Low-dose IL-2 enhances the generation of IL-10-producing immunoregulatory B cells

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Dysfunction of interleukin-10 producing regulatory B cells has been associated with the pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases, but whether regulatory B cells can be therapeutically induced in humans is currently unknown. Here we demonstrate that a subset of activated B cells expresses CD25, and the addition of low-dose recombinant IL-2 to in vitro stimulated peripheral blood and splenic human B cells augments IL-10 secretion. Administration of low dose IL-2, aldesleukin, to patients increases IL-10-producing B cells. Single-cell RNA sequencing of circulating immune cells isolated from low dose IL2-treated patients reveals an increase in plasmablast and plasma cell populations that are enriched for a regulatory B cell gene signature. The transcriptional repressor BACH2 is significantly down-regulated in plasma cells from IL-2-treated patients, BACH2 binds to the IL-10 gene promoter, and Bach2 depletion or genetic deficiency increases B cell IL-10, implicating BACH2 suppression as an important mechanism by which IL-2 may promote an immunoregulatory phenotype in B cells.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Nature communications - 14(2023), 1 vom: 12. Apr., Seite 2071

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Inaba, Akimichi [VerfasserIn]
Tuong, Zewen Kelvin [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Tian X [VerfasserIn]
Stewart, Andrew P [VerfasserIn]
Mathews, Rebeccah [VerfasserIn]
Truman, Lucy [VerfasserIn]
Sriranjan, Rouchelle [VerfasserIn]
Kennet, Jane [VerfasserIn]
Saeb-Parsy, Kourosh [VerfasserIn]
Wicker, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Waldron-Lynch, Frank [VerfasserIn]
Cheriyan, Joseph [VerfasserIn]
Todd, John A [VerfasserIn]
Mallat, Ziad [VerfasserIn]
Clatworthy, Menna R [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

130068-27-8
Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors
Interleukin-10
Interleukin-2
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 14.04.2023

Date Revised 20.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41467-023-37424-w

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM355501961