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Role of MHC Class II on Memory B Cells in Post-Germinal Center B Cell Homeostasis and Memory Response This information is current as Michiko Shimoda, Tao Li, Jeanene P. S. Pihkala and of September 27, 2021. Pandelakis A. Koni J Immunol 2006; 176:2122-2133; ; doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.4.2122 http://www.jimmunol.org/content/176/4/2122 Downloaded from References This article cites 56 articles, 32 of which you can access for free at: http://www.jimmunol.org/content/176/4/2122.full#ref-list-1 http://www.jimmunol.org/ Why The JI? Submit online. • Rapid Reviews! 30 days* from submission to initial decision • No Triage! Every submission reviewed by practicing scientists • Fast Publication! 4 weeks from acceptance to publication by guest on September 27, 2021 *average Subscription Information about subscribing to The Journal of Immunology is online at: http://jimmunol.org/subscription Permissions Submit copyright permission requests at: http://www.aai.org/About/Publications/JI/copyright.html Email Alerts Receive free email-alerts when new articles cite this article. Sign up at: http://jimmunol.org/alerts The Journal of Immunology is published twice each month by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc., 1451 Rockville Pike, Suite 650, Rockville, MD 20852 Copyright © 2006 by The American Association of Immunologists All rights reserved. Print ISSN: 0022-1767 Online ISSN: 1550-6606. The Journal of Immunology Role of MHC Class II on Memory B Cells in Post-Germinal Center B Cell Homeostasis and Memory Response1 Michiko Shimoda,2*† Tao Li,* Jeanene P. S. Pihkala,* and Pandelakis A. Koni2*‡ We investigated the role of B cell Ag presentation in homeostasis of the memory B cell compartment in a mouse model where a conditional allele for the -chain of MHC class II (MHC-II) is deleted in the vast majority of all B cells by cd19 promoter-mediated expression of Cre recombinase (IA-B mice). Upon T cell-dependent immunization, a small number of MHC-II؉ B cells in IA-B mice dramatically expanded and restored normal albeit delayed levels of germinal center (GC) B cells with an affinity-enhancing somatic mutation to Ag. IA-B mice also established normal levels of MHC-II؉ memory B cells, which, however, subsequently lost MHC-II expression by ongoing deletion of the conditional iab allele without significant loss in their number. Furthermore, in vivo Ag restimulation of MHC-II؊ memory B cells of IA-B mice failed to cause differentiation into plasma cells (PCs), even in the ؉ presence of Ag-specific CD4 T cells. In addition, both numbers and Ag-specific affinity of long-lived PCs during the late post-GC Downloaded from phase, as well as post-GC serum affinity maturation, were significantly reduced in IA-B mice. These results support a notion that MHC-II-dependent T cell help during post-GC phase is not absolutely required for the maintenance of memory B cell frequency but is important for their differentiation into PCs and for the establishment of the long-lived PC compartment. The Journal of Immunology, 2006, 176: 2122–2133. 3 ajor histocompatibility complex class II (MHC-II) - lived PCs are long-lived (8, 9) and can be maintained without http://www.jimmunol.org/ restricted B cell Ag presentation is essential for the immunizing Ag persistence (10–12). Other studies also suggested M induction of Ag-specific humoral immune response that memory B cells were maintained in mice deprived of CD4ϩ T and generation of immunological memory. Upon infection or im- cells (13) or in mice deficient in complement receptor 2 (Cr2) (14). munization with T cell-dependent (TD) Ag, Ag-specific B cells Furthermore, recent studies have shown that polyclonal stimula- ϩ present Ag to Ag-specific CD4 T cells primed by dendritic cells tion such as CpG DNA or bystander T cell help can provide pro- (DCs), and this cognate T cell-B cell interaction promotes B cell liferation and even differentiation of memory B cells (11, 12). In proliferation and differentiation either into extrafollicular plasma addition, virus-specific memory B cells can be activated and dif- cells (PCs) or germinal center (GC) B cells (1, 2). During ensuing ferentiated into PCs in the absence of CD4ϩ T cells (15). Thus, massive proliferation, GC B cells undergo somatic mutations in the these studies support a notion that established memory B cells are by guest on September 27, 2021 V region of their Ig BCR, which can change the affinity of the BCR mainly maintained independent of Ag itself or Ag-specific T cell to Ag. High-affinity B cells survive by preferential interaction with help, and their differentiation into PCs is CD4ϩ T cell independent. follicular DCs and T cells, while low-affinity B cells die by apoptosis In contrast, there are also findings suggesting that even long-lived (3). This GC selection process is responsible for the generation of PCs are replenished by differentiation of high-affinity precursors “non-Ab-secreting” memory B cells and “Ab-secreting” long-lived during the post-GC phase, reflected in post-GC serum Ig affinity PCs in bone marrow (BM) (4), both of which are necessary for long- maturation, which itself is dependent on Ag-deposition (5, 16–20). term immunological memory and protection (4–6). Irradiated Cr2Ϫ/Ϫ chimeric mice reconstituted with Ag-primed B In contrast to the extensive studies on GC B cell differentiation cells and T cells showed reduced frequency of memory B cells and and selection, the mechanisms delineating memory B cells and long-lived PCs from GC B cells and the maintenance of these two Ab-secreting cells (ASCs) (19). In addition, post-GC B cells failed B cell populations long after their generation are largely unknown. to induce Blimp-1, XBP-1, and Bcl-2, which resulted in failure to Previous studies revealed that both memory B cells (7) and long- generate the precursor population of long-lived PCs (14). These results strongly suggest that there is an Ag-dependent mechanism for the maintenance of long-lived PC compartment by differenti- *Program in Molecular Immunology, Immunotherapy Center, †Department of Pathol- ation of precursors, which is required for the maximum retention ‡ ogy, and Department of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30912 of long-term protective humoral immunity. Received for publication August 17, 2005. Accepted for publication November Classically, Ag-specific B220ϩ memory B cells are defined as 25, 2005. class-switched IgDϪIgMϪ B cells (21, 22) and highly express The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked advertisement in accordance CD38 (23, 24). However, several other studies now also show that with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact. Ag restimulation promotes B220ϩCD138Ϫ memory B cells to Ϫ Ϫ 1 This work was supported in part by Medical College of Georgia Combined Intra- generate B220 CD138 preplasma memory B cells that are also mural Grants Program grants-in-aid (to M.S. and P.A.K.). maintained in the post-GC phase and differentiate into PCs upon 2 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Michiko Shimoda or Dr. Pan- Ag recall (6, 25, 26). In addition, by using a transgenic BCR delakis A. Koni, Program in Molecular Immunology, Immunotherapy Center, De- partment of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, 1120, 15th Street, Augusta, GA model, precursors for long-lived PCs were identified in BM, which 30912. E-mail address: [email protected] or [email protected] proliferate and differentiate into PCs in the absence of Ag (18). It 3 Abbreviations used in this paper: MHC-II, MHC class II; PC, plasma cell; GC, is not clear at present whether memory B cells and long-lived PCs germinal center; CGG, chicken gammaglobulin; NP, (4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl)ac- etyl; ASC, Ab-secreting cell; TD, T cell dependent; TI, T cell independent; BM, bone are largely maintained independently as a separate compartment marrow. once derived from GC B cells (4) or whether, in fact, these B cell Copyright © 2006 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc. 0022-1767/06/$02.00 The Journal of Immunology 2123 subsets in the post-GC B cell compartment sequentially or inde- 6.7), CD90.1 (HIS51), TCR (H57-597), CD19 (1D3), CD138 (281-2), pendently act as precursors of long-lived PCs (6). To support the 120G8 (Ref. 32; provided by Dr. G. Trinchieri, Schering-Plough Research ␣b latter, it has been suggested that virus-specific long-term Ab mem- Institute, Kenilworth, NJ), IA (Y3P; provided by our colleague Dr. L. ϩ Ignatowicz, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA), and PNA-FITC ory is provided by Ag-driven and CD4 TD continuous differen- (Vector Laboratories). Abs were from BD Biosciences unless otherwise tiation of memory B cells into short-lived PCs (20). Therefore, indicated. NP-haptenated PE (NP20-PE) was prepared as described else- these post-GC B cells are considered to be points of selection of where (31). Cells were analyzed on a FACSCalibur (BD Biosciences) with high-affinity clones responsible for post-GC serum affinity matu- CellQuest software (BD Biosciences). Ag-specific GC B cells and B220ϩ memory B cells were identified by ration, and their terminal differentiation into PCs is controlled by five-color analysis as previously reported (33, 34). Briefly, cells were certain mechanisms to achieve maximal affinity in the long-lived stained on ice for 45 min with a mixture of biotinylated specific Abs to PC compartment. IgM, IgD, CD43 (S7), CD5, Gr-1 (RB6-8C5), CD11b, CD49b (DX5), and In this article, we study the role of MHC-II-restricted B cell Ag CD90.2 (30-H12) to exclude naive B cells, PCs, B-1 cells, macrophages, presentation for memory B cell maintenance and their terminal NK T cells, and T cells (lineage depletion Ab mixture).