Intravenous immunoglobulin induces a functional silencing program similar to anergy in human B cells

Copyright © 2013 American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. Published by Mosby, Inc. All rights reserved..

BACKGROUND: Chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases are largely due to inappropriate response of hyperactive or autoreactive B cells. These autoreactive B cells can evade central tolerance checkpoints and migrate to the periphery, where they would be silenced by anergy. Such anergic cells are characterized by B-cell receptor (BCR) desensitization and altered downstream signaling.

OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) induces a nonresponsive state of B cells and to address the similarities of this mechanism to those described in anergy.

METHODS: Human B cells were stimulated with anti-IgM antibody, and effects of IVIg on several parameters, such as calcium release, tyrosine phosphorylation, BCR aggregation, BCR internalization, or transcriptional activity, were studied by using flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, Western blotting, and a quantitative PCR array.

RESULTS: IVIg-treated B cells show defects in activating coreceptor expression, calcium signaling, and BCR aggregation on engagement by antigen. IVIg also induces suppression of phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling, which plays a central role in determining B-cell fate. All these events ultimately lead to profound modifications in gene expression, resulting in long-term functional but reversible silencing of IVIg-treated B cells.

CONCLUSION: Our findings provide insights into the effectiveness of IVIg in treating autoimmune or inflammatory pathologies associated with the loss of B-cell tolerance. Furthermore, these data provide a model to explore the complexity of positive versus negative selection in B cells.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:133

Enthalten in:

The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 133(2014), 1 vom: 18. Jan., Seite 181-8.e1-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Séïté, Jean-François [VerfasserIn]
Goutsmedt, Carole [VerfasserIn]
Youinou, Pierre [VerfasserIn]
Pers, Jacques-Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Hillion, Sophie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anergy
Anti-IgM
Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic
Autoimmunity
B cells
B-cell receptor
BCR
CTB
Cholera toxin B
Chronic inflammatory diseases
FACS
FITC
Fluorescein isothiocyanate
Fluorescence-activated cell sorting
IVIg
Immune tolerance
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Immunosuppressive Agents
Intravenous immunoglobulin
Journal Article
NF-κB
NFAT
Nuclear factor κB
Nuclear factor of activated T cells
P-Tyr
PE
PI3K
PIP3
PTEN
Phosphatase and tensin homolog
Phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate
Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
Phosphotyrosine
Phycoerythrin
Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
SA-IVIg
SHIP
SHP
Sialylated intravenous immunoglobulin
Src homology domain 2-containing inositol phosphatase
Src homology domain 2-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase
TRITC
Tetrarhodamine isothiocyanate

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Date Completed 13.03.2014

Date Revised 27.12.2013

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jaci.2013.08.042

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM231830025