Monitoring Memory B Cells by Next-Generation ImmunoSpot® Provides Insights into Humoral Immunity that Measurements of Circulating Antibodies Do Not Reveal

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Memory B cells (Bmem) provide the second wall of adaptive humoral host defense upon specific antigen rechallenge when the first wall, consisting of preformed antibodies originating from a preceding antibody response, fails. This is the case, as recently experienced with SARS-CoV-2 infections and previously with seasonal influenza, when levels of neutralizing antibodies decline or when variant viruses arise that evade such. While in these instances, reinfection can occur, in both scenarios, the rapid engagement of preexisting Bmem into the recall response can still confer immune protection. Bmem are known to play a critical role in host defense, yet their assessment has not become part of the standard immune monitoring repertoire. Here we describe a new generation of B cell ELISPOT/FluoroSpot (collectively ImmunoSpot®) approaches suited to dissect, at single-cell resolution, the Bmem repertoire ex vivo, revealing its immunoglobulin class/subclass utilization, and its affinity distribution for the original, and for variant viruses/antigens. Because such comprehensive B cell ImmunoSpot® tests can be performed with minimal cell material, are scalable, and robust, they promise to be well-suited for routine immune monitoring.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2768

Enthalten in:

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 2768(2024) vom: 19., Seite 167-200

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lehmann, Paul V [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Zhigang [VerfasserIn]
Becza, Noémi [VerfasserIn]
Valente, Alexis V [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Junbo [VerfasserIn]
Kirchenbaum, Greg A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Affinity
Antibodies
Antibodies, Neutralizing
Antibodies, Viral
Antibody titers
Antigens
B cells
ELISPOT
FluoroSpot
Immune memory
Immune monitoring
Journal Article

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Date Completed 21.03.2024

Date Revised 21.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/978-1-0716-3690-9_11

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369920287