Unit of Infection Models, German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research, Goettingen, Germany;
J Leukoc Biol. 2015 Jan;97(1):19-30. doi: 10.1189/jlb.1HI0514-243R. Epub 2014 Oct 23.
B cells, as an important part of the humoral immune response, are generated in the BM, migrate to secondary lymphoid organs, and upon activation, differentiate into antibody-producing memory B cells or plasma cells. Despite the pivotal roles that they play in different diseases, a comprehensive characterization in healthy rhesus macaques, which serve as valuable models for a variety of human diseases, is still missing. With the use of multiparameter flow cytometry, we analyzed B cells in BM collected from two locations, i.e., the iliac crest (BMca) and the femur (BMfem), PB, as well as secondary lymphoid organs of healthy rhesus macaques. We assessed the frequencies of immature and mature B cells, as well as CD19(+) CD20(-) CD38(+/++) CD138(+/++) plasmablasts/plasma cells. Furthermore, we found site-specific differences in the expression of markers for B cell activation and proliferation, chemokine receptors and Igs, as well as the distribution of memory B cell subpopulations. As secondary lymphoid organs harbor the highest frequencies of naive B cells, expression of CD80, CD95, and Ki67 was lower compared with B cells in the periphery and BM, whereas expression of IgD, CXCR4 (CD184), and CCR7 (CD197) was higher. Interestingly, BMca differed from BMfem regarding frequencies of B cells, their expression of CD80 and CXCR4, T cells, and plasma cells. In summary, these data identify baseline values for the above-mentioned parameters and provide the foundation for future studies on B and plasma cells in different diseases.
B 细胞作为体液免疫应答的重要组成部分,在骨髓中生成,迁移至次级淋巴器官,在激活后分化为产生抗体的记忆 B 细胞或浆细胞。尽管它们在不同疾病中发挥着关键作用,但在作为多种人类疾病有价值模型的健康恒河猴中,仍缺乏全面的特征描述。本研究使用多参数流式细胞术分析了取自髂嵴(BMca)和股骨(BMfem)、外周血(PB)以及健康恒河猴次级淋巴器官的骨髓中 B 细胞。我们评估了未成熟和成熟 B 细胞以及 CD19(+) CD20(-) CD38(+/++) CD138(+/++)浆母细胞/浆细胞的频率。此外,我们还发现 B 细胞激活和增殖标志物、趋化因子受体和 Igs 的表达以及记忆 B 细胞亚群的分布存在位置特异性差异。由于次级淋巴器官中含有最高频率的幼稚 B 细胞,因此与外周血和骨髓中的 B 细胞相比,CD80、CD95 和 Ki67 的表达较低,而 IgD、CXCR4(CD184)和 CCR7(CD197)的表达较高。有趣的是,BMca 在 B 细胞、CD80 和 CXCR4 的表达、T 细胞和浆细胞的频率方面与 BMfem 存在差异。总之,这些数据确定了上述参数的基线值,并为未来在不同疾病中研究 B 细胞和浆细胞奠定了基础。