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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 36, Issue 6, Pages 1474-1485Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200535537
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B cell expansion and differentiation; CD11b(+) cells; cytokines; glutamate; dehydrogenase; Trypanosoma cruzi
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Microbial-induced polyclonal activation of B cells is a common event in several forms of infections, and is believed to play a crucial role both for enhancing the production of specific antibodies and for maintenance of B cell memory. Therefore, a major challenge in biomedical research is the identification of pathogen-derived products capable of rapidly mounting B cell expansion and differentiation. Here we report that glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) stimulates polyclonal proliferation and differentiation of naive B cells. This stimulation was found to be T cell independent, but to absolutely require CD11b(+) cells. Moreover, we demonstrate that stimulation of CD11b(+) cells by GDH leads to the production of IL-6, IL-10 and B cell-activating factor (BAFF), all of which combine to powerfully induce B cell expansion. Importantly, IL-6 and IL-10 further drive B cell terminal differentiation into plasma cells by up-regulating critical transcription factors and immunoglobulin secretion. Our data provide the first evidence that a protozoan antigen can induce BAFF production by accessory cells, which in concert with other cytokines trigger polyclonal B cell activation.
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