A Germinal Center Checkpoint of AIRE in B Cells Limits Antibody Diversification

In response to antigens, B cells undergo affinity maturation and class switching mediated by activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) in germinal centers (GCs) of secondary lymphoid organs, but uncontrolled AID activity can precipitate autoimmunity and cancer. The regulation of GC antibody diversification is of fundamental importance but not well understood. We found that autoimmune regulator (AIRE), the molecule essential for T cell tolerance, is expressed in GC B cells in a CD40-dependent manner, interacts with AID and negatively regulates antibody affinity maturation and class switching by inhibiting AID function. AIRE deficiency in B cells caused altered antibody repertoire, increased somatic hypermutations, elevated autoantibodies to T helper 17 effector cytokines and defective control of skin Candida albicans. These results define a GC B cell checkpoint of humoral immunity and illuminate new approaches of generating high-affinity neutralizing antibodies for immunotherapy.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology - (2024) vom: 12. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhou, Jordan Z [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Bihui [VerfasserIn]
Pei, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Guang Wen [VerfasserIn]
Pawlitz, Michael D [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Li, Xinyang [VerfasserIn]
Hokynar, Kati C [VerfasserIn]
Yao, Fayi [VerfasserIn]
Perera, Madusha L W [VerfasserIn]
Wei, Shanqiao [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Simin [VerfasserIn]
Polin, Lisa A [VerfasserIn]
Poulik, Janet M [VerfasserIn]
Ranki, Annamari [VerfasserIn]
Krohn, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Cunningham-Rundles, Charlotte [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Naibo [VerfasserIn]
Bhagwat, Ashok S [VerfasserIn]
Yu, Kefei [VerfasserIn]
Peterson, Pärt [VerfasserIn]
Kisand, Kai [VerfasserIn]
Vuong, Bao Q [VerfasserIn]
Cerutti, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Kang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

AID
AIRE
Antibody diversification
Autoimmunity
B cell
Checkpoint
Germinal center
Humoral immunity
Immunodeficiency
Immunotherapy
Preprint

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Date Revised 05.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1101/2024.01.10.574926

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NLM36750846X