Role of affinity in plasma cell development in the germinal center light zone

© 2023 ElTanbouly et al..

Protective immune responses to many pathogens depend on the development of high-affinity antibody-producing plasma cells (PC) in germinal centers (GCs). Transgenic models suggest that there is a stringent affinity-based barrier to PC development. Whether a similar high-affinity barrier regulates PC development under physiologic circumstances and the nature of the PC fate decision has not been defined precisely. Here, we use a fate-mapping approach to examine the relationship between GC B cells selected to undergo additional rounds of affinity maturation, GC pre-PC, and PC. The data show that initial PC selection overlaps with GC B cell selection, but that the PC compartment accumulates a less diverse and higher affinity collection of antibodies over time. Thus, whereas the GC continues to diversify over time, affinity-based pre-PC selection sieves the GC to enable the accumulation of a more restricted group of high-affinity antibody-secreting PC.

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ErratumIn: J Exp Med. 2024 Feb 5;221(2):. - PMID 38226977

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:221

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The Journal of experimental medicine - 221(2024), 1 vom: 01. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

ElTanbouly, Mohamed A [VerfasserIn]
Ramos, Victor [VerfasserIn]
MacLean, Andrew J [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Spencer T [VerfasserIn]
Loewe, Maximilian [VerfasserIn]
Steinbach, Sandra [VerfasserIn]
Ben Tanfous, Tarek [VerfasserIn]
Johnson, Brianna [VerfasserIn]
Cipolla, Melissa [VerfasserIn]
Gazumyan, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Oliveira, Thiago Y [VerfasserIn]
Nussenzweig, Michel C [VerfasserIn]

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Antibodies
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Date Completed 09.11.2023

Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ErratumIn: J Exp Med. 2024 Feb 5;221(2):. - PMID 38226977

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1084/jem.20231838

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NLM364300930