Naive- and Memory-like CD21low B Cell Subsets Share Core Phenotypic and Signaling Characteristics in Systemic Autoimmune Disorders,The Journal of Immunology

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Naive- and Memory-like CD21low B Cell Subsets Share Core Phenotypic and Signaling Characteristics in Systemic Autoimmune Disorders
The Journal of Immunology ( IF 3.6 ) Pub Date : 2020-09-09 , DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2000343
Mirjam Freudenhammer _{1,

2,

3} , Reinhard E Voll _{1,

4} , Sebastian C Binder ₅ , Baerbel Keller _{1,

4} , Klaus Warnatz _{4,

6}

Affiliation

Key Points CD21low B cells occur in different autoimmune diseases with different frequencies. CD21low B cells can present with naive and different memory phenotypes. All subsets of CD21low B cells share a common core phenotype. An expansion of CD21low B cells has been described in a variety of diseases associated with persistent immune stimulation as in chronic infection, immunodeficiency, or autoimmunity. Different developmental stages of CD21low B cells have been highlighted in specific diseases; however, a systematic comparison of distribution, phenotype, and signaling capacity of these populations has not yet been performed to delineate the pivotal character of this unusual B cell population. Screening of more than 200 patients with autoimmune disease demonstrated that the prevalence of patients with expanded CD21low B cells varies between diseases. The expansion was frequent in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, in which it correlated to relative B cell lymphopenia and duration of disease. Different proportions of distinct developmental stages of CD21low B cells co-occur in nearly all patients with autoimmune disease. Although in most patients, naive-like and CD27− switched memory B cells were the most prominent CD21low subpopulations, there was no detectable association of the pattern with the underlying disease. Despite their distinct developmental stage, all CD21low B cells share a common core phenotype including the increased expression of inhibitory receptors, associated with an elevated constitutive phosphorylation of proximal signaling molecules downstream of the BCR but impaired Ca2+ mobilization and NF-κB activation after BCR stimulation. Further, this was accompanied by impaired upregulation of CD69, although CD86 upregulation was preserved. Beyond maturation-associated differences, the common core characteristics of all CD21low B cell populations suggests either a common ancestry or a shared sustained imprint by the environment they originated in.

更新日期：2020-09-09

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