-701. [PMID: 18981085 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.10.6697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Infections with helminth parasites are associated with an IgE isotype switch and high serum IgE concentrations. IgE is rapidly bound by the high affinity IgE receptor (Fc epsilonRI), thereby sensitizing Fc epsilonRI-bearing basophils and mast cells for IgE-inducible effector functions such as IL-4 production. The development of Ab-secreting B cells is dependent on IgM and consequently, muMT mice, which lack surface IgM, are considered devoid of Abs. In this study we report the unexpected finding that C57BL/6 muMT mice generate robust IgE responses upon infection with three distinct helminth parasites, Heligmosomoides polygyrus, Trichuris muris, and Schistosoma mansoni. IgE is produced despite an apparent block in B cell development and licenses basophils for IgE-induced IL-4 production. Our findings reveal the existence of an evolutionarily conserved, IgM-independent pathway for the production of IgE upon infection with helminth parasites.
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Edry E, Azulay-Debby H, Melamed D. TOLL-like receptor ligands stimulate aberrant class switch recombination in early B cell precursors. Int Immunol 2008; 20:1575-85. [PMID: 18974086 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxn117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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TOLL-like receptor (TLR) ligands stimulate class switch recombination (CSR) in mature B cells. We showed earlier that developing B cells in the bone marrow (BM) express TLR9 and are responsive to CpG DNA. Since CSR is a critical process for synthesis of effector antibodies, we studied the competence of precursor B cells to undergo CSR in response to TLR ligands, and the regulation of these cells. We found that CSR is induced throughout B lymphopoiesis in response to CpG and to LPS. However, sequencing analysis revealed aberrant joining of the switch junctions. In addition, we found that this CSR is independent of IgM expression and/or VDJ assembly and is directed to a specific isotype by cytokines. Finally, we found that activation of the switched precursor B cells is regulated by Fas. Thus, BM B cells can be activated by TLR ligands to undergo CSR and to secrete non-IgM antibodies. However, the effector potential of these cells is regulated by the Fas pathway.
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- Efrat Edry
- Department of Immunology, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
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Edry E, Koralov SB, Rajewsky K, Melamed D. Spontaneous class switch recombination in B cell lymphopoiesis generates aberrant switch junctions and is increased after VDJ rearrangement. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:6555-60. [PMID: 17982044 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.10.6555] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mature B cells replace the mu constant region of the H chain with a downstream isotype in a process of class switch recombination (CSR). Studies suggest that CSR induction is limited to activated mature B cells in the periphery. Recently, we have shown that CSR spontaneously occur in B lymphopoiesis. However, the mechanism and regulation of it have not been defined. In this study, we show that spontaneous CSR occurs at all stages of B cell development and generates aberrant joining of the switch junctions as revealed by: 1) increased load of somatic mutations around the CSR break points, 2) reduced sequence overlaps at the junctions, and 3) excessive switch region deletion. In addition, we found that incidence of spontaneous CSR is increased in cells carrying VDJ rearrangements. Our results reveal major differences between spontaneous CSR in developing B cells and CSR induced in mature B cells upon activation. These differences can be explained by deregulated expression or function of activation-induced cytidine deaminase early in B cell development.
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- Efrat Edry
- Department of Immunology, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Choudhury A, Cohen PL, Eisenberg RA. Mature B Cells Preferentially Lose Tolerance in the Chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease Model of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 179:5564-70. [PMID: 17911643 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.8.5564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Chronic graft-vs-host (cGVH) disease is a well-characterized systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) model. Induction of cGVH in anti-DNA H chain knockin (3H9KI) transgenic mice results in specific activation of anti-dsDNA B cells. In this study, we show that B cells from 3H9KI mice were activated by cGVH even when adoptively transferred into irradiated JHT-/- recipients that lack endogenous B cells. This process of activation was reflected by high autoantibody titers and changes in phenotypic markers. We have used this system to characterize the particular B cell subsets that were responsible for secreting autoantibodies during cGVH response. We isolated splenic B cell subsets based on their expression of specific cell surface markers and used them in our adoptive transfer studies. We found that mature B cells were the most vulnerable to the allostimulus and were the major source of autoantibodies compared with immature B cells. The greater susceptibility of mature B cells to become activated and thereby lose tolerance was unanticipated and has implications for maintenance of peripheral tolerance and for the development of autoimmunity. Furthermore, of the mature B cells, marginal zone B cells were particularly responsible for mounting the initial response to the cGVH stimulus. This observation underscores the critical role of marginal zone B cells in activation and production of autoantibodies.
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- Arpita Choudhury
- Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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Jiang C, Foley J, Clayton N, Kissling G, Jokinen M, Herbert R, Diaz M. Abrogation of lupus nephritis in activation-induced deaminase-deficient MRL/lpr mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 178:7422-31. [PMID: 17513793 PMCID: PMC2131724 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.11.7422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We generated MRL/lpr mice deficient in activation-induced deaminase (AID). Because AID is required for Ig hypermutation and class switch recombination, these mice lack hypermutated IgG Abs. Unlike their AID wild-type littermates, AID-deficient MRL/lpr mice not only lacked autoreactive IgG Abs but also experienced a dramatic increase in the levels of autoreactive IgM. This phenotype in AID-deficient mice translated into a significant reduction in glomerulonephritis, minimal mononuclear cell infiltration in the kidney, and a dramatic increase in survival to levels comparable to those previously reported for MRL/lpr mice completely lacking B cells and well below those of mice lacking secreted Abs. Therefore, this study wherein littermates with either high levels of autoreactive IgM or autoreactive IgG were directly examined proves that autoreactive IgM Abs alone are not sufficient to promote kidney disease in MRL/lpr mice. In addition, the substantial decrease in mortality combined with a dramatic increase in autoreactive IgM Abs in AID-deficient MRL/lpr mice suggest that autoreactive IgM Abs might not only fail to promote nephritis but may also provide a protective role in MRL/lpr mice. This novel mouse model containing high levels of autoreactive, unmutated IgM Abs will help delineate the contribution of autoreactive IgM to autoimmunity.
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- Chuancang Jiang
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, D3-01, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Biostatistics Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Pathology Associates, Charles River Laboratories, 11000 Weston Parkway Suite 110, Cary, NC 27513
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- Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, D3-01, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/National Institutes of Health, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
- Corresponding author information: Dr. Marilyn Diaz, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, D3-01, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National institutes of Health, 111 TW Alexander Drive, RTP, NC, 27709. Tel. 919-541-4740, E-mail:
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Ueda Y, Liao D, Yang K, Patel A, Kelsoe G. T-independent activation-induced cytidine deaminase expression, class-switch recombination, and antibody production by immature/transitional 1 B cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 178:3593-601. [PMID: 17339456 PMCID: PMC1955467 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.178.6.3593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Inflammation elicits a splenic lymphopoiesis of unknown physiologic significance but one that juxtaposes developing B cells and exogenous Ag. We show that immature and transitional 1 (immature/T1) B cells constitutively express activation-induced cytidine deaminase and B lymphocyte-induced maturation protein 1 in amounts that support accelerated plasmacytic differentiation and limited class-switch recombination. In vivo, activation of immature/T1 B cells by TLR ligands or bacterial vaccine rapidly induces T1 cells to divide, proliferate, and secrete IgM, IgG, or IgA Ab; in vitro, proliferation and differentiation are substantially enhanced by B cell-activating factor. We propose that inflammation-induced extramedullary lymphopoiesis represents a specialized mechanism for innate Ab responses to microbial pathogens.
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- Yoshihiro Ueda
- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Edry E, Melamed D. Class switch recombination: a friend and a foe. Clin Immunol 2007; 123:244-51. [PMID: 17500041 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2007.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2007] [Revised: 02/06/2007] [Accepted: 02/06/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The effector functions of the antibody are determined by the heavy chain constant region (CH). During CSR the primarily expressed mu constant region (Cmu) of the heavy chain is replaced with a downstream isotype Cgamma, Calpha or Cepsilon. The murine immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) locus contains eight different CH genes. Class switch recombination (CSR) involves a recombination between two different repetitive switch (S) region sequences, located upstream of each CH gene and the deletion of the intervening DNA. However, this protecting mechanism is also involved in aberrant chromosomal translocations and generation of B cell malignancies. It is also involved in susceptibility to autoimmunity. The current review focuses on the basic mechanism of CSR and the adverse outcomes that it may cause.
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- Efrat Edry
- Department of Immunology, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Butler JE, Wertz N. Antibody Repertoire Development in Fetal and Neonatal Piglets. XVII. IgG Subclass Transcription Revisited with Emphasis on New IgG3. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 177:5480-9. [PMID: 17015734 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.177.8.5480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Fetal piglets offer an in vivo model for determining whether Ag-independent IgG subclass transcription proceeds in a manner that differs from subclass transcription in pigs exposed to environmental Ags and TLR ligands. Our data from approximately 12,000 Cgamma clones from > 60 piglets provide the first report on the relative usage of all known porcine Cgamma genes in fetal and young pigs. Studies revealed that among the six Cgamma genes, allelic variants of IgG1 comprised 50-80% of the repertoire, and IgG2 alleles comprised < 10% in nearly all tissues. However, relative transcription of allelic variants of IgG1 randomly deviate from the 1:1 ratio expected in heterozygotes. Most surprising was the finding that IgG3 accounted for half of all Cgamma transcripts in the ileal Peyer's patches (IPPs) and mesenteric lymph nodes but on average only approximately 5% of the clones from the thymus, tonsil, spleen, peripheral blood, and bone marrow of newborns. Lymphoid tissues from late term fetuses revealed a similar expression pattern. Except for IgG3 in the IPPs and mesenteric lymph nodes, no stochastic pattern of Cgamma expression during development was seen in animals from mid-gestation through 5 mo. The age and tissue dependence of IgG3 transcription paralleled the developmental persistence of the IPP, and its near disappearance corresponds to the diversification of the preimmune VDJ repertoire in young piglets. We hypothesize that long-hinged porcine IgG3 may be important in preadaptive responses to T cell-independent Ags similar to those described for its murine namesake.
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- John E Butler
- Department of Microbiology and Interdisciplinary Immunology Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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Strutt TM, Uzonna J, McKinstry KK, Bretscher PA. Activation of thymic T cells by MHC alloantigen requires syngeneic, activated CD4+ T cells and B cells as APC. Int Immunol 2006; 18:719-28. [PMID: 16569677 DOI: 10.1093/intimm/dxl009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We examine here the in vitro requirements to activate immunocompetent T cells, present among thymocytes, to give rise to CTL, CD4+ T cells producing IL-2 and CD8+ T cells producing IFN-gamma. These thymocytes are naive in not having received antigen-dependent signals characteristic of the periphery. Their activation, upon stimulation with allogeneic spleen cells depleted of T cells, referred to here as allogeneic antigen-presenting cells (APCs), to produce allo-MHC-specific effector T cells, requires activated (radiation resistant) CD4+ T cells, syngeneic with the responding thymocytes. We refer here to these T cells as 'help'. Furthermore, optimal T cell activation requires an Ig+ B220+ cell in the allogeneic APC population, most probably a B cell. The allogeneic APCs cannot be replaced by conventional bone marrow (BM)-derived dendritic cells (DCs) activated by CD40 ligation or exposure to LPS. The requirements for both help and allogeneic B cells in the activation of thymocytes contrast with the requirements to generate substantial responses from splenic T cell populations. Activated, BM-derived DCs stimulate substantial splenic responses without help. These different requirements for activation could reflect the fact that thymocytes have not received an exit-thymus signal and/or that splenic T cells are heterogeneous, containing naive, memory and partially-activated T cells.
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- Tara M Strutt
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, 107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada
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Diamant E, Melamed D. Class switch recombination in B lymphopoiesis: a potential pathway for B cell autoimmunity. Autoimmun Rev 2005; 3:464-9. [PMID: 15351312 DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2004.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2004] [Accepted: 03/28/2004] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Pathogenic autoantibodies detected in autoimmune diseases are predominantly IgG isotypes, reflecting the generation and activation of an autoimmune memory B cell repertoire. It is not completely understood how such autoreactive cells are generated and escape central and/or peripheral tolerance mechanisms, and several models to explain this have been proposed. It is generally thought that B lymphocytes utilize IgM receptors for development and tolerance establishment, whereas IgG receptors are primarily used to promote memory formation and signal for memory-type responses. In here we review recent findings suggesting that spontaneously occurring class switch recombination in B lymphopoiesis confer B lymphocytes with a novel developmental pathway that is driven by non-IgM receptors. The physiological relevance of this developmental pathway in generating an autoimmune memory repertoire, as well as a Fas-dependent mechanism regulating it, is discussed.
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- Eran Diamant
- Department of Immunology, Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa 31096, Israel
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Edry E, Melamed D. Receptor editing in positive and negative selection of B lymphopoiesis. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 173:4265-71. [PMID: 15383554 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.7.4265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In B lymphopoiesis, Ag receptor expression and signaling are critical to determine developmental progression, survival, and activation. Several positive and negative selection checkpoints to test this receptor have been described in B lymphopoiesis, aiming to ensure the generation of functionally competent, nonautoimmune repertoire. Secondary Ag receptor gene recombination allows B lymphocytes to replace an inappropriate receptor with a new receptor, a mechanism called receptor editing. This salvage mechanism uncouples the Ag receptor fate from that of the cell itself, suggesting that B cell repertoire is regulated by a process of receptor selection. Secondary rearrangements are stimulated in different stages of B cell development, where editing of the receptor is necessary to fulfill stage-specific requirements. In this study, we discuss the contribution of receptor editing in B lymphopoiesis and its regulation by positive and negative selection signals.
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- Efrat Edry
- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel
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Bohana-Kashtan O, Civin CI. Fas Ligand as a Tool for Immunosuppression and Generation of Immune Tolerance. Stem Cells 2004; 22:908-24. [PMID: 15536183 DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.22-6-908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The role of Fas ligand (FasL) in physiologically limiting immune responses and maintaining immune-privileged sites has led to a body of research aiming to confer protection to allogeneic grafts by expressing FasL on the allogeneic tissue or by administrating FasL-transduced donor dendritic cells. In addition, several studies have used FasL to abrogate autoimmune responses. This review presents the results of these studies and discusses the problems associated with FasL usage.
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- Osnat Bohana-Kashtan
- Department of Oncology, Immunology and Hematopoiesis Division, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer at Johns Hopkins, 1650 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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Marquina R, Díez MA, López-Hoyos M, Buelta L, Kuroki A, Kikuchi S, Villegas J, Pihlgren M, Siegrist CA, Arias M, Izui S, Merino J, Merino R. Inhibition of B cell death causes the development of an IgA nephropathy in (New Zealand white x C57BL/6)F(1)-bcl-2 transgenic mice. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 172:7177-85. [PMID: 15153542 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.11.7177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Little is known about the pathogenic mechanisms of IgA nephropathy, despite being the most prevalent form of glomerulonephritis in humans. We report in this study that in (New Zealand White (NZW) x C57BL/6)F(1) mice predisposed to autoimmune diseases, the expression of a human bcl-2 (hbcl-2) transgene in B cells promotes a CD4-dependent lupus-like syndrome characterized by IgG and IgA hypergammaglobulinemia, autoantibody production, and the development of a fatal glomerulonephritis. Histopathological analysis of glomerular lesions reveals that the glomerulonephritis observed in these animals resembles that of human IgA nephropathy. The overexpression of Bcl-2 in B cells selectively enhances systemic IgA immune responses to T-dependent Ags. Significantly, serum IgA purified from (NZW x C57BL/6)F(1)-hbcl-2 transgenic mice, but not from nontransgenic littermates, shows reduced levels of galactosylation and sialylation and an increased ability to deposit in the glomeruli, as observed in human patients with IgA nephropathy. Our results indicate that defects in the regulation of B lymphocyte survival associated with aberrant IgA glycosylation may be critically involved in the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy, and that (NZW x C57BL/6)F(1)-hbcl-2 Tg mice provide a new experimental model for this form of glomerulonephritis.
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- Regina Marquina
- Laboratory of Immunology, Department of Molecular Biology, Unit Associated with Centro de Investigaciones Biologicas/Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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Nanni P, Landuzzi L, Nicoletti G, De Giovanni C, Rossi I, Croci S, Astolfi A, Iezzi M, Di Carlo E, Musiani P, Forni G, Lollini PL. Immunoprevention of Mammary Carcinoma in HER-2/neu Transgenic Mice Is IFN-γ and B Cell Dependent. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 173:2288-96. [PMID: 15294941 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.173.4.2288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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A vaccine combining IL-12 and allogeneic mammary carcinoma cells expressing p185(neu) completely prevents tumor onset in HER-2/neu transgenic BALB/c mice (NeuT mice). The immune protection elicited was independent from CTL activity. We now formally prove that tumor prevention is mainly based on the production of anti-p185(neu) Abs. In the present studies, NeuT mice were crossed with knockout mice lacking IFN-gamma production (IFN-gamma(-/-)) or with B cell-deficient mice (microMT). Vaccination did not protect NeuT-IFN-gamma(-/-) mice, thus confirming a central role of IFN-gamma. The block of Ab production in NeuT-microMT mice was incomplete. About one third of NeuT-microMT mice failed to produce Abs and displayed a rapid tumor onset. By contrast, those NeuT-microMT mice that responded to the vaccine with a robust production of anti-p185(neu) Ab displayed a markedly delayed tumor onset. In these NeuT-microMT mice, the vaccine induced a lower level of IgG2a and IgG3 and a higher level of IgG2b than in NeuT mice. Moreover, NeuT-microMT mice failed to produce anti-MHC class I Abs in response to allogeneic H-2(q) molecules present in the cell vaccine. These findings show that inhibition of HER-2/neu carcinogenesis depends on cytokines and specific Abs, and that a highly effective vaccine can rescue Ab production even in B cell-deficient mice.
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- Patrizia Nanni
- Cancer Research Section, Department of Experimental Pathology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Seagal J, Melamed D. Contribution of alphabeta and gammadelta T cells to the generation of primary immunoglobulin G-driven autoimmune response in immunoglobulin- mu-deficient/lpr mice. Immunology 2004; 112:265-73. [PMID: 15147570 PMCID: PMC1782487 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2004.01883.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Class switch recombination (CSR) is a T-cell-dependent mechanism regulating isotype switching in activated mature B cells. Recently we showed that T-cell-independent CSRs occur spontaneously during B lymphopoiesis, but such cells are negatively selected by Fas signalling. In immunoglobulin mu-deficient mice, lack of Fas rescues isotype-switched B cells, resulting in generation of an autoimmune primary immunoglobulin G (IgG) repertoire in muMT/lpr mice. In the present study, we studied the role of alphabeta and gammadelta T cells in regulating this primary gammaH-driven repertoire. We found that a lack of alphabeta T cells significantly inhibited IgG production and autoimmunity in muMT/lpr mice, whereas a lack of gammadelta T cells resulted in augmented IgG production and autoimmunity. Also, a lack of T cells in muMT mice rescued isotype-switched B cells and serum IgG, probably owing to the lack of available FasL. We suggest that although CSRs in B-cell lymphopoiesis are T-cell independent, alphabeta T cells are important in the expansion of isotype-switched B-cell precursors and in promoting gammaH-driven autoimmunity, whereas gammadelta T cells regulate these cells.
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- Jane Seagal
- Department of Immunology, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Seagal J, Edry E, Keren Z, Leider N, Benny O, Machluf M, Melamed D. A fail-safe mechanism for negative selection of isotype-switched B cell precursors is regulated by the Fas/FasL pathway. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 198:1609-19. [PMID: 14623914 PMCID: PMC2194123 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20030357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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In B lymphocytes, immunoglobulin (Ig)M receptors drive development and construction of naive repertoire, whereas IgG receptors promote formation of the memory B cell compartment. This isotype switching process requires appropriate B cell activation and T cell help. In the absence of T cell help, activated B cells undergo Fas-mediated apoptosis, a peripheral mechanism contributing to the establishment of self-tolerance. Using Igμ-deficient μMT mouse model, where B cell development is blocked at pro-B stage, here we show an alternative developmental pathway used by isotype-switched B cell precursors. We find that isotype switching occurs normally in B cell precursors and is T independent. Ongoing isotype switching was found in both normal and μMT B cell development as reflected by detection of IgG1 germline and postswitch transcripts as well as activation-induced cytidine deaminase expression, resulting in the generation of IgG-expressing cells. These isotype-switched B cells are negatively selected by Fas pathway, as blocking the Fas/FasL interaction rescues the development of isotype-switched B cells in vivo and in vitro. Similar to memory B cells, isotype-switched B cells have a marginal zone phenotype. We suggest a novel developmental pathway used by isotype-switched B cell precursors that effectively circumvents peripheral tolerance requirements. This developmental pathway, however, is strictly controlled by Fas/FasL interaction to prevent B cell autoimmunity.
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- Jane Seagal
- Department of Immunology, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel.
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Hasan M, Polic B, Bralic M, Jonjic S, Rajewsky K. Incomplete block of B cell development and immunoglobulin production in mice carrying the muMT mutation on the BALB/c background. Eur J Immunol 2002; 32:3463-71. [PMID: 12442328 DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200212)32:12<3463::aid-immu3463>3.0.co;2-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The expression of the preB cell receptor (preBCR), composed of the mu chain, surrogate light chains and the Igalpha /Igbeta signal transduction unit, permits further differentiation of Bcell precursors. C57BL/6 mice homozygous for an inactivating mutation of the membrane exon of the mu chain gene (C57BL/6muMT/muMT)) cannot form a preBCR and are, consequently, devoid of mature B lymphocytes. Here we present evidence that the block of B cell development by the muMT mutation is incomplete in BALB/c mice. Unlike C57BL/6muMT/muMT), BALB/cmuMT/muMT) mice generate small numbers of mature B cells, accumulate plasma cells and produce high levels of all immunoglobulin isotypes, except IgM. The observed phenomenon seems to be controlled by a single genetic locus that is not linked to IgH.
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- Milena Hasan
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
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Orinska Z, Osiak A, Löhler J, Bulanova E, Budagian V, Horak I, Bulfone-Paus S. Novel B cell population producing functional IgG in the absence of membrane IgM expression. Eur J Immunol 2002; 32:3472-80. [PMID: 12442329 DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200212)32:12<3472::aid-immu3472>3.0.co;2-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Surface expression of IgM is a characteristic feature of the development of most B cells. Only pre-B cells bearing functional IgM heavy chains mu chains) are selected for clonal expansion and differentiation. Cells lacking mu chains are normally eliminated. muMT mice carrying a deletion of the first exon coding for the transmembrane domain of the immunoglobulin mu chain gene were described as mice deficient for mature B cells, plasma cells and immunoglobulins in serum. In this study, we describe in muMT/BALB/c mice the presence of a novel B cell population, producing IgG, IgA and IgE in the absence of IgM membrane expression. Moreover, this small population of B cells is able to recognize antigens and to differentiate into plasma cells. These "non-conventional" mu(- / -) B cells produce functional immunoglobulins after immunization, undergo germinal center reactions, and maintain B cell memory. Our findings support the concept, that a small percentage of mu -non-expressing pre-B cells can escape elimination, switch to downstream immunoglobulin heavy chains and respond to antigens. It remains an open question how the reactivity of these B cells is regulated and in which extent such B cells play a role in physiological and pathological processes such as autoantibody production and autoimmunity.
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- Zane Orinska
- Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany
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- Jane Seagal
- Department of Immunology, Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
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Shivtiel S, Leider N, Sadeh O, Kraiem Z, Melamed D. Impaired light chain allelic exclusion and lack of positive selection in immature B cells expressing incompetent receptor deficient of CD19. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:5596-604. [PMID: 12023356 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.11.5596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Positive signaling is now thought to be important for B cell maturation, although the nature of such signals has not yet been defined. We are studying the regulatory role of B cell Ag receptor (BCR) signaling in mediating positive selection of immature B cells. To do so, we use Ig transgenic mice (3-83Tg) that are deficient in CD19, thus generating a monoclonal immature B cell population expressing signaling-incompetent BCR. Immature 3-83Tg CD19(-/-) B cells undergo developmental arrest in the bone marrow, allowing maturation only to cells that effectively compensate for the compromised receptor by elevated levels of BCR. We find that developmentally arrested 3-83Tg CD19(-/-) B cells fail to impose L chain allelic exclusion and undergo intensive V(D)J recombination to edit their BCR. Furthermore, immature 3-83Tg CD19(-/-) B cells, which were grown in vitro, failed to undergo positive selection and to survive when adoptively transferred into normal recipients. However, elevation of BCR expression levels, obtained by transgene homozygosity, effectively compensated for the compromised BCR and completely restored BCR-mediated Ca(2+) influx, allelic exclusion, and positive selection. Our results suggest that the BCR signaling threshold mediates positive selection of developing B cells, and that a receptor-editing mechanism has an important role in rescuing cells that fail positive selection because of incompetent receptors.
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- Shoham Shivtiel
- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, and Endocrine Research Unit, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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Clark EA, Otipoby KL. B cells with the guts to switch. Nat Immunol 2001; 2:581-2. [PMID: 11429539 DOI: 10.1038/89721] [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: 11/09/2022]
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Expression of mIgM was thought to be esential for the differentiation of B cells expressing antibodies of other classes. New evidence suggests isotype class switching to IgA can occur in the absence of mIgM.
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- E A Clark
- Departments of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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Macpherson AJ, Lamarre A, McCoy K, Harriman GR, Odermatt B, Dougan G, Hengartner H, Zinkernagel RM. IgA production without mu or delta chain expression in developing B cells. Nat Immunol 2001; 2:625-31. [PMID: 11429547 DOI: 10.1038/89775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Surface, membrane-bound, immunoglobulin M (IgM) or IgD expression early in B cell ontogeny is considered essential for the differentiation of antibody-producing cells in mammals; only in IgM+ B cells is the heavy chain locus rearranged to express antibodies of other classes. We show here that IgA is selectively expressed in muMT mice, which lack IgM or IgD expression and have a pro-B cell developmental block. muMT IgA binds proteins of commensal intestinal bacteria and is weakly induced by Salmonella infection, although not through conventional immunization. This muMT IgA pathway requires extrasplenic peripheral lymphoid tissues and may be an evolutionarily primitive system in which immature B cells switch to IgA production at peripheral sites.
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- A J Macpherson
- Institute of Experimental Immunology, Universitätsspital, Schmelzbergstrasse 12, CH8091 Zürich, Switzerland.
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