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Kaiser LM, Freeborn RA, Boss AP, Jin Y, Rockwell CE. Arsenic trioxide inhibits the response of primary human B cells to influenza virus A in vitro. Toxicol In Vitro 2024; 96:105783. [PMID: 38278458 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2024.105783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2023] [Revised: 01/09/2024] [Accepted: 01/15/2024] [Indexed: 01/28/2024]
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Arsenic compounds are common environmental toxicants worldwide and particularly enriched in the Northeast and the Southwestern United States, the Alps, and Bangladesh. Exposure to arsenic is linked with various detrimental health outcomes, including cancer, cognitive decline, and kidney damage. Our group has previously shown that arsenic trioxide alters T cell cytokine production. In the current study, we demonstrate that exposure to arsenic compounds alters B cell function in an in vitro influenza model. Human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were isolated from blood and cultured with arsenic trioxide (As3O2) and subsequently challenged with Influenza A virus. B cells showed decreased expression of CD267, surface IgG and CD80 when treated with As3O2. Taken together, the data suggest that As3O2 affects the activation and surface antibody expression of human peripheral B cells. Overall, this suggests that As3O2 exposure could cause impaired humoral immunity.
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- Luca M Kaiser
- College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America; Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America; Food Science and Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America; Applied Immunology Center for Research and Education, Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States of America.
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Zhao H, Sciammas R, Barlow JH. Isolation and Analysis of B-cell Progenitors from Bone Marrow by Flow Cytometry. Bio Protoc 2023; 13:e4835. [PMID: 37817907 PMCID: PMC10560687 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.4835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2023] [Revised: 07/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023] Open
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B cells play a critical role in host defense, producing antibodies in response to microbial infection. An inability to produce an effective antibody response leaves affected individuals prone to serious infection; therefore, proper B-cell development is essential to human health. B-cell development begins in the bone marrow and progresses through various stages until maturation occurs in the spleen. This process involves several sequential, complex events, starting with pre- and pro-B cells, which rearrange the heavy and light chain genes responsible for producing clonally diverse immunoglobulin (Ig) molecules. These cells then differentiate into immature B cells, followed by mature B cells. The bone marrow is a complex ecological niche of supporting stromal cells, extracellular matrix components, macrophages, and hematopoietic precursor cells influencing B-cell development, maturation, and differentiation. Once fully mature, B cells circulate in peripheral lymphoid organs and can respond to antigenic stimuli. As specific cell surface markers are expressed during each stage of B-cell development, researchers use flow cytometry as a powerful tool to evaluate developmental progression. In this protocol, we provide a step-by-step method for bone marrow isolation, cell staining, and data analysis. This tool will help researchers gain a deeper understanding of the progression of B-cell development and provide a pertinent flow gating strategy.
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- Hongchang Zhao
- Department of Emergency Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Cell Biology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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Koizumi H, Fujii W, Sanjoba C, Goto Y. BAFF induces CXCR5 expression during B cell differentiation in bone marrow. Biochem Biophys Rep 2023; 34:101451. [PMID: 36926279 PMCID: PMC10011739 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2023.101451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/03/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023] Open
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B cell activating factor (BAFF) plays an important role in antibody production through differentiation and maturation of B cells mainly in secondary lymphoid organs. On the other hand, the role of BAFF in the bone marrow, the primary lymphoid organ of B cell development, has not been well elucidated. Here, effects of BAFF in bone marrow B cell development were examined by using BAFF-deficient mice. When mRNA expression levels of B cell differentiation markers including Cd19, Bcl2, Igμ, Il7r and Cxcr5 were compared between bone marrow of wild-type and BAFF-KO mice, a lower level of Cxcr5 expression was found in the KO mice. Additionally, protein expression of CXCR5 on IgM+ cells in the bone marrow was decreased by BAFF deficiency. In vitro studies also confirmed the effect of BAFF on CXCR5 by IgM+ cells; culturing bone marrow cells from BAFF-KO mice with BAFF in vitro increased the proportion of CXCR5+ cells in IgM+ cells compared with non-treated bone marrow cells. In addition, BAFF synergized with TNF-α and IL-6 to increase the expression of CXCR5+ on IgM+ cells. The BAFF-mediated up-regulation of CXCR5 expression was reproduced by using CD19+ cells purified from BAFF-KO bone marrow cells, suggesting that BAFF directly affects B-lineage cells in bone marrow to promote CXCR5 expression. Together, this study suggests that BAFF has an important role in B cell differentiation in bone marrow by directly inducing CXCR5 expression which affect their migration to secondary lymphoid organs.
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- Hajime Koizumi
- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Department of Animal Resource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Biomedical Science, Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Department of Animal Resource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, Department of Animal Resource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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Hu YZ, Li Q, Wang PF, Li XP, Hu ZL. Multiple functions and regulatory network of miR-150 in B lymphocyte-related diseases. Front Oncol 2023; 13:1140813. [PMID: 37182123 PMCID: PMC10172652 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2023.1140813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 04/06/2023] [Indexed: 05/16/2023] Open
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MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play vital roles in the post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. Previous studies have shown that miR-150 is a crucial regulator of B cell proliferation, differentiation, metabolism, and apoptosis. miR-150 regulates the immune homeostasis during the development of obesity and is aberrantly expressed in multiple B-cell-related malignant tumors. Additionally, the altered expression of MIR-150 is a diagnostic biomarker of various autoimmune diseases. Furthermore, exosome-derived miR-150 is considered as prognostic tool in B cell lymphoma, autoimmune diseases and immune-mediated disorders, suggesting miR-150 plays a vital role in disease onset and progression. In this review, we summarized the miR-150-dependent regulation of B cell function in B cell-related immune diseases.
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- Yue-Zi Hu
- Clinical Laboratory, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Second Affiliated Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
- *Correspondence: Zhao-Lan Hu,
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The concept of original antigenic sin (OAS) was put forth many years ago to explain how humoral memory responses generated against one set of antigens can affect the nature of antibody responses elicited to challenge infections or vaccinations containing a similar but not identical array of antigens. Here, we highlight the link between OAS and the germinal center reaction (GCR), a process unique to activated B cells undergoing somatic hypermutation and class switch recombination. It is the powerful response of activated memory B cells and the accompanying GCR that establish the foundations of OAS. We apply these concepts to the current COVID-19 pandemic and put forth several possible scenarios whereby OAS may result in either beneficial or harmful outcomes depending, hypothetically, on prior exposure to antigens shared between SARS-CoV-2 and seasonal human coronaviruses (hCoVs) that include betacoronaviruses (e.g., HCoV-OC43 and HCoV-HKU1) and alphacoronaviruses (e.g., HCoV-NL63 and HCoV-HKU1) (E. M. Anderson, E. C. Goodwin, A. Verma, C. P. Arevalo, et al., medRxiv, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.11.06.20227215; S. M. Kissler, C. Tedijanto, E. Goldstein, Y. H. Grad, and M. Lipsitch, Science 368:860-868, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb5793).
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Atherosclerosis, the pathology underlying heart attacks, strokes and peripheral artery disease, is a chronic inflammatory disease of the artery wall initiated by elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels. LDL accumulates in the artery wall, where it can become oxidized to oxLDL. T cell responses to ApoB, a core protein found in LDL and other lipoproteins, are detectable in healthy mice and people. Most of the ApoB-specific CD4T cells are FoxP3+ regulatory T cells (Treg). In the course of atherosclerosis development, the number of ApoB-reactive T cells expands. At the same time, their phenotype changes, showing cell surface markers, transcription factors and transcriptomes resembling other T-helper lineages like Th17, Th1 and follicular helper (TFH) cells. TFH cells enter germinal centers and provide T cell help to B cells, enabling antibody isotype switch from IgM to IgG and supporting affinity maturation. In people and mice with atherosclerosis, IgG and IgM antibodies to oxLDL are detectable. Higher IgM antibody titers to oxLDL are associated with less, IgG antibodies with more atherosclerosis. Thus, both T and B cells play critical roles in atherosclerosis. Modifying the adaptive immune response to ApoB holds promise for preventing atherosclerosis and reducing disease burden.
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- Klaus Ley
- Center for Autoimmunity and Inflammation, Inflammation Biology Laboratory, La Jolla Institute for Immunology, 9420 Athena Circle Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037, U.S.A
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Müller U, Schaub GA, Mossmann H, Köhler G, Carsetti R, Hölscher C. Immunosuppression in Experimental Chagas Disease Is Mediated by an Alteration of Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Function During the Acute Phase of Infection. Front Immunol 2018; 9:2794. [PMID: 30619242 PMCID: PMC6295583 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.02794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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After infection with Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas disease, immunosuppression, and apoptosis of mature lymphocytes contribute to the establishment of the parasite in the host and thereby to persistence and pathology in the chronic stage of infection. In a systemic mouse model of experimental Chagas disease, we have demonstrated a strong depletion of mature B cells in the spleen during the first 2 weeks of infection. Remarkably, the decrease in this cell population commenced already in the bone marrow from infected mice and was a concomitant of an increased apoptosis in pro- and pre-B cell populations. Pro- and pre-B cells in the bone marrow showed a significant reduction accompanied by a functional disturbance of bone marrow-derived stromal cells resulting in diminished levels of IL-7, an essential factor for the development of B cell precursors. Ex vivo, stromal cells isolated from the bone marrow of infected mice had a strikingly impaired capacity to maintain the development of pro- and pre-B cells obtained from uninfected animals. Together, the reduction of an active humoral immune response during acute Chagas disease suggests to be an initial immune evasion mechanism of the parasite to establish persistent infection. Therefore, prevention of B cell depletion by rescuing the stromal cells during this early phase, could give rise to new therapeutic approaches.
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- Uwe Müller
- Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany.,Institute of Immunology, Veterinary Medicine, University Leipzig Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Animal Ecology, Evolution, and Biodiversity, Ruhr-Universität-Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Germany.,Infection Immunology, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany
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The Role for the DSB Response Pathway in Regulating Chromosome Translocations. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2018; 1044:65-87. [PMID: 29956292 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-0593-1_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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In response to DNA double strand breaks (DSB), mammalian cells activate the DNA Damage Response (DDR), a network of factors that coordinate their detection, signaling and repair. Central to this network is the ATM kinase and its substrates at chromatin surrounding DSBs H2AX, MDC1 and 53BP1. In humans, germline inactivation of ATM causes Ataxia Telangiectasia (A-T), an autosomal recessive syndrome of increased proneness to hematological malignancies driven by clonal chromosomal translocations. Studies of cancers arising in A-T patients and in genetically engineered mouse models (GEMM) deficient for ATM and its substrates have revealed complex, multilayered roles for ATM in translocation suppression and identified functional redundancies between ATM and its substrates in this context. "Programmed" DSBs at antigen receptor loci in developing lymphocytes employ ubiquitous DDR factors for signaling and repair and have been particularly useful for mechanistic studies because they are region-specific and can be monitored in vitro and in vivo. In this context, murine thymocytes deficient for ATM recapitulate the molecular events that lead to transformation in T cells from A-T patients and provide a widely used model to study the mechanisms that suppress RAG recombinase-dependent translocations. Similarly, analyses of the fate of Activation induced Cytidine Deaminase (AID)-dependent DSBs during mature B cell Class Switch Recombination (CSR) have defined the genetic requirements for end-joining and translocation suppression in this setting. Moreover, a unique role for 53BP1 in the promotion of synapsis of distant DSBs has emerged from these studies.
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Khomtchouk K, Alter S, Ratliff M, Blomberg BB, Riley RL. In old BALB/c mice, bone marrow pre-B cell and surrogate light chain reduction is associated with increased B cell reactivity to phosphorylcholine, but reduced T15 idiotype dominance. Mech Ageing Dev 2017; 162:53-62. [PMID: 27876385 PMCID: PMC5381390 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2016.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2016] [Revised: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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In young adult BALB/c mice, antibodies to phosphorylcholine (PC) bearing the T15 (TEPC 15) idiotype confer protection against pneumococcal infections. In old age, even though PC reactive B cells are often increased, the proportion of T15+ antibodies declines. We hypothesize that limited surrogate light chain (SLC) and compromise of the pre-B cell receptor checkpoint in old mice contribute to both reduced new B cell generation and changes in the anti-PC antibodies seen in old age. In old mice: 1) early pre-B cell loss is most pronounced at the preBCR checkpoint; however, the reduced pool of early pre-B cells continues to proliferate consistent with preBCR signaling; 2) increased PC reactivity is seen in bone marrow immature B cells; 3) deficient SLC promotes increased B cell PC reactivity and diminished T15 idiotype expression; and 4) as pre-B cell losses and reduced SLC become progressively more severe, increased T15 negative PC reactive B cells occur. These results associate a reduction in pre-B cells, imposed at the preBCR checkpoint, with increased reactivity to PC, but more limited expression of the protective T15 idiotype among PC reactive antibodies in old age.
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- Kelly Khomtchouk
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, United States
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, United States.
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As members of the basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) family of transcription factors, E proteins function in the immune system by directing and maintaining a vast transcriptional network that regulates cell survival, proliferation, differentiation, and function. Proper activity of this network is essential to the functionality of the immune system. Aberrations in E protein expression or function can cause numerous defects, ranging from impaired lymphocyte development and immunodeficiency to aberrant function, cancer, and autoimmunity. Additionally, disruption of inhibitor of DNA-binding (Id) proteins, natural inhibitors of E proteins, can induce additional defects in development and function. Although E proteins have been investigated for several decades, their study continues to yield novel and exciting insights into the workings of the immune system. The goal of this chapter is to discuss the various classical roles of E proteins in lymphocyte development and highlight new and ongoing research into how these roles, if compromised, can lead to disease.
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- Ian Belle
- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham North Carolina, USA.
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- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham North Carolina, USA
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Corfe SA, Paige CJ. The many roles of IL-7 in B cell development; mediator of survival, proliferation and differentiation. Semin Immunol 2012; 24:198-208. [PMID: 22421572 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2012.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2011] [Revised: 01/07/2012] [Accepted: 02/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Interleukin-7 (IL-7) plays several important roles during B cell development including aiding in; the specification and commitment of cells to the B lineage, the proliferation and survival of B cell progenitors; and maturation during the pro-B to pre-B cell transition. Regulation and modulation of IL-7 receptor (IL-7R) signaling is critical during B lymphopoiesis, because excessive or deficient IL-7R signaling leads to abnormal or inhibited B cell development. IL-7 works together with E2A, EBF, Pax-5 and other transcription factors to regulate B cell commitment, while also functions to regulate Ig rearrangement by modulating FoxO protein activation and Rag enhancer activity. Suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS) proteins are inhibitors of cytokine activation and, in B cells, function to fine tune IL-7R signaling; ensuring that appropriate IL-7 signals are transmitted to allow for efficient B cell commitment and development.
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- Steven A Corfe
- Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network, 610 University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Shen S, Manser T. Direct reduction of antigen receptor expression in polyclonal B cell populations developing in vivo results in light chain receptor editing. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2011; 188:47-56. [PMID: 22131331 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1102109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Secondary Ab V region gene segment rearrangement, termed receptor editing, is a major mechanism contributing to B lymphocyte self-tolerance. However, the parameters that determine whether a B cell undergoes editing are a current subject of debate. We tested the role that the level of BCR expression plays in the regulation of receptor editing in a polyclonal population of B cells differentiating in vivo. Expression of a short hairpin RNA for κ L chain RNA in B cells resulted in reduction in levels of this RNA and surface BCRs. Strikingly, fully mature and functional B cells that developed in vivo and efficiently expressed the short hairpin RNA predominantly expressed BCRs containing λ light chains. This shift in L chain repertoire was accompanied by inhibition of development, increased Rag gene expression, and increased λ V gene segment-cleavage events at the immature B cell stage. These data demonstrated that reducing the translation of BCRs that are members of the natural repertoire at the immature B cell stage is sufficient to promote editing.
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- Shixue Shen
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Mishra KP, Ganju L. Influence of High Altitude Exposure on the Immune System: A Review. Immunol Invest 2010; 39:219-34. [DOI: 10.3109/08820131003681144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Fahl SP, Crittenden RB, Allman D, Bender TP. c-Myb is required for pro-B cell differentiation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2009; 183:5582-92. [PMID: 19843942 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0901187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The c-Myb transcription factor is required for normal adult hematopoiesis. However, the embryonic lethality of Myb-null mutations has been an impediment to identifying roles for c-Myb during lymphocyte development. We have used tissue-specific inactivation of the Myb locus in early progenitor cells to demonstrate that c-Myb is absolutely required for the differentiation of CD19(+) B-lineage cells and B cell differentiation is profoundly blocked beyond the pre-pro-B cell stage in Myb(f/f) Mb1-cre mice. We demonstrate that c-Myb is required for the intrinsic survival of CD19(+) pro-B cells as well as the proper expression of the alpha-chain of the IL-7 receptor (CD127) and Ebf1. However, survival of c-Myb-deficient CD19(+) pro-B cells cannot be rescued by transduction with CD127-producing retrovirus, suggesting that c-Myb controls a survival pathway independent of CD127. Furthermore, c-Myb-deficient progenitor cells inefficiently generate CD19(+) B-lineage cells during stromal cell culture but this process can be partially rescued with exogenous Ebf1. Thus, c-Myb does not appear to be required for commitment to B cell differentiation but is crucial for B cell differentiation to the CD19(+) pro-B cell stage as well as survival of CD19(+) pro-B cells. Surprisingly, forced c-Myb expression in lymphoid-primed multipotent progenitors favors differentiation toward the myeloid lineage, suggesting that proper c-Myb expression is crucial for B-lineage development.
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- Shawn P Fahl
- Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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Zhang XK, Moussa O, LaRue A, Bradshaw S, Molano I, Spyropoulos DD, Gilkeson GS, Watson DK. The transcription factor Fli-1 modulates marginal zone and follicular B cell development in mice. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2008; 181:1644-54. [PMID: 18641300 PMCID: PMC2504761 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.3.1644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Fli-1 belongs to the Ets transcription factor family and is expressed primarily in hematopoietic cells, including most cells active in immunity. To assess the role of Fli-1 in lymphocyte development in vivo, we generated mice that express a truncated Fli-1 protein, lacking the C-terminal transcriptional activation domain (Fli-1(DeltaCTA)). Fli-1(DeltaCTA)/Fli-1(DeltaCTA) mice had significantly fewer splenic follicular B cells, and an increased number of transitional and marginal zone B cells, compared with wild-type controls. Bone marrow reconstitution studies demonstrated that this phenotype is the result of lymphocyte intrinsic effects. Expression of Igalpha and other genes implicated in B cell development, including Pax-5, E2A, and Egr-1, are reduced, while Id1 and Id2 are increased in Fli-1(DeltaCTA)/Fli-1(DeltaCTA) mice. Proliferation of B cells from Fli-1(DeltaCTA)/Fli-1(DeltaCTA) mice was diminished, although intracellular Ca(2+) flux in B cells from Fli-1(DeltaCTA)/Fli-1(DeltaCTA) mice was similar to that of wild-type controls after anti-IgM stimulation. Immune responses and in vitro class switch recombination were also altered in Fli-1(DeltaCTA)/Fli-1(DeltaCTA) mice. Thus, Fli-1 modulates B cell development both centrally and peripherally, resulting in a significant impact on the in vivo immune response.
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- Xian K Zhang
- Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
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Mehr R. Feedback Loops, Reversals and Nonlinearities in Lymphocyte Development. Bull Math Biol 2006; 68:1073-94. [PMID: 16794916 DOI: 10.1007/s11538-006-9124-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2005] [Accepted: 02/13/2006] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Systems of differentiating cells are often regarded by experimental biologists as unidirectional processes, in which cells spend a fixed time at each successive developmental stage. However, mathematical modeling has in several cases revealed that differentiating cell systems are more complex than previously believed. For example, non-linear transitions, feedback effects, and even apparent reversals have been suggested by our studies on models for the development of lymphocytes and their receptor repertoires, and are reviewed in this paper. These studies have shown that cell population growth in developing lymphocyte subsets is usually nonlinear, as it depends on the density of cells in each compartment. Additionally, T cell development has been shown to be subject to feedback regulation by mature T cell subsets, and B cell development has been shown to include a phenotypic reflux from an advanced to an earlier developmental stage. The challenges we face in our efforts to understand how the repertoires of these cells are generated and regulated are also discussed here.
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- Ramit Mehr
- The Mina & Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, 52900, Israel.
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Nagasawa T. Microenvironmental niches in the bone marrow required for B-cell development. Nat Rev Immunol 2006; 6:107-16. [PMID: 16491135 DOI: 10.1038/nri1780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 307] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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B-cell development is known to occur in a complex bone-marrow microenvironment but its functional organization remains unclear. It is thought that bone-marrow stromal cells create distinct microenvironments, known as niches, that provide support for haematopoiesis and B-cell development. Although it has been more than 20 years since the development of a culture system that allows the growth of B-cell progenitors on bone-marrow-derived stromal cells in vitro, it is only recently that studies have provided a novel basis for understanding the nature of the niches for B-cell development in vivo. This article summarizes the recent advances in research on the earliest B-cell precursors, their requisite environmental factors and the cellular niches that supply these factors and maintain B cells during their development.
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- Takashi Nagasawa
- Department of Medical Systems Control, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan.
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Vettermann C, Herrmann K, Jäck HM. Powered by pairing: The surrogate light chain amplifies immunoglobulin heavy chain signaling and pre-selects the antibody repertoire. Semin Immunol 2006; 18:44-55. [PMID: 16464608 DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2006.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Selective expansion of functional pre-B cells is accomplished by the assembly of a signaling-competent pre-B cell receptor (pre-BCR) consisting of immunoglobulin mu heavy chains (muHC), surrogate light chains (SLC) and Igalpha/Igbeta. Here, we review recent data showing that muHCs, in the absence of SLC, deliver autonomous differentiation signals. However, enhanced signaling necessary for pre-B cell expansion requires cross-linking of pre-BCRs via the non-immunoglobulin tail of SLC's subunit lambda5. We also discuss how SLC's ability to modulate the strength of pre-BCR signals is controlled by a muHC's idiotype and its affinity to the chaperone BiP. In this model, BiP in concert with SLC functions as a pre-selector of the antibody repertoire.
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- Christian Vettermann
- Division of Molecular Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Center for Molecular Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Thomas MD, Kremer CS, Ravichandran KS, Rajewsky K, Bender TP. c-Myb Is Critical for B Cell Development and Maintenance of Follicular B Cells. Immunity 2005; 23:275-86. [PMID: 16169500 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2005.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2004] [Revised: 07/28/2005] [Accepted: 08/03/2005] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The c-Myb transcription factor is crucial during definitive hematopoiesis. However, the embryonic lethality of Myb traditional null mutations has precluded analysis of c-Myb function in lymphocytes. Using tissue-specific inactivation at the Myb locus, we demonstrate that loss of Myb causes a partial block during B cell development at the pro-B to pre-B cell transition, resulting in greatly decreased output of new B cells from the bone marrow. Furthermore, we demonstrate that Myb is not essential for the proliferation of splenic B cells, but that loss of c-Myb function prevents normal B cell homeostasis due to decreased splenic B cell survival. Decreased survival is accompanied by hyporesponsiveness to the B cell survival factor BLyS (also termed BAFF), decreased expression of the BLyS receptor 3 (BR3), and altered regulation of PKCdelta nuclear accumulation. Thus, c-Myb is important during multiple stages of B-lymphopoiesis.
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- Matthew D Thomas
- Department of Microbiology, P.O. Box 800734, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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Oliver PM, Wang M, Zhu Y, White J, Kappler J, Marrack P. Loss of Bim allows precursor B cell survival but not precursor B cell differentiation in the absence of interleukin 7. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 200:1179-87. [PMID: 15520248 PMCID: PMC2211863 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20041129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Interleukin (IL)-7 is a stromal cell-derived cytokine required for the survival, proliferation, and differentiation of B cell precursors. Members of the Bcl-2 family of proteins are known to have profound effects on lymphocyte survival, but not lymphocyte differentiation. To distinguish the relative dependence on IL-7 of B cell precursor survival versus B cell differentiation, the combined effects of lack of IL-7 and lack of the proapoptotic Bcl-2 relative, Bim, were studied. Bim is expressed to varying degrees in all B cell precursors and B cells. Lack of Bim compensated for lack of IL-7 in the survival of pro-, pre-, and immature B cells; however, lack of Bim did not substitute for the requirement for IL-7 in B cell precursor differentiation or B cell precursor proliferation. Precursor B cell survival is more dependent on sufficient levels of IL-7 than precursor B cell differentiation because the number of B cells and their precursors were reduced by half in mice heterozygous for IL-7 expression, but were restored to normal numbers in mice also lacking Bim. Hence, Bim and IL-7 work together to control the survival of B cell precursors and the number of B cells that exist in animals.
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- Paula M Oliver
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dept. of Immunology, 1400 Jackson St., Denver, CO 80206, USA
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Zemlin M, Ippolito GC, Zemlin C, Link J, Monestier M, Schroeder HW. Adult lupus-prone MRL/MpJ2+ mice express a primary antibody repertoire that differs in CDR-H3 length distribution and hydrophobicity from that expressed in the C3H parental strain. Mol Immunol 2004; 42:789-98. [PMID: 15829267 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2004.07.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2004] [Accepted: 07/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Anti-dsDNA antibodies tend to be enriched for heavy chain complementarity determining region 3 (CDR-H3) intervals of above average length that contain an increased frequency of charged amino acids. It is unclear whether these types of CDR-H3s are more common in the primary B-cell repertoire of auto-immune prone strains or whether their increased prevalence in affected individuals reflects positive selection and expansion of atypical CDR-H3s in the pathogenic response to self-antigen. Here, we present evidence that when compared to C3H, a MRL/MpJ(2+) parental strain, CDR-H3 intervals from pre-B cells of adult lupus-prone MRL/MpJ(2+) mice are longer on average and are enriched for charged amino acids. The predicted prevalence of deformed loops per Shirai H3 criteria is also higher. In contrast, the frequency of charge, the distribution of length, and the pattern of predicted deformed loop structures did not differ in sequences obtained from neonates of the same two strains. These observations suggest that the mechanisms that serve to shape the initial CDR-H3 repertoire in adults, but not neonates, are being regulated differently in C3H versus MRL/MpJ(2+). Dysregulation of the adult pre-B CDR-H3 antibody repertoire could be a contributing factor for the development of florid auto-immune disease in MRL/MpJ(2+) mice.
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- Michael Zemlin
- Clinic for Neonatology and Neuropediatrics, Philipps Universität Marburg, Deutschhausstr. 12, 35037 Marburg, Germany
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Vosshenrich CAJ, Cumano A, Müller W, Di Santo JP, Vieira P. Pre-B cell receptor expression is necessary for thymic stromal lymphopoietin responsiveness in the bone marrow but not in the liver environment. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:11070-5. [PMID: 15263090 PMCID: PMC503742 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0402919101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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IL-7 and thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) are two major cytokines controlling murine B cell development. IL-7 has been studied extensively, but only recently has it become possible to unravel the role of TSLP in detail. We studied the biological activities of TSLP in B cell development at distinct ages in the mouse. On the one hand, TSLP is able to give rise to a measurable B1 cell compartment derived from fetal liver pro-B cells, although, as is the case for B2 cells, it does not play a prevalent role in the development of this subset. On the other hand, TSLP drives the proliferation of pro-B cells from the fetal and neonatal liver, but in the bone marrow environment, B cell precursors require pre-B cell receptor expression for TSLP responsiveness.
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- Christian A J Vosshenrich
- Unité des Cytokines et Développement Lymphoïde, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Institut Pasteur, 75724 Paris, France
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Tokoyoda K, Egawa T, Sugiyama T, Choi BI, Nagasawa T. Cellular niches controlling B lymphocyte behavior within bone marrow during development. Immunity 2004; 20:707-18. [PMID: 15189736 DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2004.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 582] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2003] [Revised: 03/02/2004] [Accepted: 03/31/2004] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In bone marrow, hematopoiesis is thought to depend on special microenvironments known as niches that maintain blood cells. However, the identity of niches and interaction of blood cells with niches remain poorly understood. Here we identify stage-specific cellular niches for B lymphopoiesis. The earliest precursors, pre-pro-B cells and end-stage B cells, plasma cells require CXC chemokine ligand (CXCL)12. CXCL12-expressing cells are a small population of stromal cells, scattered throughout bone marrow and located some distance from the cells expressing interleukin (IL)-7. Multipotent hematopoietic progenitors are attached to the processes of CXCL12-expressing cells and pre-pro-B cells adjoin their cell bodies. Maturer pro-B cells that require IL-7 have moved away and adjoin the IL-7-expressing cells. Plasma cells again seed CXCL12-expressing cells. We demonstrate the B lymphocyte characteristic location and movement between specific niches within bone marrow during development and suggest that CXCL12 maintains the cells in the niche.
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- Koji Tokoyoda
- Department of Medical Systems Control, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, 53 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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Zemlin M, Klinger M, Link J, Zemlin C, Bauer K, Engler JA, Schroeder HW, Kirkham PM. Expressed murine and human CDR-H3 intervals of equal length exhibit distinct repertoires that differ in their amino acid composition and predicted range of structures. J Mol Biol 2004; 334:733-49. [PMID: 14636599 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2003.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 261] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Immunoglobulin junctional diversity is concentrated in the third complementarity-determining region of the heavy chain (CDR-H3), which often plays a dominant role in antigen binding. The range of CDR-H3 lengths in mouse is shorter than in human, and thus the murine repertoire could be presumed to be a subset of the human one. To test this presumption, we analyzed 4751 human and 2170 murine unique, functional, published CDR-H3 intervals. Although tyrosine, glycine, and serine were found to predominate in both species, the human sequences contained fewer tyrosine residues, more proline residues, and more hydrophobic residues (p<0.001, respectively). While changes in amino acid utilization as a function of CDR-H3 length followed similar trends in both species, murine and human CDR-H3 intervals of identical length were found to differ from each other. These differences reflect both divergence of germline diversity and joining gene sequence and somatic selection. Together, these factors promote the production of a rather uniform repertoire in mice of tyrosine-enriched CDR-H3 loops with stabilized hydrogen bond-ladders versus a much more diverse repertoire in human that contains CDR-H3 loops sculpted by the presence of intra-chain disulfide bonds due to germline-encoded cysteine residues as well as the enhanced presence of somatically generated proline residues that preclude hydrogen bond ladder formation. Thus, despite the presumed need to recognize a similar range of antigen epitopes, the murine CDR-H3 repertoire is clearly distinct from its human counterpart in its amino acid composition and its predicted range of structures. These findings represent a benchmark to which CDR-H3 repertoires can be compared to better characterize and understand the shaping of the CDR-H3 repertoire over evolution and during immune responses. This information may also be useful for the design of species-specific CDR-H3 sequences in synthetic antibody libraries.
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- Michael Zemlin
- Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1530 3rd Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35294-3300, USA
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Mutations in a variety of genes can cause congenital agammaglobulinemia and a failure of B cell development. The currently known genes encode components of the pre-B cell receptor or proteins that are activated by cross-linking of the pre-B cell receptor. Defects in these genes result in a block in B cell differentiation at the pro-B to pre-B cell transition. A patient with a translocation involving a previously unknown gene, LRRC8, demonstrated a block at exactly the same point in B cell differentiation (see the related article beginning on page 1707). It will be interesting to determine whether the protein encoded by this gene interacts with the pre-B cell receptor signal transduction pathway or is involved in a new pathway.
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- Mary Ellen Conley
- Department of Immunology, St. Judes Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA.
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Prendes M, Zheng Y, Beg AA. Regulation of Developing B Cell Survival by RelA-Containing NF-κB Complexes. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2003; 171:3963-9. [PMID: 14530314 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.8.3963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Mice deficient in the RelA (p65) subunit of NF-kappaB die during embryonic development. Fetal liver (FL) hemopoietic precursors from these mice were used to generate RelA-deficient lymphocytes by adoptive transfer into lethally irradiated mature lymphocyte-deficient recombination-activating gene-1(-/-) mice. Strikingly, RelA(-/-) lymphocyte generation was greatly diminished compared with that of RelA(+/+) lymphocytes. The most dramatic reduction was noticed in the numbers of developing B cells, which were considerably increased when RelA(-/-) FL cells that were also TNFR1 deficient were used. The role of RelA was further investigated in FL-derived developing B cells in vitro. Our results show that RelA is a major component of constitutive and TNF-alpha-induced kappaB site-binding activity in developing B cells, and provide evidence for a direct role of TNF-alpha in killing RelA(-/-) B cells. The absence of RelA significantly reduced mRNA expression of the antiapoptotic genes cellular FLICE-inhibitory protein and Bcl-2. Retroviral transduction of RelA(-/-) B cells with either cFLIP or Bcl-2 significantly reduced TNF-alpha killing. Together, these results indicate that RelA plays a crucial role in regulating developing B cell survival by inhibiting TNF-alpha cytotoxicity.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/physiology
- Apoptosis/genetics
- Apoptosis/immunology
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets/cytology
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets/immunology
- B-Lymphocyte Subsets/metabolism
- Binding Sites/genetics
- Binding Sites/immunology
- CASP8 and FADD-Like Apoptosis Regulating Protein
- Carrier Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Carrier Proteins/biosynthesis
- Carrier Proteins/physiology
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Differentiation/immunology
- Cell Survival/genetics
- Cell Survival/immunology
- Cells, Cultured
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic/genetics
- Genetic Vectors
- Homeodomain Proteins/genetics
- Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- NF-kappa B/deficiency
- NF-kappa B/genetics
- NF-kappa B/metabolism
- NF-kappa B/physiology
- Protein Subunits/deficiency
- Protein Subunits/genetics
- Protein Subunits/physiology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/antagonists & inhibitors
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/biosynthesis
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/physiology
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/deficiency
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/physiology
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I
- Retroviridae/genetics
- Transcription Factor RelA
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/antagonists & inhibitors
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/toxicity
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- Maria Prendes
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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Van der Put E, Sherwood EM, Blomberg BB, Riley RL. Aged mice exhibit distinct B cell precursor phenotypes differing in activation, proliferation and apoptosis. Exp Gerontol 2003; 38:1137-47. [PMID: 14580867 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2003.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Senescence in murine models is associated with a reduction, albeit heterogeneous, in bone marrow pre-B cells. We have categorized aged BALB/c mice into two phenotypes based on their patterns of pre-B/pro-B cell loss. Each phenotype is characterized by distinct responses to the growth cytokine IL-7 and capacity for survival in vitro. A 'moderate' loss of late-stage pre-B cells (25-80%) coincided with decline in proliferation to rmIL-7. This was also associated with a decrease in the frequency of pro-B cells which increased phosphotyrosine content upon IL-7 stimulation, an indicator of early activation events. A 'severe' loss of pre-B cells (>80%) resulted in a reduced pro-B cell pool which retained normal activation and proliferative responses to IL-7. B cell precursors from aged mice with severe alterations in B lymphopoiesis displayed increased susceptibility to apoptosis in comparison to both aged mice with moderate B cell precursor loss and young mice. Conceivably, during senescence, aged mice may initially accumulate B cell precursors which are poorly responsive to IL-7. Progressively, these refractory B cell precursors may be eliminated via apoptosis; however, the remaining limited pool of B cell precursors retains the capacity to respond to IL-7 stimulation.
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- Elaine Van der Put
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami School of Medicine, P.O. Box 016960 R138, Miami, FL 33101, USA
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Bradl H, Wittmann J, Milius D, Vettermann C, Jäck HM. Interaction of murine precursor B cell receptor with stroma cells is controlled by the unique tail of lambda 5 and stroma cell-associated heparan sulfate. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 171:2338-48. [PMID: 12928380 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.5.2338] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Efficient clonal expansion of early precursor B (pre-B) cells requires signals delivered by an Ig-like integral membrane complex, the so-called pre-B cell receptor (pre-BCR). A pre-BCR consists of two membrane micro H chains, two covalently associated surrogate L chains, and the heterodimeric signaling transducer Igalphabeta. In contrast to a conventional Ig L chain, the surrogate L chain is a heterodimer composed of the invariant polypeptides VpreB and lambda5. Although it is still unclear how pre-BCR signals are initiated, two recent findings support a ligand-dependent initiation of pre-BCR signals: 1) a pre-BCR/galectin-1 interaction is required to induce phosphorylation of Igalphabeta in a human precursor B line, and 2) soluble murine as well as human pre-BCR molecules bind to stroma and other adherent cells. In this study, we show that efficient binding of a soluble murine pre-BCR to stroma cells requires the non-Ig-like unique tail of lambda5. Surprisingly however, a murine pre-BCR, in contrast to its human counterpart, does not interact with galectin-1, as revealed by lactose blocking, RNA interference, and immunoprecipitation assays. Finally, the binding of a murine pre-BCR to stroma cells can be blocked either with heparin or by pretreatment of stroma cells with heparitinase or a sulfation inhibitor. Hence, efficient binding of a murine pre-BCR to stroma cells requires the unique tail of lambda5 and stroma cell-associated heparan sulfate. These findings not only identified heparan sulfate as potential pre-BCR ligands, but will also facilitate the development of appropriate animal models to determine whether a pre-BCR/heparan sulfate interaction is involved in early B cell maturation.
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MESH Headings
- 3T3 Cells
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Baculoviridae/genetics
- Binding Sites, Antibody/drug effects
- Binding Sites, Antibody/genetics
- Cell Line
- Galectin 1/metabolism
- Genetic Vectors
- HeLa Cells
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/immunology
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/metabolism
- Heparin/pharmacology
- Heparitin Sulfate/metabolism
- Heparitin Sulfate/physiology
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin Constant Regions/metabolism
- Immunoglobulin Light Chains
- Immunoglobulin Light Chains, Surrogate
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/metabolism
- Immunoglobulin Variable Region/physiology
- Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains/metabolism
- Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains/physiology
- Ligands
- Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics
- Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism
- Membrane Glycoproteins/physiology
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Protein Structure, Tertiary/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/deficiency
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/metabolism
- Solubility
- Spodoptera
- Stromal Cells/drug effects
- Stromal Cells/immunology
- Stromal Cells/metabolism
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- Harald Bradl
- Division of Molecular Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Center, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Glückstrasse 6, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Romer S, Saunders U, Jäck HM, Jehn BM. Notch1 enhances B-cell receptor-induced apoptosis in mature activated B cells without affecting cell cycle progression and surface IgM expression. Cell Death Differ 2003; 10:833-44. [PMID: 12815466 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4401253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The transmembrane receptor Notch1 plays a crucial role in differentiation and apoptosis of hematopoietic cells. To investigate the influence of Notch1 on apoptosis and cell growth of mature murine B cells, we transduced the murine B-lymphoma line NYC 31.1 with a constitutively active, intracellular form of human Notch1 (Notch1-ICT). NYC cells represent mature activated B cells that can be induced to undergo apoptosis by crosslinking of the B-cell receptor (BCR). In contrast to investigations in immature chicken B-cell lines, transduced Notch1-ICT did not affect cell cycle progression, cell growth or surface IgM levels in NYC cells and resulted only in a slight induction of apoptosis. However, BCR-crosslinking enhanced apoptosis, but did not influence cell cycle progression in Notch1-ICT-positive NYC cells. These data imply a distinct function of Notch1 in mature murine B-cells as compared to immature chicken B cells and provide further evidence for Notch1's involvement in B-cell differentiation and development.
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- S Romer
- Division of Molecular Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Nikolaus-Fiebiger Center, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Glückstrasse 6, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
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Considerable progress has been made over the past few years in determining the key molecular players that regulate the commitment and development of early B-lineage cells in mouse bone marrow (transcription factors, cytokines and their receptors). However, confusion remains as to the precise stages, surface phenotypes and lineage restrictions that are observed early in B-cell development. Increasingly powerful flow cytometry analysis of genetically altered animals (knockouts and transgenics) combined with sensitive functional assays may provide an answer, a "scorecard" for the cell stages.
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- Richard R Hardy
- Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 7701 Burholme Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.
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de Jonge WJ, Kwikkers KL, te Velde AA, van Deventer SJH, Nolte MA, Mebius RE, Ruijter JM, Lamers MC, Lamers WH. Arginine deficiency affects early B cell maturation and lymphoid organ development in transgenic mice. J Clin Invest 2002; 110:1539-48. [PMID: 12438451 PMCID: PMC151816 DOI: 10.1172/jci16143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Apart from its role in the synthesis of protein and nitric oxide (NO), and in ammonia detoxification, the amino acid arginine exerts an immunosupportive function. We have studied the role of arginine in immune defense mechanisms in the developing postnatal immune system. In suckling mice, arginine is produced in the small intestine. In F/A-2(+/+) transgenic mice, which overexpress arginase in their enterocytes, circulating and tissue arginine concentrations are reduced to 30-35% of controls. In these mice, the development and composition of the T cell compartment did not reveal abnormalities. However, in peripheral lymphoid organs and the small intestine, B cell cellularity and the number and size of Peyer's patches were drastically reduced, and serum IgM levels were significantly decreased. These phenotypes could be traced to an impaired transition from the pro- to pre-B cell stage in the bone marrow. Cytokine receptor levels in the bone marrow were normal. The development of the few peripheral B cells and their proliferative response after in vitro stimulation was normal. The disturbance in B cell maturation was dependent on decreased arginine levels, as this phenotype disappeared upon arginine supplementation and was not seen in NO synthase- or ornithine transcarbamoylase-deficient mice. We conclude that arginine deficiency impairs early B cell maturation.
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- Wouter J de Jonge
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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de Jonge WJ, Kwikkers KL, te Velde AA, van Deventer SJ, Nolte MA, Mebius RE, Ruijter JM, Lamers MC, Lamers WH. Arginine deficiency affects early B cell maturation and lymphoid organ development in transgenic mice. J Clin Invest 2002. [DOI: 10.1172/jci0216143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Lymphocytes arise from hematopoietic stem cells through the coordinated action of transcription factors. The E proteins (E12, E47, HEB and E2-2) have emerged as key regulators of both B and T lymphocyte differentiation. This review summarizes the current data and examines the various functions of E proteins and their antagonists, Id2 and Id3, throughout lymphoid maturation. Beyond an established role in B and T lineage commitment, E proteins continue to be essential at subsequent stages of development. E protein activity regulates the expression of surrogate and antigen receptor genes, promotes Ig and TCR rearrangements, and coordinates cell survival and proliferation with developmental progression in response to TCR signaling. Finally, this review also discusses the role of E47 as a tumor suppressor.
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- Melanie W Quong
- Division of Biology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0366, La Jolla, California 92093-0366, USA.
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Wrammert J, Vingsbo Lundberg C, Leanderson T. A transgenic marker expressed on discrete populations during B-cell development. Scand J Immunol 2001; 54:357-65. [PMID: 11555402 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2001.00968.x] [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: 11/20/2022]
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We describe a transgenic mouse strain that selectively express a surface marker (huCD25) on transitional B cells, pre-B cells and a lineage unidentified bone marrow (BM) population. We show that a subpopulation of B cells in Peyer's patches, spleen, blood and BM expressed the transgenic huCD25 marker on the cell surface. In the spleen, the huCD25 expression was found on transitional B cells, that had not yet been recruited into the recirculating pool. In the BM a fraction of the B220low surface immunoglobulin (Ig) negative PB493+ pre-B cells were huCD25+. HuCD25 expression was also seen on practically all immature B cells while the mature recirculating B cells did not express huCD25. A huCD25+B220- cell population was also found in the BM that had not rearranged the Ig heavy chain locus and did not express the lineage markers CD3, T-cell receptor (TCR), CD19 and Mac-1. A low expression of CD4 on these cells may indicate that they represent a noncommitted, hematopoetic progenitor cell population.
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- J Wrammert
- Section for Immunology, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
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B cell development is a highly regulated process whereby functional peripheral subsets are produced from hematopoietic stem cells, in the fetal liver before birth and in the bone marrow afterward. Here we review progress in understanding some aspects of this process in the mouse bone marrow, focusing on delineation of the earliest stages of commitment, on pre-B cell receptor selection, and B cell tolerance during the immature-to-mature B cell transition. Then we note some of the distinctions in hematopoiesis and pre-B selection between fetal liver and adult bone marrow, drawing a connection from fetal development to B-1/CD5(+) B cells. Finally, focusing on CD5(+) cells, we consider the forces that influence the generation and maintenance of this distinctive peripheral B cell population, enriched for natural autoreactive specificities that are encoded by particular germline V(H)-V(L) combinations.
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- R R Hardy
- Institute for Cancer Research, Fox Chase Cancer Center, 7701 Burholme Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA.
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Schlueter AJ, Bhatia SK, Li X, Tygrett LT, Yamashita Y, de Vries P, Waldschmidt TJ. Delineation among eight major hematopoietic subsets in murine bone marrow using a two-color flow cytometric technique. CYTOMETRY 2001; 43:297-307. [PMID: 11260597 DOI: 10.1002/1097-0320(20010401)43:4<297::aid-cyto1062>3.0.co;2-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Many methods have been developed specifically for identifying hematopoietic progenitor cells in murine bone marrow, but few methods allow rapid identification of multiple bone marrow populations. We describe a new, simple method for identifying simultaneously eight populations in murine bone marrow with two-color flow cytometry and phenotypically define these populations. METHODS Bone marrow was stained with anti-Ly-6C and anti-B220 (CD45R) in one fluorochrome and wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) in another fluorochrome. The eight populations identified in this way were defined further primarily by four-color flow cytometry. RESULTS Six of the eight populations were characterized phenotypically as containing erythroid, granulocytic, mast, early B, mature B, and stem cell populations. Two additional populations with phenotypic characteristics of partially differentiated precursor cells also were identified. One population was Ly-6C/B220+ and WGA-. It also expressed markers associated with early B, T, and/or dendritic cell differentiation. The second population was Ly-6C(hi)WGA(hi)Mac-1+ and was negative for numerous other lineage-specific and precursor markers. Its morphology suggested monocytic differentiative potential. CONCLUSIONS A two-color flow cytometric assay profiles six bone marrow populations with identifiable phenotypes and two additional unique, putative hematopoietic precursor populations.
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- A J Schlueter
- Department of Pathology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
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Tokimasa S, Ohta H, Sawada A, Matsuda Y, Kim JY, Nishiguchi S, Hara J, Takihara Y. Lack of the Polycomb-group gene rae28 causes maturation arrest at the early B-cell developmental stage. Exp Hematol 2001; 29:93-103. [PMID: 11164110 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-472x(00)00620-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The rae28 gene (rae28) is a murine homologue of the Drosophila polyhomeotic gene, which is a member of the Polycomb-group genes. In this study, we examined the role of rae28 in lymphocyte development. Because homozygous rae28-deficient (rae28-/-) mice died in the perinatal period, we examined lymphocyte development by generating chimeric mice reconstituted with green fluorescence protein-labeled mutant fetal liver cells as well as in in vitro culture systems. We further examined RAE28 expression by reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assay in human leukemic cells with B-lineage acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). Severe B-cell maturation arrest was observed in rae28-/- between pro- and pre-B lymphocyte stages. B-cell development was also delayed in heterozygous neonates. Furthermore, interleukin-7-dependent colony-forming ability was impaired not only in homozygous lymphocytes but also in heterozygotes. Its human homologue, RAE28, is located on chromosome 12p13, which frequently is associated with chromosomal abnormalities and loss of heterozygosity in patients with hematologic malignancies. To determine whether a link exists between RAE28 and leukemia, we examined RAE28 expression in leukemic cells from pediatric patients with B-lineage ALL. RAE28 expression was not detected in four B-cell precursor ALL cases of a total of 43 examined, although RAE28 is normally expressed constitutively during the process of B-cell maturation as assessed in isolated cell populations. rae28 plays an important role in the early B-cell developmental stage in a gene dosage-dependent manner. Furthermore, the human RAE28 locus may provide a candidate gene causing the molecular pathogenesis of childhood B-cell precursor ALL.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- B-Lymphocytes/cytology
- Burkitt Lymphoma/pathology
- Carrier Proteins
- Cell Differentiation/genetics
- Cell Transplantation
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chimera
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 12/genetics
- Coculture Techniques
- Crosses, Genetic
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Gene Expression Regulation, Leukemic
- Genes, Reporter
- Genotype
- Green Fluorescent Proteins
- Hematopoiesis/genetics
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/drug effects
- Homeodomain Proteins/genetics
- Homeodomain Proteins/physiology
- Humans
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes/genetics
- Interleukin-7/pharmacology
- Liver/cytology
- Liver/embryology
- Luminescent Proteins/genetics
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Neoplasm Proteins/physiology
- Polycomb Repressive Complex 1
- Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/genetics
- Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma/pathology
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- RNA, Neoplasm/biosynthesis
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- T-Lymphocytes/cytology
- Thymus Gland/abnormalities
- Thymus Gland/embryology
- Tumor Cells, Cultured/drug effects
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- S Tokimasa
- Department of Medical Genetics and Molecular Cell Biology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1, Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Estrogen influences the differentiation, proliferation, and survival of early B-lineage precursors. Blood 2000. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v95.6.2059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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B lymphocyte production in murine bone marrow is negatively regulated by sex steroids and the aim of this study was to identify early hormone sensitive checkpoints. Estrogen (E2) treatment reduced cμ+ pre-B cells, a change that occurred concomitantly with decreased Ig gene rearrangements and rag-1 transcripts. Estrogen decreased B lineage precursors in Ig transgenic mice, demonstrating that hormonal regulation is independent of the recombination process. B lineage precursors in Bcl-2 transgenic mice were resistant to estrogen treatment, suggesting that life/death decisions are involved in hormonal regulation. A previously uncharacterized population of CD43−cμ− B lineage precursors was identified in normal, Ig transgenic, and RAG−/− mice after estrogen treatment, revealing that down-regulation of CD43 can occur independent of Ig heavy chain expression. These cells expressed transcripts for both tdt andbcl-2, characteristics of early B-cell precursors. BrdU incorporation analysis revealed that the mitotic activity of early B-lineage cells is reduced in hormone-treated mice. We conclude that sex steroids modulate the production of B-lineage cells by influencing the differentiation, proliferation, and survival of early B-cell precursors. These findings are informative about mechanisms of hormonal regulation, as well as the significance of some differentiation-related events.
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Zinovyeva MV, Zijlmans JM, Fibbe WE, Visser JW, Belyavsky AV. Analysis of gene expression in subpopulations of murine hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells. Exp Hematol 2000; 28:318-34. [PMID: 10720697 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-472x(99)00158-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the present work was to study how functional differences between subsets of the murine hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell compartment are manifested on the level of different patterns of gene expression in these subsets. MATERIALS AND METHODS Amplified 3' terminal total cDNA fragment populations from four stem and progenitor cell fractions sorted using differential staining with Rhodamine 123 were prepared, and gene expression patterns were analyzed by Southern hybridization with a panel of gene markers. RESULTS For the vast majority of lineage-specific markers, no expression was detected in the long-term repopulating stem cell fraction. Expression of a number of key genes positively regulating entry and progression through the cell cycle was down-regulated in long-term repopulating cells, in accordance with the quiescent state of the latter. In contrast, certain but not all cell division kinase inhibitors were significantly up-regulated in long- and short-term repopulating stem cell fractions. Expression of several genes important for entry into the apoptotic pathway was moderately reduced in long-term repopulating cells. Messenger RNA levels of the transcription factors GATA-1, GATA-2, c-Myb and SCL were down-regulated in long-term repopulating cells, as compared to more mature stem/progenitor cells. Finally, expression of the MDR1a gene encoding the Pgp efflux pump was highest in long-term repopulating cells, and progressively decreased with maturation. CONCLUSION The patterns of gene expression in the stem/progenitor cell fractions are in good correlation with the known properties of adult hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells and may provide insight into molecular mechanisms underlying stem cell physiology.
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- M V Zinovyeva
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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Wei C, Zeff R, Goldschneider I. Murine pro-B cells require IL-7 and its receptor complex to up-regulate IL-7R alpha, terminal deoxynucleotidyltransferase, and c mu expression. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 164:1961-70. [PMID: 10657646 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.4.1961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Phenotypic analysis of bone marrow cells from IL-7 knockout (KO) mice revealed that B cell development is blocked precisely at the transition between pro-B cells and pre-B cells. In contrast, the generation of pre-pro-B cells and pro-B cells appeared to be normal, as judged by total cell numbers, proliferative indexes, D-JH and V-DJH gene rearrangements, and mRNA for recombinase-activating gene-1 (RAG-1), RAG-2, TdT, Ig mu, lambda 5, and VpreB. However, upon closer inspection, several abnormalities in pro-B cell development were identified that could be corrected by injection of rIL-7 in vivo. These included the absence of the subset of late pro-B cells that initiates cmu expression for pre-B cell Ag receptor (BCR) formation, and the failure of pro-B cells to up-regulate TdT and the IL-7R alpha (but not the common gamma-chain) chain. Similar defects were present in common gamma-chain and Jak3 KO mice, but not in lambda 5 or (excluding cytoplasmic Ig mu heavy chain (c mu)) RAG-1 KO mice, all of which also arrest at the late pro-B cell stage. Consequently, up-regulation of TdT and IL-7R alpha expression requires signaling through the high affinity IL-7R, but does not require cmu expression or a functional pre-BCR. Taken together, these results suggest that IL-7 and its receptor complex are essential for 1) up-regulating the expression of TdT and IL-7R alpha, 2) initiating the production of cmu and 3) promoting the formation of a functional pre-BCR in/on pro-B cells. These key events, in turn, appear to be prerequisite both for differentiation of pro-B cells to pre-B cells and for proliferation of these cell subsets upon continued stimulation with IL-7.
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- C Wei
- Department of Pathology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA
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Carsetti R. The development of B cells in the bone marrow is controlled by the balance between cell-autonomous mechanisms and signals from the microenvironment. J Exp Med 2000; 191:5-8. [PMID: 10620600 PMCID: PMC2195794 DOI: 10.1084/jem.191.1.5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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- R Carsetti
- Max-Planck-Institut für Immunbiologie, Department of Developmental Immunology, D-79108 Freiberg, Germany.
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Rao SP, Riggs JM, Friedman DF, Scully MS, LeBien TW, Silberstein LE. Biased VH Gene Usage in Early Lineage Human B Cells: Evidence for Preferential Ig Gene Rearrangement in the Absence of Selection. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.5.2732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Certain VH genes are predominantly expressed in mature B cells. We hypothesized that several, mutually nonexclusive VH-dependent mechanisms operating at distinct stages during B cell development may be responsible for overrepresentation of these VH genes. In the present study, we have assessed whether one of the mechanisms involves preferential rearrangement at the pro-B cell stage. The frequency of individual VH4 and VH3 genes in rearrangement libraries from FACS-purified human CD34+/CD19+ pro-B and CD34−/CD19+ pre-B cells was assessed. The in-frame and out-of-frame rearrangements from both cell populations were analyzed using a high resolution PAGE system. The frequencies of individual VH gene segments among out-of-frame rearrangements from pro-B cells were determined, because these frequencies should reflect only processes before the translation of the μ-heavy chain and should not be biased by selection mechanisms. Our results demonstrate that, at the pro-B cell stage, the V4–34, V4–39, and V4–59 gene segments are the most frequently rearranged VH4 family genes, and the V3–23 and V3–30 gene segments are the most frequently rearranged VH3 family genes. This finding suggests that the predominant expression of these VH genes in peripheral mature B cells is determined to a significant degree by their preferential rearrangement during V-DJ recombination.
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- Sambasiva P. Rao
- *Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- *Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- †Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and
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- †Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and
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- ‡Department of Laboratory Medicine/Pathology and University of Minnesota Cancer Center, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 55455
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- *Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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Loss of c-kit Accompanies B-Lineage Commitment and Acquisition of CD45R by Most Murine B-Lymphocyte Precursors. Blood 1999. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v94.2.713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Using surface markers, we identified two bone marrow (BM) subsets enriched for TdT+ cells on the brink of CD45R acquisition. These two populations, Lin−c-kitLo and Lin−c-kit−, consisting of 35.4% and 7.4%, respectively, TdT+ cells, generated B-lineage cells in overnight cultures. Approximately half of the c-kitLoB-lineage precursors were bipotential, yielding myeloid and lymphoid progeny, whereas most that were c-kit− gave rise only to lymphocytes. Analysis of B-lineage progression during a finite culture period showed that the most mature precursors were concentrated in the Lin−c-kit− population. Moreover, a majority of the earliest CD45R+ pro-B cells in BM, identified as CD45R+ CD43+ BP-1−CD25− natural killer (NK)1.1−sIgM−, were also c-kit−. These c-kit− cells, like their c-kitLocounterparts, expressed TdT, proliferated in response to interleukin (IL)-7, and generated sIgM+ cells. These data suggest that TdT expression is initiated as c-kit downregulation begins in Lin− cells, with progressive loss of c-kit during B-lineage differentiation. CD45R expression is initiated during the transition from c-kitLo to c-kit− with many cells losing c-kit before acquiring CD45R. The ability to isolate highly enriched populations of viable CD45R− precursors will be instrumental in characterizing the earliest B-lineage cells.
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Loss of c-kit Accompanies B-Lineage Commitment and Acquisition of CD45R by Most Murine B-Lymphocyte Precursors. Blood 1999. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v94.2.713.414k15_713_723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Using surface markers, we identified two bone marrow (BM) subsets enriched for TdT+ cells on the brink of CD45R acquisition. These two populations, Lin−c-kitLo and Lin−c-kit−, consisting of 35.4% and 7.4%, respectively, TdT+ cells, generated B-lineage cells in overnight cultures. Approximately half of the c-kitLoB-lineage precursors were bipotential, yielding myeloid and lymphoid progeny, whereas most that were c-kit− gave rise only to lymphocytes. Analysis of B-lineage progression during a finite culture period showed that the most mature precursors were concentrated in the Lin−c-kit− population. Moreover, a majority of the earliest CD45R+ pro-B cells in BM, identified as CD45R+ CD43+ BP-1−CD25− natural killer (NK)1.1−sIgM−, were also c-kit−. These c-kit− cells, like their c-kitLocounterparts, expressed TdT, proliferated in response to interleukin (IL)-7, and generated sIgM+ cells. These data suggest that TdT expression is initiated as c-kit downregulation begins in Lin− cells, with progressive loss of c-kit during B-lineage differentiation. CD45R expression is initiated during the transition from c-kitLo to c-kit− with many cells losing c-kit before acquiring CD45R. The ability to isolate highly enriched populations of viable CD45R− precursors will be instrumental in characterizing the earliest B-lineage cells.
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Whitcomb EA, Haines BB, Parmelee AP, Pearlman AM, Brodeur PH. Germline Structure and Differential Utilization of Igha
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VH10 Genes. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.3.1541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Ab heavy chains encoded by mouse VH10 genes have been of particular interest due to their frequent association with DNA binding. We reported previously that VH10 sequences are over-represented in the preimmune repertoire considering the apparent number of germline-encoded VH10 gene segments. In this report, we show that the VH10 family consists of three and two germline genes in the Igha and Ighb haplotypes, respectively. The complete nucleotide sequences of these five genes, including promoters and recombination signal sequences, were determined and allow unambiguous assignment of allelic relationships. The usage of individual VH10 genes varied significantly and ranged from 0.2% to an extraordinary 7.2% of the VH genes expressed by splenic B cells. Since the promoter and recombination signal sequence elements of all five VH10 genes are identical, we suggest that the few amino acid differences encoded by these five germline VH10 genes determine their representation in the preimmune repertoire. Rearrangements of the most frequently used VH10 gene have an apparent bias for histidine at position 95 of complementarity-determining region-3 (CDR3). These CDR3s are also biased for asparagine, an amino acid associated with the CDRs of DNA binding Abs. Together, these results suggest that high VH10 gene use is the result of B cell receptor-mediated selection and may involve DNA and/or ligands that share antigenic features with DNA.
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- Elizabeth A. Whitcomb
- Immunology Program, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, and Department of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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- Immunology Program, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, and Department of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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- Immunology Program, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, and Department of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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- Immunology Program, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, and Department of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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- Immunology Program, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, and Department of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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Novobrantseva TI, Martin VM, Pelanda R, Müller W, Rajewsky K, Ehlich A. Rearrangement and expression of immunoglobulin light chain genes can precede heavy chain expression during normal B cell development in mice. J Exp Med 1999; 189:75-88. [PMID: 9874565 PMCID: PMC1887695 DOI: 10.1084/jem.189.1.75] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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In mouse mutants incapable of expressing mu chains, VkappaJkappa joints are detected in the CD43(+) B cell progenitors. In agreement with these earlier results, we show by a molecular single cell analysis that 4-7% of CD43(+) B cell progenitors in wild-type mice rearrange immunoglobulin (Ig)kappa genes before the assembly of a productive VHDHJH joint. Thus, mu chain expression is not a prerequisite to Igkappa light chain gene rearrangements in normal development. Overall, approximately 15% of the total CD43(+) B cell progenitor population carry Igkappa gene rearrangements in wild-type mice. Together with the results obtained in the mouse mutants, these data fit a model in which CD43(+) progenitors rearrange IgH and Igkappa loci independently, with a seven times higher frequency in the former. In addition, we show that in B cell progenitors VkappaJkappa joining rapidly initiates kappa chain expression, irrespective of the presence of a mu chain.
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- T I Novobrantseva
- Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne,Weyertal 121, 50931 Cologne, Germany.
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Marshall AJ, Fleming HE, Wu GE, Paige CJ. Modulation of the IL-7 Dose-Response Threshold During Pro-B Cell Differentiation Is Dependent on Pre-B Cell Receptor Expression. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.11.6038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The IL-7R and the pre-B cell receptor (pre-BCR) each provide critical signals during differentiation of B cell precursors. In this study we examine the interplay between signals dependent upon these receptors. We demonstrate that pre-BCR-deficient pro-B cells differ significantly from controls in their ability to use the IL-7R. We show that this difference, characterized by a failure to proliferate in response to IL-7, is narrowly restricted to IL-7 concentrations in the picogram per milliliter range and can be overcome with increasing amounts of IL-7. Restoration of Ig heavy chain to recombinase-activating gene-2-deficient pro-B cells leads to a restored response to picogram per milliliter levels of IL-7, providing strong evidence that modulation of the IL-7 dose-response threshold is dependent on pre-BCR. Culture of normal pro-B cells under low IL-7 conditions leads to selective outgrowth of cells expressing μ heavy chain, suggesting that modulation of IL-7 dose-response thresholds can allow for selective expansion of pre-BCR+ cells under conditions where IL-7 is limiting. We also provide evidence that expression of pre-BCR on pro-B cells limits the duration of IL-7 responsiveness by causing differentiation to an IL-7-unresponsive pre-B cell stage. Thus, the pre-BCR-dependent modulation of IL-7 responsiveness affects both the dose-response threshold and the duration of IL-7-induced clonal expansion. Our results suggest that positive selection of pre-BCR+ pro-B cells may be achieved through the fine tuning of IL-7 responses.
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- Aaron J. Marshall
- Ontario Cancer Institute and Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Ontario Cancer Institute and Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Ontario Cancer Institute and Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Ontario Cancer Institute and Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Hamzaoui N, Pringault E. Interaction of microorganisms, epithelium, and lymphoid cells of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1998; 859:65-74. [PMID: 9928370 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb11111.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Differentiation of specific epithelial cell lineages during development, as well as epithelial plasticity in response to heterologous cell-to-cell cross talk during adult life, accounts for the large variety of functions which are performed by the mucosal surfaces found in the human body. Among its functions, the digestive mucosa is able to sample antigens and microorganisms through M cells of Peyer's patches' follicle-associated epithelium, in order to trigger the development of either tolerance or immune responses. At least in the gut, M-cell formation is immunoregulated. Close contact between immune cells and intestinal epithelium modifies the permeability of the epithelial barrier by inducing the conversion of enterocytes into M cells, offering at the same time an opportunistic way of invasion for pathogens. These lympho-epithelial interactions triggering M-cell formation have now been modeled in culture.
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- N Hamzaoui
- Department of Bacteriology and Mycology, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France
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Hunte BE, Capone M, Zlotnik A, Rennick D, Moore TA. Acquisition of CD24 expression by Lin-CD43+B220(low)ckit(hi) cells coincides with commitment to the B cell lineage. Eur J Immunol 1998; 28:3850-6. [PMID: 9842928 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-4141(199811)28:11<3850::aid-immu3850>3.0.co;2-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The present study describes three subsets of bone marrow-derived Lin CD43+B220(low) (B220(low)) progenitor cells which represent distinct stages in hematopoietic development. These populations differ in their expression of CD24 and ckit and the occurrence of IgH gene rearrangement. B220(low) CD24-ckit(hi) progenitors have their IgH loci in germ-line configuration and are multipotent since they can give rise to B cells, T cells and myeloid cells. B220lowckit(hi) cells which have acquired CD24 expression have retained IgH loci in germ-line configuration and the ability to generate B cells, however, they have lost the ability to generate T cells and myeloid cells. Thus acquisition of CD24 by B220(low) cells occurs concurrently with the transition from a multipotent to a lineage-restricted progenitor population. B220(low)CD24+ cells expressing low levels of ckit are also lineage restricted, giving rise to only B cells and have begun D-J(H) rearrangement, implying that initiation of IgH rearrangement coincides with the down-regulation of ckit expression.
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- B E Hunte
- Department of Immunobiology, DNAX Research Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Palo Alto 94304, USA
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