Journal
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 40, Issue 3, Pages 688-698Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200939858
Keywords
Autoreactive; Immature B cells; Migration; Sphingosine 1-phosphate
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- National Institutes of Health [AI052310, AI052157]
- NIAID [T32-AI07405]
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During B-cell development, immature B-cell fate is determined by whether the BCR is engaged in the bone marrow. Immature B cells that are non-autoreactive continue maturation and emigrate from the marrow, whereas autoreactive immature B cells remain and are tolerized. However, the microenvironment where these events occur and the chemoattractants responsible for immature B-cell trafficking within and out of the bone marrow remain largely undefined. Sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) is a chemoattractant that directs lymphocyte trafficking and thymocyte egress and in this study we investigated whether SIT contributes to B-cell development, egress and positioning within the bone marrow. Our findings show that immature B cells are chemotactic toward S1P but that this response is dependent on Ag receptor specificity: non-autoreactive, but not autoreactive, immature B cells migrate toward S1P and are shown to require S1P3 receptor for this response. Despite this response, S1P3 is shown not to facilitate immature B-cell egress but is required for normal B-cell development including the positioning of transitional B cells within bone marrow sinusoids. These data indicate that S1P3 signaling directs immature B cells to a bone marrow microenvironment important for both tolerance induction and maturation.
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