CD11c+ T-bet+ B Cells Require IL-21 and IFN-γ from Type 1 T Follicular Helper Cells and Intrinsic Bcl-6 Expression but Develop Normally in the Absence of T-bet.
J Immunol
; 205(4): 1050-1058, 2020 08 15.
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ABSTRACT
CD11c+ T-bet+ B cells generated during ehrlichial infection require CD4+ T cell help and IL-21 signaling for their development, but the exact T cell subset required had not been known. In this study, we show in a mouse model of Ehrlichia muris that type 1 T follicular helper (TFH1) cells provide help to CD11c+ T-bet+ B cells via the dual secretion of IL-21 and IFN-γ in a CD40/CD40L-dependent manner. TFH1 cell help was delivered in two phases IFN-γ signals were provided early in infection, whereas CD40/CD40L help was provided late in infection. In contrast to T-bet+ T cells, T-bet+ B cells did not develop in the absence of B cell-intrinsic Bcl-6 but were generated in the absence of T-bet. T-bet-deficient memory B cells were largely indistinguishable from their wild-type counterparts, although they no longer underwent switching to IgG2c. These data suggest that a primary function of T-bet in B cells during ehrlichial infection is to promote appropriate class switching, not lineage specification. Thus, CD11c+ memory B cells develop normally without T-bet but require Bcl-6 and specialized help from dual cytokine-producing TFH1 cells.
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Interleucinas
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Interferon gama
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Antígenos CD11
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Proteínas com Domínio T
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Proteínas Proto-Oncogênicas c-bcl-6
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Células T Auxiliares Foliculares
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2020
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