Regulatory B Cells Shape the Development of Th2 Immune Responses in BALB/c Mice Infected with Leishmania major through IL-10 Production
Regulatory B Cells Shape the Development of Th2 Immune Responses in BALB/c Mice Infected with Leishmania major through IL-10 Production
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DOI:
10.4049/jimmunol.0901114
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发表时间:
2010-01-15
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4.4
通讯作者:
Launois, Pascal
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作者:
Ronet, Catherine;Torre, Yazmin Hauyon-La;Launois, Pascal
Recent evidence indicates that B cells are required for susceptibility to infection with Leishmania major in BALB/c mice. In this study, we analyzed the role of the IL-10 produced by B cells in this process. We showed that B cells purified from the spleen of BALB/c mice produced IL-10 in response to stimulation with L. major in vitro. In vivo, early IL-10 mRNA expression is detected after L major infection in B cells from draining lymph nodes of susceptible BALB/c, but not of resistant C57BL/6 mice. Although adoptive transfer of naive wild-type B cells prior to infection in B cell-deficient BALB/c mice restored Th2 cell development and susceptibility to infection with L. major of these otherwise resistant mice, adoptive transfer of IL-10(-/-) B cells mice did not. B cells stimulated by L. major, following in vitro or in vivo encounter, express the CD1d and CD5 molecules and the IL-10 produced by these cells downregulate IL-12 production by L. major-stimulated dendritic cells. These observations indicate that IL-10 secreting B cells are phenotypically and functionally regulatory B cells. Altogether these results demonstrate that the IL-10 produced by regulatory CD1d(+) CD5(+) B cells in response to L. major is critical for Th2 cell development in BALB/c mice. The Journal of Immunology, 2010, 184: 886-894.