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Nature ; 627(8003): 399-406, 2024 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38448581

RESUMO

Immune cells rely on transient physical interactions with other immune and non-immune populations to regulate their function1. To study these 'kiss-and-run' interactions directly in vivo, we previously developed LIPSTIC (labelling immune partnerships by SorTagging intercellular contacts)2, an approach that uses enzymatic transfer of a labelled substrate between the molecular partners CD40L and CD40 to label interacting cells. Reliance on this pathway limited the use of LIPSTIC to measuring interactions between CD4+ T helper cells and antigen-presenting cells, however. Here we report the development of a universal version of LIPSTIC (uLIPSTIC), which can record physical interactions both among immune cells and between immune and non-immune populations irrespective of the receptors and ligands involved. We show that uLIPSTIC can be used, among other things, to monitor the priming of CD8+ T cells by dendritic cells, reveal the steady-state cellular partners of regulatory T cells and identify germinal centre-resident T follicular helper cells on the basis of their ability to interact cognately with germinal centre B cells. By coupling uLIPSTIC with single-cell transcriptomics, we build a catalogue of the immune populations that physically interact with intestinal epithelial cells at the steady state and profile the evolution of the interactome of lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus-specific CD8+ T cells in multiple organs following systemic infection. Thus, uLIPSTIC provides a broadly useful technology for measuring and understanding cell-cell interactions across multiple biological systems.


Assuntos
Linfócitos B , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos , Comunicação Celular , Células Dendríticas , Células Epiteliais , Células T Auxiliares Foliculares , Linfócitos T Reguladores , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/citologia , Linfócitos T CD8-Positivos/imunologia , Comunicação Celular/imunologia , Células Dendríticas/citologia , Células Dendríticas/imunologia , Ligantes , Linfócitos T Reguladores/citologia , Linfócitos T Reguladores/imunologia , Células T Auxiliares Foliculares/citologia , Células T Auxiliares Foliculares/imunologia , Linfócitos B/citologia , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Análise da Expressão Gênica de Célula Única , Células Epiteliais/citologia , Células Epiteliais/imunologia , Mucosa Intestinal/citologia , Mucosa Intestinal/imunologia , Vírus da Coriomeningite Linfocítica/imunologia , Coriomeningite Linfocítica/imunologia , Coriomeningite Linfocítica/virologia , Especificidade de Órgãos
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Nature ; 628(8008): 612-619, 2024 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38509366

RESUMO

There is increasing interest in how immune cells in the meninges-the membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord-contribute to homeostasis and disease in the central nervous system1,2. The outer layer of the meninges, the dura mater, has recently been described to contain both innate and adaptive immune cells, and functions as a site for B cell development3-6. Here we identify organized lymphoid structures that protect fenestrated vasculature in the dura mater. The most elaborate of these dural-associated lymphoid tissues (DALT) surrounded the rostral-rhinal confluence of the sinuses and included lymphatic vessels. We termed this structure, which interfaces with the skull bone marrow and a comparable venous plexus at the skull base, the rostral-rhinal venolymphatic hub. Immune aggregates were present in DALT during homeostasis and expanded with age or after challenge with systemic or nasal antigens. DALT contain germinal centre B cells and support the generation of somatically mutated, antibody-producing cells in response to a nasal pathogen challenge. Inhibition of lymphocyte entry into the rostral-rhinal hub at the time of nasal viral challenge abrogated the generation of germinal centre B cells and class-switched plasma cells, as did perturbation of B-T cell interactions. These data demonstrate a lymphoid structure around vasculature in the dura mater that can sample antigens and rapidly support humoral immune responses after local pathogen challenge.


Assuntos
Dura-Máter , Imunidade Humoral , Tecido Linfoide , Veias , Administração Intranasal , Antígenos/administração & dosagem , Antígenos/imunologia , Medula Óssea/imunologia , Sistema Nervoso Central/irrigação sanguínea , Sistema Nervoso Central/imunologia , Dura-Máter/irrigação sanguínea , Dura-Máter/imunologia , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , Vasos Linfáticos/imunologia , Tecido Linfoide/irrigação sanguínea , Tecido Linfoide/imunologia , Plasmócitos/imunologia , Crânio/irrigação sanguínea , Linfócitos T/imunologia , Veias/fisiologia , Humanos , Masculino , Feminino , Adulto , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Animais , Camundongos , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais
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Nature ; 627(8003): 407-415, 2024 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38383779

RESUMO

Neuromyelitis optica is a paradigmatic autoimmune disease of the central nervous system, in which the water-channel protein AQP4 is the target antigen1. The immunopathology in neuromyelitis optica is largely driven by autoantibodies to AQP42. However, the T cell response that is required for the generation of these anti-AQP4 antibodies is not well understood. Here we show that B cells endogenously express AQP4 in response to activation with anti-CD40 and IL-21 and are able to present their endogenous AQP4 to T cells with an AQP4-specific T cell receptor (TCR). A population of thymic B cells emulates a CD40-stimulated B cell transcriptome, including AQP4 (in mice and humans), and efficiently purges the thymic TCR repertoire of AQP4-reactive clones. Genetic ablation of Aqp4 in B cells rescues AQP4-specific TCRs despite sufficient expression of AQP4 in medullary thymic epithelial cells, and B-cell-conditional AQP4-deficient mice are fully competent to raise AQP4-specific antibodies in productive germinal-centre responses. Thus, the negative selection of AQP4-specific thymocytes is dependent on the expression and presentation of AQP4 by thymic B cells. As AQP4 is expressed in B cells in a CD40-dependent (but not AIRE-dependent) manner, we propose that thymic B cells might tolerize against a group of germinal-centre-associated antigens, including disease-relevant autoantigens such as AQP4.


Assuntos
Aquaporina 4 , Autoanticorpos , Autoantígenos , Linfócitos B , Tolerância Imunológica , Neuromielite Óptica , Animais , Humanos , Camundongos , 60533 , Aquaporina 4/deficiência , Aquaporina 4/genética , Aquaporina 4/imunologia , Aquaporina 4/metabolismo , Autoanticorpos/imunologia , Autoantígenos/imunologia , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Antígenos CD40/imunologia , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , Neuromielite Óptica/imunologia , Neuromielite Óptica/metabolismo , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T/imunologia , Linfócitos T/imunologia , Timo/citologia , Timo/imunologia , Células Epiteliais da Tireoide/imunologia , Células Epiteliais da Tireoide/metabolismo , Transcriptoma
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J Virol ; 97(12): e0100823, 2023 Dec 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37962378

RESUMO

IMPORTANCE: The human gammaherpesviruses Epstein-Barr virus and Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus are etiologic agents of numerous B cell lymphomas. A hallmark of gammaherpesvirus infection is their ability to establish lifelong latency in B cells. However, the specific mechanisms that mediate chronic infection in B cells in vivo remain elusive. Cellular E3 ubiquitin ligases regulate numerous biological processes by catalyzing ubiquitylation and modifying protein location, function, or half-life. Many viruses hijack host ubiquitin ligases to evade antiviral host defense and promote viral fitness. Here, we used the murine gammaherpesvirus 68 in vivo system to demonstrate that the E3 ligase Cul4b is essential for this virus to establish latency in germinal center B cells. These findings highlight an essential role for this E3 ligase in promoting chronic gammaherpesvirus infection in vivo and suggest that targeted inhibition of E3 ligases may provide a novel and effective intervention strategy against gammaherpesvirus-associated diseases.


Assuntos
Linfócitos B , Gammaherpesvirinae , Infecções por Herpesviridae , Infecção Persistente , Animais , Camundongos , Linfócitos B/enzimologia , Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Linfócitos B/virologia , Proteínas Culina/metabolismo , Gammaherpesvirinae/fisiologia , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Centro Germinativo/virologia , Infecções por Herpesviridae/enzimologia , Infecções por Herpesviridae/virologia , Infecção Persistente/enzimologia , Infecção Persistente/virologia , Ubiquitinas/metabolismo , Latência Viral
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Nature ; 617(7961): 592-598, 2023 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37011668

RESUMO

The primary two-dose SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine series are strongly immunogenic in humans, but the emergence of highly infectious variants necessitated additional doses and the development of vaccines aimed at the new variants1-4. SARS-CoV-2 booster immunizations in humans primarily recruit pre-existing memory B cells5-9. However, it remains unclear whether the additional doses induce germinal centre reactions whereby re-engaged B cells can further mature, and whether variant-derived vaccines can elicit responses to variant-specific epitopes. Here we show that boosting with an mRNA vaccine against the original monovalent SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine or the bivalent B.1.351 and B.1.617.2 (Beta/Delta) mRNA vaccine induced robust spike-specific germinal centre B cell responses in humans. The germinal centre response persisted for at least eight weeks, leading to significantly more mutated antigen-specific bone marrow plasma cell and memory B cell compartments. Spike-binding monoclonal antibodies derived from memory B cells isolated from individuals boosted with either the original SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, bivalent Beta/Delta vaccine or a monovalent Omicron BA.1-based vaccine predominantly recognized the original SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Nonetheless, using a more targeted sorting approach, we isolated monoclonal antibodies that recognized the BA.1 spike protein but not the original SARS-CoV-2 spike protein from individuals who received the mRNA-1273.529 booster; these antibodies were less mutated and recognized novel epitopes within the spike protein, suggesting that they originated from naive B cells. Thus, SARS-CoV-2 booster immunizations in humans induce robust germinal centre B cell responses and can generate de novo B cell responses targeting variant-specific epitopes.


Assuntos
Linfócitos B , Vacinas contra COVID-19 , COVID-19 , Centro Germinativo , Imunização Secundária , Humanos , Anticorpos Monoclonais/imunologia , Anticorpos Neutralizantes/imunologia , Anticorpos Antivirais/imunologia , COVID-19/imunologia , COVID-19/prevenção & controle , COVID-19/virologia , Vacinas contra COVID-19/administração & dosagem , Vacinas contra COVID-19/imunologia , SARS-CoV-2/genética , SARS-CoV-2/imunologia , Glicoproteína da Espícula de Coronavírus/genética , Glicoproteína da Espícula de Coronavírus/imunologia , Linfócitos B/citologia , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , Plasmócitos/citologia , Plasmócitos/imunologia , Células B de Memória/citologia , Células B de Memória/imunologia , Epitopos de Linfócito B/genética , Epitopos de Linfócito B/imunologia
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Cell ; 186(1): 131-146.e13, 2023 01 05.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36565697

RESUMO

Germinal centers (GCs) form in secondary lymphoid organs in response to infection and immunization and are the source of affinity-matured B cells. The duration of GC reactions spans a wide range, and long-lasting GCs (LLGCs) are potentially a source of highly mutated B cells. We show that rather than consisting of continuously evolving B cell clones, LLGCs elicited by influenza virus or SARS-CoV-2 infection in mice are sustained by progressive replacement of founder clones by naive-derived invader B cells that do not detectably bind viral antigens. Rare founder clones that resist replacement for long periods are enriched in clones with heavily mutated immunoglobulins, including some with very high affinity for antigen, that can be recalled by boosting. Our findings reveal underappreciated aspects of the biology of LLGCs generated by respiratory virus infection and identify clonal replacement as a potential constraint on the development of highly mutated antibodies within these structures.


Assuntos
Linfócitos B , Centro Germinativo , Infecções por Vírus de RNA , Animais , Camundongos , Linfócitos B/citologia , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Células Clonais , COVID-19 , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , SARS-CoV-2 , Influenza Humana , Infecções por Vírus de RNA/imunologia , Infecções por Vírus de RNA/patologia , Infecções por Vírus de RNA/virologia
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Nature ; 613(7945): 735-742, 2023 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36473496

RESUMO

Feedback inhibition of humoral immunity by antibodies was first documented in 19091. Subsequent studies showed that, depending on the context, antibodies can enhance or inhibit immune responses2,3. However, little is known about how pre-existing antibodies influence the development of memory B cells. Here we examined the memory B cell response in individuals who received two high-affinity anti-SARS-CoV-2 monoclonal antibodies and subsequently two doses of an mRNA vaccine4-8. We found that the recipients of the monoclonal antibodies produced antigen-binding and neutralizing titres that were only fractionally lower compared than in control individuals. However, the memory B cells of the individuals who received the monoclonal antibodies differed from those of control individuals in that they predominantly expressed low-affinity IgM antibodies that carried small numbers of somatic mutations and showed altered receptor binding domain (RBD) target specificity, consistent with epitope masking. Moreover, only 1 out of 77 anti-RBD memory antibodies tested neutralized the virus. The mechanism underlying these findings was examined in experiments in mice that showed that germinal centres formed in the presence of the same antibodies were dominated by low-affinity B cells. Our results indicate that pre-existing high-affinity antibodies bias germinal centre and memory B cell selection through two distinct mechanisms: (1) by lowering the activation threshold for B cells, thereby permitting abundant lower-affinity clones to participate in the immune response; and (2) through direct masking of their cognate epitopes. This may in part explain the shifting target profile of memory antibodies elicited by booster vaccinations9.


Assuntos
Anticorpos Antivirais , Linfócitos B , Vacinas contra COVID-19 , COVID-19 , Retroalimentação Fisiológica , Memória Imunológica , Vacinação , Vacinas de mRNA , Animais , Camundongos , Anticorpos Monoclonais/imunologia , Anticorpos Monoclonais/uso terapêutico , Anticorpos Neutralizantes/imunologia , Anticorpos Antivirais/imunologia , COVID-19/imunologia , COVID-19/prevenção & controle , COVID-19/terapia , COVID-19/virologia , SARS-CoV-2/imunologia , Vacinas de mRNA/imunologia , Vacinas contra COVID-19/imunologia , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Epitopos de Linfócito B/química , Epitopos de Linfócito B/imunologia , Imunoglobulina M/imunologia , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , Imunização Secundária , Hipermutação Somática de Imunoglobulina
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Nature ; 609(7929): 998-1004, 2022 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36131022

RESUMO

Germinal centres are the engines of antibody evolution. Here, using human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) Env protein immunogen priming in rhesus monkeys followed by a long period without further immunization, we demonstrate germinal centre B (BGC) cells that last for at least 6 months. A 186-fold increase in BGC cells was present by week 10 compared with conventional immunization. Single-cell transcriptional profiling showed that both light- and dark-zone germinal centre states were sustained. Antibody somatic hypermutation of BGC cells continued to accumulate throughout the 29-week priming period, with evidence of selective pressure. Env-binding BGC cells were still 49-fold above baseline at 29 weeks, which suggests that they could remain active for even longer periods of time. High titres of HIV-neutralizing antibodies were generated after a single booster immunization. Fully glycosylated HIV trimer protein is a complex antigen, posing considerable immunodominance challenges for B cells1,2. Memory B cells generated under these long priming conditions had higher levels of antibody somatic hypermutation, and both memory B cells and antibodies were more likely to recognize non-immunodominant epitopes. Numerous BGC cell lineage phylogenies spanning more than the 6-month germinal centre period were identified, demonstrating continuous germinal centre activity and selection for at least 191 days with no further antigen exposure. A long-prime, slow-delivery (12 days) immunization approach holds promise for difficult vaccine targets and suggests that patience can have great value for tuning of germinal centres to maximize antibody responses.


Assuntos
Afinidade de Anticorpos , Linfócitos B , Movimento Celular , Células Clonais , Centro Germinativo , Anticorpos Anti-HIV , Imunização , Animais , Anticorpos Neutralizantes/genética , Anticorpos Neutralizantes/imunologia , Afinidade de Anticorpos/genética , Afinidade de Anticorpos/imunologia , Linfócitos B/citologia , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Células Clonais/citologia , Células Clonais/imunologia , Epitopos de Linfócito B/imunologia , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , Anticorpos Anti-HIV/genética , Anticorpos Anti-HIV/imunologia , Infecções por HIV/imunologia , HIV-1/imunologia , Humanos , Imunização Secundária , Macaca mulatta/imunologia , Macaca mulatta/virologia , Células B de Memória/citologia , Células B de Memória/imunologia , Análise de Célula Única , Hipermutação Somática de Imunoglobulina/genética , Hipermutação Somática de Imunoglobulina/imunologia , Fatores de Tempo , Produtos do Gene env do Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana/administração & dosagem , Produtos do Gene env do Vírus da Imunodeficiência Humana/imunologia
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Nature ; 608(7924): 724-732, 2022 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35948631

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The lymphocyte genome is prone to many threats, including programmed mutation during differentiation1, antigen-driven proliferation and residency in diverse microenvironments. Here, after developing protocols for expansion of single-cell lymphocyte cultures, we sequenced whole genomes from 717 normal naive and memory B and T cells and haematopoietic stem cells. All lymphocyte subsets carried more point mutations and structural variants than haematopoietic stem cells, with higher burdens in memory cells than in naive cells, and with T cells accumulating mutations at a higher rate throughout life. Off-target effects of immunological diversification accounted for approximately half of the additional differentiation-associated mutations in lymphocytes. Memory B cells acquired, on average, 18 off-target mutations genome-wide for every on-target IGHV mutation during the germinal centre reaction. Structural variation was 16-fold higher in lymphocytes than in stem cells, with around 15% of deletions being attributable to off-target recombinase-activating gene activity. DNA damage from ultraviolet light exposure and other sporadic mutational processes generated hundreds to thousands of mutations in some memory cells. The mutation burden and signatures of normal B cells were broadly similar to those seen in many B-cell cancers, suggesting that malignant transformation of lymphocytes arises from the same mutational processes that are active across normal ontogeny. The mutational landscape of normal lymphocytes chronicles the off-target effects of programmed genome engineering during immunological diversification and the consequences of differentiation, proliferation and residency in diverse microenvironments.


Assuntos
Linfócitos , Mutação , Linfócitos B/citologia , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Linfócitos B/patologia , Diferenciação Celular , Proliferação de Células , Microambiente Celular , Dano ao DNA/genética , Dano ao DNA/efeitos da radiação , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , Humanos , Memória Imunológica/genética , Linfócitos/citologia , Linfócitos/imunologia , Linfócitos/metabolismo , Linfócitos/patologia , Neoplasias/genética , Neoplasias/patologia
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun ; 618: 86-92, 2022 08 27.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35716600

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The transcription factor Bach2 serves as a crucial regulator of the germinal center (GC) reaction, which is required for production of high-affinity antibodies and establishment of long-lived B cell memory. However, the stage at which Bach2 controls the GC programs and the precise mechanism underlying these processes remain poorly understood. In this study, we show that genetic ablation of Bach2 in GC B cells of mice impairs their survival and maintenance, and memory B cell formation. These defects can be rescued by enforced expression of anti-apoptotic gene Bcl2. As expected, Bach2-deficient GC B cells are defective in antibody affinity maturation, but have normal somatic hyper mutation and class switch recombination of immunoglobulin genes. Mechanistically, Bach2 controls the GC programs by directly repressing pro-apoptotic gene Bim and a set of genes involved in cell stress response and metabolic processes. Thus, our work reveals the precise roles of Bach2 in the GC biology, and demonstrates that Bach2 acts as a crucial survival regulator of GC B cells, providing a key mechanism underlying GC B maintenance and B cell memory formation.


Assuntos
Linfócitos B , Fatores de Transcrição de Zíper de Leucina Básica , Centro Germinativo , Animais , Linfócitos B/citologia , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Fatores de Transcrição de Zíper de Leucina Básica/genética , Fatores de Transcrição de Zíper de Leucina Básica/metabolismo , Sobrevivência Celular/fisiologia , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , Memória Imunológica , Camundongos , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo
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Cell Rep ; 38(8): 110399, 2022 02 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35139367

RESUMO

Follicular helper T (Tfh) cells promote, whereas follicular regulatory T (Tfr) cells restrain, germinal center (GC) reactions. However, the precise roles of these cells in the complex GC reaction remain poorly understood. Here, we perturb Tfh or Tfr cells after SARS-CoV-2 spike protein vaccination in mice. We find that Tfh cells promote the frequency and somatic hypermutation (SHM) of Spike-specific GC B cells and regulate clonal diversity. Tfr cells similarly control SHM and clonal diversity in the GC but do so by limiting clonal competition. In addition, deletion of Tfh or Tfr cells during primary vaccination results in changes in SHM after vaccine boosting. Aged mice, which have altered Tfh and Tfr cells, have lower GC responses, presenting a bimodal distribution of SHM. Together, these data demonstrate that GC responses to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein vaccines require a fine balance of positive and negative follicular T cell help to optimize humoral immunity.


Assuntos
COVID-19/prevenção & controle , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , Glicoproteína da Espícula de Coronavírus/administração & dosagem , Linfócitos T Auxiliares-Indutores/imunologia , Linfócitos T Reguladores/imunologia , Envelhecimento , Animais , Anticorpos Antivirais/sangue , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Linfócitos B/metabolismo , COVID-19/virologia , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Centro Germinativo/metabolismo , Imunidade Humoral , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , SARS-CoV-2/imunologia , SARS-CoV-2/isolamento & purificação , SARS-CoV-2/metabolismo , Glicoproteína da Espícula de Coronavírus/imunologia , Linfócitos T Auxiliares-Indutores/citologia , Linfócitos T Auxiliares-Indutores/metabolismo , Linfócitos T Reguladores/citologia , Linfócitos T Reguladores/metabolismo , Vacinação , Vacinas de Subunidades/imunologia
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Nature ; 604(7904): 141-145, 2022 04.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35168246

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Germinal centres (GC) are lymphoid structures in which B cells acquire affinity-enhancing somatic hypermutations (SHM), with surviving clones differentiating into memory B cells (MBCs) and long-lived bone marrow plasma cells1-5 (BMPCs). SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination induces a persistent GC response that lasts for at least six months in humans6-8. The fate of responding GC B cells as well as the functional consequences of such persistence remain unknown. Here, we detected SARS-CoV-2 spike protein-specific MBCs in 42 individuals who had received two doses of the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine BNT162b2 six month earlier. Spike-specific IgG-secreting BMPCs were detected in 9 out of 11 participants. Using a combined approach of sequencing the B cell receptors of responding blood plasmablasts and MBCs, lymph node GC B cells and plasma cells and BMPCs from eight individuals and expression of the corresponding monoclonal antibodies, we tracked the evolution of 1,540 spike-specific B cell clones. On average, early blood spike-specific plasmablasts exhibited the lowest SHM frequencies. By contrast, SHM frequencies of spike-specific GC B cells increased by 3.5-fold within six months after vaccination. Spike-specific MBCs and BMPCs accumulated high levels of SHM, which corresponded with enhanced anti-spike antibody avidity in blood and enhanced affinity as well as neutralization capacity of BMPC-derived monoclonal antibodies. We report how the notable persistence of the GC reaction induced by SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination in humans culminates in affinity-matured long-term antibody responses that potently neutralize the virus.


Assuntos
Linfócitos B , Vacina BNT162 , Centro Germinativo , Vacinação , Anticorpos Monoclonais , Anticorpos Antivirais , Linfócitos B/citologia , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Vacina BNT162/administração & dosagem , Vacina BNT162/imunologia , COVID-19/imunologia , COVID-19/prevenção & controle , COVID-19/virologia , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , Humanos , RNA Mensageiro/genética , SARS-CoV-2/genética , SARS-CoV-2/imunologia , Glicoproteína da Espícula de Coronavírus/imunologia
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J Immunol ; 208(5): 1057-1065, 2022 03 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35149531

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T follicular regulatory (Tfr) cells are a subset of CD4+ T cells that express CXCR5 and migrate into germinal centers (GCs). They regulate GC reactions by communicating with T follicular helper (Tfh) and B cells. TNF inhibitors are used in inflammatory diseases; however, the generation of autoantibodies or anti-drug Abs sometimes causes problems. Because TNFR2 signaling is important for suppressive functions of regulatory T cells, we investigated the role of TNFR2 on human Tfr cells. Tfr cells stimulated with MR2-1 (an anti-TNFR2 agonistic Ab) were analyzed for cell proliferation, Foxp3 expression, and surface molecules. Tfh/B cell proliferation, IgM production, and differentiation in cocultures with MR2-1-stimulated Tfr cells were examined. Tfr cells express a high level of TNFR2. MR2-1 stimulation altered the gene expression profile of Tfr cells. Cell proliferation and Foxp3 expression of Tfr cells were enhanced by MR2-1. MR2-1-stimulated Tfr cells expressed ICOS and Programmed cell death protein 1 and significantly suppressed Tfh/B cell proliferation, IgM production, and B cell differentiation. TNFR2-stimulated Tfr cells retained the migration function according to the CXCL13 gradient. In conclusion, we showed that TNFR2-stiumulated Tfr cells can regulate Tfh and B cells. Aberrant antibody production during TNF inhibitor treatment might be, at least in part, associated with TNFR2 signaling inhibition in Tfr cells. In addition, expansion and maturation of Tfr cells via TNFR2 stimulation in vitro may be useful for a cell-based therapy in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases to control GC reactions.


Assuntos
Linfócitos B/imunologia , Receptores Tipo II do Fator de Necrose Tumoral/metabolismo , Células T Auxiliares Foliculares/imunologia , Linfócitos T Reguladores/imunologia , Doenças Autoimunes/terapia , Linfócitos B/citologia , Antígeno B7-H1/metabolismo , Diferenciação Celular/imunologia , Movimento Celular/imunologia , Proliferação de Células , Quimiocina CXCL13/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição Forkhead/biossíntese , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Humanos , Imunoglobulina M/biossíntese , Proteína Coestimuladora de Linfócitos T Induzíveis/biossíntese , Ativação Linfocitária/imunologia , Receptor de Morte Celular Programada 1/metabolismo , Receptores CXCR5/metabolismo , Receptores Tipo II do Fator de Necrose Tumoral/antagonistas & inibidores , Transdução de Sinais/imunologia , Fatores de Necrose Tumoral/metabolismo
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Front Immunol ; 12: 744573, 2021.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34925321

RESUMO

B cell affinity maturation occurs in the germinal center (GC). Light-zone (LZ) GC B cells (BGC-cells) interact with follicular dendritic cells (FDCs) and compete for the limited, sequential help from T follicular helper cells needed to escape from apoptosis and complete their differentiation. The highest-affinity LZ BGC-cells enter the cell cycle and differentiate into PCs, following a dramatic epigenetic reorganization that induces transcriptome changes in general and the expression of the PRDM1 gene in particular. Human PC precursors are characterized by the loss of IL-4/STAT6 signaling and the absence of CD23 expression. Here, we studied the fate of human LZ BGC-cells as a function of their CD23 expression. We first showed that CD23 expression was restricted to the GC LZ, where it was primarily expressed by FDCs; less than 10% of tonsil LZ BGC-cells were positive. Sorted LZ BGC-cells left in culture and stimulated upregulated CD23 expression but were unable to differentiate into PCs - in contrast to cells that did not upregulate CD23 expression. An in-depth analysis (including single-cell gene expression) showed that stimulated CD23-negative LZ BGC-cells differentiated into plasmablasts and time course of gene expression changes delineates the transcriptional program that sustains PC differentiation. In particular, we identified a B cell proliferation signature supported by a transient MYC gene expression. Overall, the CD23 marker might be of value in answering questions about the differentiation of normal BGC-cells and allowed us to propose an instructive LZ BGC-cells maturation and fate model.


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Linfócitos B/imunologia , Diferenciação Celular/imunologia , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , Ativação Linfocitária/imunologia , Plasmócitos/imunologia , Linfócitos B/citologia , Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Humanos , Plasmócitos/citologia , Receptores de IgE/metabolismo , Transcrição Gênica
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Nat Commun ; 12(1): 6687, 2021 11 18.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34795279

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Pathogenic autoantibodies contribute to tissue damage and clinical decline in autoimmune disease. Follicular T cells are central regulators of germinal centers, although their contribution to autoantibody-mediated disease remains unclear. Here we perform single cell RNA and T cell receptor (TCR) sequencing of follicular T cells in a mouse model of autoantibody-mediated disease, allowing for analyses of paired transcriptomes and unbiased TCRαß repertoires at single cell resolution. A minority of clonotypes are preferentially shared amongst autoimmune follicular T cells and clonotypic expansion is associated with differential gene signatures in autoimmune disease. Antigen prediction using algorithmic and machine learning approaches indicates convergence towards shared specificities between non-autoimmune and autoimmune follicular T cells. However, differential autoimmune transcriptional signatures are preserved even amongst follicular T cells with shared predicted specificities. These results demonstrate that follicular T cells are phenotypically distinct in B cell-driven autoimmune disease, providing potential therapeutic targets to modulate autoantibody development.


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Doenças Autoimunes/imunologia , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica/métodos , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , Linfócitos T Auxiliares-Indutores/imunologia , Animais , Doenças Autoimunes/genética , Doenças Autoimunes/metabolismo , Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/imunologia , Linfócitos T CD4-Positivos/metabolismo , Células Cultivadas , Células Clonais/imunologia , Células Clonais/metabolismo , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Centro Germinativo/metabolismo , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Microscopia Confocal , RNA-Seq/métodos , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T/genética , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T/imunologia , Receptores de Antígenos de Linfócitos T/metabolismo , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Análise de Célula Única/métodos , Linfócitos T Auxiliares-Indutores/metabolismo
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Int J Mol Sci ; 22(19)2021 Sep 29.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34638855

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Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by joint inflammation, affecting approximately 1% of the general population. To alleviate symptoms and ameliorate joint damage, chronic use of immunosuppressives is needed. However, these treatments are only partially effective and may lead to unwanted side effects. Therefore, a more profound understanding of the pathophysiology might lead to more effective therapies, or better still, a cure. The presence of autoantibodies in RA indicates that B cells might have a pivotal role in the disease. This concept is further supported by the fact that a diverse antibody response to various arthritis-related epitopes is associated with arthritis development. In this context, attention has focused in recent years on the role of Germinal Centers (GCs) in RA. Since GCs act as the main anatomic location of somatic hypermutations, and, thus, contributing to the diversity and specificity of (auto) antibodies, it has been speculated that defects in germinal center reactions might be crucial in the initiation and maintenance of auto-immune events. In this paper, we discuss current evidence that various processes within GCs can result in the aberrant production of B cells that possess autoreactive properties and might result in the production of RA related autoantibodies. Secondly, we discuss various (pre-)clinical studies that have targeted various GC processes as novel therapies for RA treatment.


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Artrite Reumatoide/imunologia , Autoanticorpos/imunologia , Linfócitos B/imunologia , Epitopos/imunologia , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , Imunidade Adaptativa/imunologia , Animais , Antígenos/imunologia , Apoptose/imunologia , Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Humanos
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Front Immunol ; 12: 731100, 2021.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34603308

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is a serious infectious disease that has led to a global pandemic with high morbidity and mortality. High-affinity neutralizing antibody is important for controlling infection, which is closely regulated by follicular helper T (Tfh) cells. Tfh cells play a central role in promoting germinal center reactions and driving cognate B cell differentiation for antibody secretion. Available studies indicate a close relationship between virus-specific Tfh cell-mediated immunity and SARS-CoV-2 infection progression. Although several lines of evidence have suggested that Tfh cells contribute to the control of SARS-CoV-2 infection by eliciting neutralizing antibody productions, further studies are needed to elucidate Tfh-mediated effector mechanisms in anti-SARS-CoV-2 immunity. Here, we summarize the functional features and roles of virus-specific Tfh cells in the immunopathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection and in COVID-19 vaccines, and highlight the potential of targeting Tfh cells as therapeutic strategy against SARS-CoV-2 infection.


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Anticorpos Neutralizantes/imunologia , Anticorpos Antivirais/imunologia , COVID-19/imunologia , SARS-CoV-2/imunologia , Células T Auxiliares Foliculares/imunologia , Formação de Anticorpos/imunologia , Linfócitos B/imunologia , COVID-19/patologia , Vacinas contra COVID-19/imunologia , Diferenciação Celular/imunologia , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , Humanos , Ativação Linfocitária/imunologia , Células T Auxiliares Foliculares/citologia
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Front Immunol ; 12: 734282, 2021.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34616402

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Germinal center (GC) reactions are vital to the correct functioning of the adaptive immune system, through formation of high affinity, class switched antibodies. GCs are transient anatomical structures in secondary lymphoid organs where specific B cells, after recognition of antigen and with T cell help, undergo class switching. Subsequently, B cells cycle between zones of proliferation and somatic hypermutation and zones where renewed antigen acquisition and T cell help allows for selection of high affinity B cells (affinity maturation). Eventually GC B cells first differentiate into long-lived memory B cells (MBC) and finally into plasma cells (PC) that partially migrate to the bone marrow to encapsulate into long-lived survival niches. The regulation of GC reactions is a highly dynamically coordinated process that occurs between various cells and molecules that change in their signals. Here, we present a system-level perspective of T cell-mediated GC B cell differentiation, presenting and discussing the experimental and computational efforts on the regulation of the GCs. We aim to integrate Systems Biology with B cell biology, to advance elucidation of the regulation of high-affinity, class switched antibody formation, thus to shed light on the delicate functioning of the adaptive immune system. Specifically, we: i) review experimental findings of internal and external factors driving various GC dynamics, such as GC initiation, maturation and GCBC fate determination; ii) draw comparisons between experimental observations and mathematical modeling investigations; and iii) discuss and reflect on current strategies of modeling efforts, to elucidate B cell behavior during the GC tract. Finally, perspectives are specifically given on to the areas where a Systems Biology approach may be useful to predict novel GCBC-T cell interaction dynamics.


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Linfócitos B/imunologia , Comunicação Celular , Diferenciação Celular , Centro Germinativo/imunologia , Ativação Linfocitária , Modelos Imunológicos , Biologia de Sistemas , Linfócitos T Auxiliares-Indutores/imunologia , Animais , Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Proliferação de Células , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Centro Germinativo/metabolismo , Humanos , Fenótipo , Linfócitos T Auxiliares-Indutores/metabolismo , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo
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Int J Mol Sci ; 22(20)2021 Oct 12.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34681663

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The role of extracellular vesicles (EVs) proteome in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) pathology, subclassification, and patient screening is unexplored. We analyzed by state-of-the-art mass spectrometry the whole cell and secreted extracellular vesicles (EVs) proteomes of different molecular subtypes of DLBCL, germinal center B cell (GCB subtype), and activated B cell (ABC subtype). After quality control assessment, we compared whole-cell and secreted EVs proteomes of the two cell-of-origin (COO) categories, GCB and ABC subtypes, resulting in 288/1115 significantly differential expressed proteins from the whole-cell proteome and 228/608 proteins from EVs (adjust p-value < 0.05/p-value < 0.05). In our preclinical model system, we demonstrated that the EV proteome and the whole-cell proteome possess the capacity to separate cell lines into ABC and GCB subtypes. KEGG functional analysis and GO enrichment analysis for cellular component, molecular function, and biological process of differential expressed proteins (DEP) between ABC and GCB EVs showed a significant enrichment of pathways involved in immune response function. Other enriched functional categories for DEPs constitute cellular signaling and intracellular trafficking such as B-cell receptor (BCR), Fc_gamma R-mediated phagocytosis, ErbB signaling, and endocytosis. Our results suggest EVs can be explored as a tool for patient diagnosis, follow-up, and disease monitoring. Finally, this study proposes novel drug targets based on highly expressed proteins, for which antitumor drugs are available suggesting potential combinatorial therapies for aggressive forms of DLBCL. Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD028267.


Assuntos
Vesículas Extracelulares/metabolismo , Linfoma Difuso de Grandes Células B/patologia , Proteoma/análise , Proteômica/métodos , Linfócitos B/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Centro Germinativo/citologia , Centro Germinativo/metabolismo , Humanos , Linfoma Difuso de Grandes Células B/metabolismo , Espectrometria de Massas
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