Artikel ; Online: B Cells from Aged Mice Do Not Have Intrinsic Defects in Affinity Maturation in Response to Immunization.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)
2023 Band 211, Heft 10, Seite(n) 1506–1515
Abstract: Affinity maturation, the progressive increase in serum Ab affinity after vaccination, is an essential process that contributes to an effective humoral response against vaccines and infections. Germinal centers are key for affinity maturation, because ... ...
Abstract | Affinity maturation, the progressive increase in serum Ab affinity after vaccination, is an essential process that contributes to an effective humoral response against vaccines and infections. Germinal centers are key for affinity maturation, because they are where B cells undergo somatic hypermutation of their Ig genes in the dark zone before going through positive selection in the light zone via interactions with T follicular helper cells and follicular dendritic cells. In aged mice, affinity maturation has been shown to be impaired after immunization, but whether B cell-intrinsic factors contribute to this defect remains unclear. In this study, we show that B cells from aged BCR transgenic mice are able to become germinal center B cells, which are capable of receiving positive selection signals to a similar extent as B cells from young adult mice. Consistent with this, aging also does not impact the ability of B cells to undergo somatic hypermutation and acquire affinity-enhancing mutations. By contrast, transfer of B cells from young adult BCR mice into aged recipients resulted in the impaired acquisition of affinity-enhancing mutations, demonstrating that the aged microenvironment causes altered affinity maturation. |
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Mesh-Begriff(e) | Mice ; Animals ; B-Lymphocytes ; Germinal Center ; Immunization ; Vaccination ; Mice, Transgenic |
Sprache | Englisch |
Erscheinungsdatum | 2023-09-27 |
Erscheinungsland | United States |
Dokumenttyp | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ZDB-ID | 3056-9 |
ISSN | 1550-6606 ; 0022-1767 ; 1048-3233 ; 1047-7381 |
ISSN (online) | 1550-6606 |
ISSN | 0022-1767 ; 1048-3233 ; 1047-7381 |
DOI | 10.4049/jimmunol.2300318 |
Datenquelle | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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