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SCIENCE IMMUNOLOGY
卷 7, 期 76, 页码 -出版社
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
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- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australia [APP1175411, APP1176588]
- NHMRC Early-Career Fellowship [APP1139911]
- Early Postdoc Mobility fellowship [P2ZHP3_164964]
- Swiss National Science Foundation [P300PA_177893]
- NHMRC Australia [APP1146617]
- NHMRC Project [APP1146617]
- NHMRC Ideas [APP1185294]
- Victorian State Government
- Australian Government NHMRC Independent Research [361646]
- Monash University
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [P2ZHP3_164964, P300PA_177893] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
A study using a genetic timestamping system in mice reveals that persistent plasma cells accumulate in the bone marrow at a constant rate after immunization. Affinity-based selection is observed in these persisting plasma cells, indicating that modulating the duration of the germinal center reaction can enhance antibody-mediated immunity.
Vaccines work largely by generating long-lived plasma cells (LLPCs), but knowledge of how such cells are recruited is sparse. Although it is clear that LLPCs preferentially originate in germinal centers (GCs) and relocate to survival niches in bone marrow where they can persist for decades, the issues of the timing of LLPC recruitment and the basis of their retention remain uncertain. Here, using a genetic timestamping system in mice, we show that persistent PCs accrue in bone marrow at an approximately constant rate of one cell per hour over a period spanning several weeks after a single immunization with a model antigen. Affinity-based selection was evident in persisting PCs, reflecting a relative and dynamic rather than absolute affinity threshold as evidenced by the changing pattern of VH gene somatic mutations conveying increased affinity for antigen. We conclude that the life span of persistent, antigen-specific PCs is in part intrinsic, preprogrammed, and varied and that their final number is related to the duration of the response in a predictable way. This implies that modulating vaccines to extend the duration of the GC reaction will enhance antibody-mediated protective immunity.
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