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Brookens SK, Cho SH, Paik Y, Meyer K, Raybuck AL, Park C, Greenwood DL, Rathmell JC, Boothby MR. Plasma Cell Differentiation, Antibody Quality, and Initial Germinal Center B Cell Population Depend on Glucose Influx Rate. J Immunol 2024; 212:43-56. [PMID: 37955416 PMCID: PMC10841396 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2200756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/14/2023]
Abstract
Serum Ab concentrations, selection for higher affinity BCRs, and generation of higher Ab affinities are important elements of immune response optimization and functions of germinal center (GC) reactions. B cell proliferation requires nutrients to support the anabolism inherent in clonal expansion. Glucose usage by mouse GC B cells has been reported to contribute little to their energy needs, with questions raised as to whether glucose uptake or glycolysis increases in GC B cells compared with their naive precursors. Indeed, metabolism can be highly flexible, such that supply shortage along one pathway may be compensated by increased flux on others. We now show that reduction of the glucose transporter GLUT1 in mice after establishment of a preimmune B cell repertoire, even after initiation of the GC B cell gene expression program, decreased initial GC B cell population numbers, affinity maturation, and plasma cell outputs. Glucose oxidation was heightened in GC B cells, but this hexose flowed more into the pentose phosphate pathway, whose activity was important in controlling reactive oxygen species (ROS) and Ab-secreting cell production. In modeling how glucose usage by B cells promotes the Ab response, the control of ROS appeared insufficient. Surprisingly, the combination of galactose, which mitigated ROS, with provision of mannose, an efficient precursor to glycosylation, supported robust production of and normal Ab secretion by Ab-secreting cells under glucose-free conditions. Collectively, the findings indicate that GCs depend on normal glucose influx, especially in plasma cell production, but reveal an unexpected metabolic flexibility in hexose requirements.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shawna K. Brookens
- Department of Pathology-Microbiology-Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
- Cancer Biology Program, Vanderbilt University
- Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Pathology-Microbiology-Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
- Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Inflammation, & Immunology
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- Department of Pathology-Microbiology-Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Pathology-Microbiology-Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Pathology-Microbiology-Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Pathology-Microbiology-Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Pathology-Microbiology-Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Pathology-Microbiology-Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
- Cancer Biology Program, Vanderbilt University
- Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Inflammation, & Immunology
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- Department of Pathology-Microbiology-Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232
- Cancer Biology Program, Vanderbilt University
- Vanderbilt Center for Immunobiology
- Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Inflammation, & Immunology
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Brookens SK, Cho SH, Paik Y, Meyer K, Raybuck AL, Park C, Greenwood DL, Rathmell JC, Boothby MR. Plasma cell differentiation, antibody quality, and initial germinal center B cell population depend on glucose influx rate. bioRxiv 2023:2023.09.13.557599. [PMID: 37745429 PMCID: PMC10515901 DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.13.557599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
Abstract
Antibody secretion into sera, selection for higher affinity BCR, and the generation of higher Ab affinities are important elements of immune response optimization, and a core function of germinal center reactions. B cell proliferation requires nutrients to support the anabolism inherent in clonal expansion. Glucose usage by GC B cells has been reported to contribute little to their energy needs, with questions raised as to whether or not glucose uptake or glycolysis increases in GC B cells compared to their naïve precursors. Indeed, metabolism can be highly flexible, such that supply shortage along one pathway may be compensated by increased flux on others. We now show that elimination of the glucose transporter GLUT1 after establishment of a pre-immune B cell repertoire, even after initiation of the GC B cell gene expression program, decreased initial GC B cell population numbers, affinity maturation, and PC outputs. Glucose oxidation was heightened in GC B cells, but this hexose flowed more into the pentose phosphate pathway (PPP), whose activity was important in controlling reactive oxygen (ROS) and ASC production. In modeling how glucose usage by B cells promotes the Ab response, the control of ROS appeared insufficient. Surprisingly, the combination of galactose, which mitigated ROS, with provision of mannose - an efficient precursor to glycosylation - supported robust production of and normal Ab secretion by ASC under glucose-free conditions. Collectively, the findings indicate that GC depend on normal glucose influx, especially in PC production, but reveal an unexpected metabolic flexibility in hexose requirements. KEY POINTS Glucose influx is critical for GC homeostasis, affinity maturation and the generation of Ab-secreting cells.Plasma cell development uses the Pentose Phosphate Pathway, and hexose sugars maintain redox homeostasis.PCs can develop and achieve robust Ab secretion in the absence of glucose using a combination of hexose alternatives.
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Therapeutic modalities that engage the immune system to recognize and eliminate cancer, known as cancer immunotherapy, has emerged as a distinct pillar of cancer therapy. Among the most promising treatment approaches are therapeutic vaccines, immune checkpoint blockade, bispecific T-cell engagers (BiTEs) and adoptive cell therapies. These approaches share a common mechanism of action, which is elicitation of a T-cell-based immune response, either endogenous or engineered, against tumor antigens, but interactions between the innate immune system, particularly antigen-presenting cells, and immune effectors also underlie the efficacy of cancer immunotherapies and approaches engaging these cells are also under development. To view this SnapShot, open or download the PDF.
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- Oula K Dagher
- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Boothby MR, Brookens SK, Raybuck AL, Cho SH. Supplying the trip to antibody production-nutrients, signaling, and the programming of cellular metabolism in the mature B lineage. Cell Mol Immunol 2022; 19:352-369. [PMID: 34782762 PMCID: PMC8591438 DOI: 10.1038/s41423-021-00782-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The COVID pandemic has refreshed and expanded recognition of the vital role that sustained antibody (Ab) secretion plays in our immune defenses against microbes and of the importance of vaccines that elicit Ab protection against infection. With this backdrop, it is especially timely to review aspects of the molecular programming that govern how the cells that secrete Abs arise, persist, and meet the challenge of secreting vast amounts of these glycoproteins. Whereas plasmablasts and plasma cells (PCs) are the primary sources of secreted Abs, the process leading to the existence of these cell types starts with naive B lymphocytes that proliferate and differentiate toward several potential fates. At each step, cells reside in specific microenvironments in which they not only receive signals from cytokines and other cell surface receptors but also draw on the interstitium for nutrients. Nutrients in turn influence flux through intermediary metabolism and sensor enzymes that regulate gene transcription, translation, and metabolism. This review will focus on nutrient supply and how sensor mechanisms influence distinct cellular stages that lead to PCs and their adaptations as factories dedicated to Ab secretion. Salient findings of this group and others, sometimes exhibiting differences, will be summarized with regard to the journey to a distinctive metabolic program in PCs.
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- Mark R Boothby
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Molecular Pathogenesis Division, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
- Department of Medicine, Rheumatology & Immunology Division, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
- Cancer Biology Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
- Vanderbilt Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunology, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Molecular Pathogenesis Division, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Cancer Biology Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Molecular Pathogenesis Division, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, Molecular Pathogenesis Division, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
- Vanderbilt Institute of Infection, Inflammation, and Immunology, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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Brookens SK, Cho SH, Basso PJ, Boothby MR. AMPKα1 in B Cells Dampens Primary Antibody Responses yet Promotes Mitochondrial Homeostasis and Persistence of B Cell Memory. J Immunol 2020; 205:3011-3022. [PMID: 33148712 PMCID: PMC7686102 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1901474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Emerging evidence indicates that metabolic programs regulate B cell activation and Ab responses. However, the metabolic mediators that support the durability of the memory B cell and long-lived plasma cell populations are not fully elucidated. Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) is an evolutionary conserved serine/threonine kinase that integrates cellular energy status and nutrient availability to intracellular signaling and metabolic pathways. In this study, we use genetic mouse models to show that loss of ΑMPKα1 in B cells led to a weakened recall Ab response associated with a decline in the population of memory-phenotype B cells. AMPKα1-deficient memory B lymphocytes exhibited aberrant mitochondrial activity, decreased mitophagy, and increased lipid peroxidation. Moreover, loss of AMPKα1 in B lymphoblasts was associated with decreased mitochondrial spare respiratory capacity. Of note, AMPKα1 in B cells was dispensable for stability of the bone marrow-resident, long-lived plasma cell population, yet absence of this kinase led to increased rates of Ig production and elevated serum Ab concentrations elicited by primary immunization. Collectively, our findings fit a model in which AMPKα1 in B cells supports recall function of the memory B cell compartment by promoting mitochondrial homeostasis and longevity but restrains rates of Ig production.
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- Shawna K Brookens
- Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232; and
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- Department of Immunology, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232;
- Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232; and
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