You Yuying, Zhao Hong, Wang Yue, Carter Robert H
Department of Microbiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham AL 35294, USA.
J Immunol. 2009 Jun 15;182(12):7343-7. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.0804295.
Marginal zone (MZ) B cells are absent in CD19(-/-) mice. Possible causes include an intrinsic defect in B cells and/or a secondary defect in the extrinsic MZ microenvironment as a result of changes in B cell differentiation in mice lacking CD19. Cells in the MZ also include MZ macrophages (MZM) and MZ dendritic cells (DC). Although CD19 is only expressed on B cells, SIGN-R1(+) MZM are absent and CD11c(+) MZ DC distribution is abnormal in CD19(-/-) mice. Adoptively transferred B cells from normal mice are able to reconstitute MZ B cells in CD19(-/-) mice. In contrast, CD19(-/-) B cells could not enter the MZ of the normal mice. Furthermore, MZM distribution and MZ DC distribution are restored following MZ B cell reconstitution in CD19(-/-) mice. Thus, MZ B cells are required for MZM differentiation and MZ DC localization, but the deficiency of MZ B cells in CD19(-/-) mice is caused by a defect of intrinsic B cell signaling.
边缘区(MZ)B细胞在CD19基因敲除(-/-)小鼠中缺失。可能的原因包括B细胞的内在缺陷和/或由于缺乏CD19的小鼠B细胞分化变化导致的外在MZ微环境的继发性缺陷。MZ中的细胞还包括MZ巨噬细胞(MZM)和MZ树突状细胞(DC)。尽管CD19仅在B细胞上表达,但在CD19(-/-)小鼠中,SIGN-R1(+)MZM缺失且CD11c(+)MZ DC分布异常。从正常小鼠过继转移的B细胞能够在CD19(-/-)小鼠中重建MZ B细胞。相反,CD19(-/-)B细胞无法进入正常小鼠的MZ。此外,在CD19(-/-)小鼠中重建MZ B细胞后,MZM分布和MZ DC分布得以恢复。因此,MZ B细胞是MZM分化和MZ DC定位所必需的,但CD19(-/-)小鼠中MZ B细胞的缺乏是由内在B细胞信号传导缺陷引起的。