Phenotypic and Ig Repertoire Analyses Indicate a Common Origin of IgD-CD27- Double Negative B Cells in Healthy Individuals and Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Phenotypic and Ig Repertoire Analyses Indicate a Common Origin of IgD-CD27- Double Negative B Cells in Healthy Individuals and Multiple Sclerosis Patients
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DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.1801236
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发表时间:
2019-09-15
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4.4
通讯作者:
Somers, Veerle
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作者:
Fraussen, Judith;Marquez, Susanna;Somers, Veerle
IgD(-)CD27(-) double negative (DN) B cells with proinflammatory characteristics are abnormally elevated in a proportion of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. In this study, the origin and selection characteristics of DN B cells were studied in MS patients and healthy controls (HC). Expression of developmental markers on peripheral blood DN, IgD(-) CD27(+) class-switched memory (CSM) and IgD(+)CD27(-) naive B cells of HC (n = 48) and MS patients (n = 96) was determined by flow cytometry. High-throughput adaptive immune receptor repertoire sequencing was performed on peripheral blood DN and CSM B cells of HC and MS patients (n = 3 each). DN B cells from HC and MS patients showed similar phenotypic and Ig repertoire characteristics. Phenotypic analysis indicated a mature state of DN B cells by low CD5, CD10, and CD38 expression. However, the frequency of CD95(+) and IgA(+) cells was lower in DN versus CSM B cells. DN B cells are Ag experienced, as shown by somatic hypermutation of their Ig genes in adaptive immune receptor repertoire sequencing, although they showed a lower mutation load than CSM B cells. Shared clones were found between DN and CSM B cells, although >95% of the clones were unique to each population, and differences in V(D)J usage and CDR3 physicochemical properties were found. Thus, DN B cells arise in HC and MS patients via a common developmental pathway that is probably linked to immune aging. However, DN and CSM B cells develop through unique differentiation pathways, with most DN B cells representing an earlier maturation state.