Antigen-Presenting B Cells Program the Efferent Lymph T Helper Cell Response

Copyright © 2022 Alsén, Cervin, Deng, Szeponik, Wenzel, Karlsson, Cucak, Livingston, Bryder, Lu, Johansson-Lindbom and Yrlid..

B cells interact with T follicular helper (Tfh) cells in germinal centers (GCs) to generate high-affinity antibodies. Much less is known about how cognate T-B-cell interactions influence Th cells that enter circulation and peripheral tissues. Therefore, we generated mice lacking MHC-II expressing B cells and, by thoracic duct cannulation, analyzed Th cells in the efferent lymph at defined intervals post-immunization. Focusing on gut-draining mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs), we show that antigen-specific α4β7+ gut-homing effector Th cells enter the circulation prior to CXCR5+PD-1+ Tfh-like cells. B cells appear to have no or limited impact on the early generation and egress of gut-homing Th cells but are critical for the subsequent appearance of Tfh-like cells that peak in the lymph before GCs have developed. At this stage, antigen-presenting B cells also reduce the proportion of α4β7+ Th cells in the MLN and efferent lymph. Furthermore, cognate B-cell interaction drives a broad transcriptional program in Th cells, including IL-4 that is confined to the Tfh cell lineage. The IL-4-producing Tfh-like cells originate from Bcl6+ precursors in the LNs and have gut-homing capacity. Hence, B cells program the efferent lymph Th cell response within a limited window of time after antigenic challenge.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Frontiers in immunology - 13(2022) vom: 18., Seite 813203

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Alsén, Samuel [VerfasserIn]
Cervin, Jakob [VerfasserIn]
Deng, Yaxiong [VerfasserIn]
Szeponik, Louis [VerfasserIn]
Wenzel, Ulf Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Karlsson, Joakim [VerfasserIn]
Cucak, Helena [VerfasserIn]
Livingston, Megan [VerfasserIn]
Bryder, David [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Qianjin [VerfasserIn]
Johansson-Lindbom, Bengt [VerfasserIn]
Yrlid, Ulf [VerfasserIn]

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207137-56-2
B cells
Efferent lymph
Gut-homing CD4+ T cells
Interleukin-4
Journal Article
Receptors, CXCR5
Small intestinal lamina propria
T cells

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Date Completed 08.04.2022

Date Revised 20.05.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3389/fimmu.2022.813203

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM338860118