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Med Sci (Paris)
Volume 31, Number 6-7, Juin–Juillet 2015
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Page(s) | 647 - 653 | |
Section | M/S Revues | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/medsci/20153106018 | |
Published online | 07 July 2015 |
Les lymphocytes B IgM+IgD+CD27+ chez l’homme
Un rôle essentiel dans la défense contre les bactéries encapsulées
IgM+IgD+CD27+ B cells in human: an essential role in the protection against encapsulated bacteria
Institut Necker-Enfants malades (INEM), Inserm U1151, CNRS UMR 8253, université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, faculté de médecine, site Broussais, 14, rue Maria Helena Viera Da Silva, 75993
Paris Cedex 14, France
Chez l’homme, la molécule CD27 est considérée comme un marqueur des cellules B mémoires générées au cours des réponses T-dépendantes et exprimant des immunoglobulines (Ig) mutées. Nous montrons que les cellules B IgM+IgD+CD27+ sont issues d’une voie de différenciation distincte de celle des cellules B mémoires IgG+/IgA+CD27+. Elles correspondent aux cellules B de la zone marginale splénique et sont impliquées dans les réponses T-indépendantes. Nos résultats étayent l’hypothèse d’une prédiversification de leurs Ig au cours d’un programme de développement et leur appartenance à un lignage NOTCH2-dépendant. Enfin, les récepteurs « Toll-like » sont impliqués dans le développement et/ou l’homéostasie de ces cellules.
Abstract
In humans, CD27+ blood B cells with mutated immunoglobulin (Ig) receptors comprise two major populations: isotype-switched memory cells (IgG+ or IgA+CD27+) and IgM+IgD+CD27+ cells. While switched CD27+ cells are generated in germinal centers (GC) by T-dependent (TD) responses, the origin of IgM+IgD+CD27+ cells is still controversial. Data including ours support the view that these cells can develop and mutate along a GC-independent pathway and that they represent circulating marginal zone B (MZB) cells involved in T-independent (TI) responses. Our data provide evidence for a developmental diversification of these MZB cells, at least in very young children, outside of TD and TI immune responses. The identification of a human MZB cell precursor with NOTCH2-dependent differentiation properties further argue in favor of the existence of a MZB cell lineage in humans, like in rodents. At last, a role for Toll-like receptors in the development and/or maintenance of IgM+IgD+CD27+ B cells is proposed.
© 2015 médecine/sciences – Inserm
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