CD93 is required for maintenance of antibody secretion and persistence of plasma cells in the bone marrow niche
- Author(s)
- Chevrier, S; Genton, C; Kallies, A; Karnowski, A; Otten, LA; Malissen, B; Malissen, M; Botto, M; Corcoran, LM; Nutt, SL; Acha-Orbea, H;
- Details
- Publication Year 2009-03-10,Volume 106,Issue #10,Page 3895-3900
- Journal Title
- PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- Publication Type
- Journal Article
- Abstract
- Plasma cells represent the end stage of B-cell development and play a key role in providing an efficient antibody response, but they are also involved in numerous pathologies. Here we show that CD93, a receptor expressed during early B-cell development, is reinduced during plasma-cell differentiation. High CD93/CD138 expression was restricted to antibody-secreting cells both in T-dependent and T-independent responses as naive, memory, and germinal-center B cells remained CD93-negative. CD93 was expressed on (pre) plasmablasts/plasma cells, including long-lived plasma cells that showed decreased cell cycle activity, high levels of isotype-switched Ig secretion, and modification of the transcriptional network. T-independent and T-dependent stimuli led to re-expression of CD93 via 2 pathways, either before or after CD138 or Blimp-1 expression. Strikingly, while humoral immune responses initially proceeded normally, CD93-deficient mice were unable to maintain antibody secretion and bone-marrow plasmacell numbers, demonstrating that CD93 is important for the maintenance of plasma cells in bone marrow niches.
- Publisher
- NATL ACAD SCIENCES
- Keywords
- B-CELLS; C1Q-MEDIATED ENHANCEMENT; VIRAL-INFECTION; BLIMP-1; EXPRESSION; PROTEIN; DIFFERENTIATION; PHAGOCYTOSIS; ANTIGEN; AUTOIMMUNITY
- Publisher's Version
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0809736106
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