Chayé Mathilde A M, van Hengel Oscar R J, Voskamp Astrid L, Ozir-Fazalalikhan Arifa, König Marion H, Stam Koen A, Manurung Mikhael D, Mouwenda Yoanne D, Aryeetey Yvonne A, Kurniawan Agnes, Kruize Yvonne C M, Sartono Erliyani, Buisman Anne-Marie, Yazdanbakhsh Maria, Tak Tamar, Smits Hermelijn H
Leiden University Center for Infectious Diseases (LUCID), LUMC, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Centre de Recherches Médicales de Lambaréné (CERMEL), Lambaréné, Gabon.
Clin Exp Immunol. 2025 Jan 21;219(1). doi: 10.1093/cei/uxae074.
B-cells play a critical role in the formation of immune responses against pathogens by acting as antigen-presenting cells, by modulating immune responses, and by generating immune memory and antibody responses. Here, we studied B-cell subset distributions between regions with higher and lower microbial exposure, i.e. by comparing peripheral blood B-cells from people living in Indonesia or Ghana to those from healthy Dutch residents using a 36-marker mass cytometry panel. By applying an unbiased multidimensional approach, we observed differences in the balance between the naïve and memory compartments, with higher CD11c+ and double negative (DN-IgDnegCD27neg) memory (M)B-cells in individuals from rural tropical areas, and conversely lower naïve B-cells compared to residents from an area with less pathogen exposure. Furthermore, characterization of total B-cell populations, CD11c+, DN, and Breg cells showed the emergence of specific memory clusters in individuals living in rural tropical areas. Some of these differences were more pronounced in children compared to adults and suggest that a higher microbial exposure accelerates memory B-cell formation, which "normalizes" with age.
B细胞通过作为抗原呈递细胞、调节免疫反应以及产生免疫记忆和抗体反应,在针对病原体的免疫反应形成中发挥关键作用。在此,我们研究了微生物暴露程度较高和较低区域之间的B细胞亚群分布,即通过使用36标记物质谱流式细胞术面板,比较印度尼西亚或加纳居民与健康荷兰居民的外周血B细胞。通过应用无偏多维方法,我们观察到幼稚和记忆区室之间平衡的差异,热带农村地区个体中CD11c+和双阴性(DN-IgDnegCD27neg)记忆(M)B细胞较多,相反,与病原体暴露较少地区的居民相比,幼稚B细胞较少。此外,对总B细胞群体、CD11c+、DN和Breg细胞的表征显示,生活在热带农村地区的个体中出现了特定的记忆簇。与成年人相比,其中一些差异在儿童中更为明显,这表明较高的微生物暴露会加速记忆B细胞的形成,而这种情况会随着年龄增长而“正常化”。