Repertoire-based selection into the marginal zone compartment during B cell development
Open Access
- 18 August 2008
- journal article
- Published by Rockefeller University Press in The Journal of Experimental Medicine
- Vol. 205 (9), 2043-2052
- https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20080559
Abstract
Marginal zone (MZ) B cells resemble fetally derived B1 B cells in their innate-like rapid responses to bacterial pathogens, but the basis for this is unknown. We report that the MZ is enriched in “fetal-type” B cell receptors lacking N regions (N−). Mixed bone marrow (BM) chimeras, made with adult terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)+/+ and TdT−/− donor cells, demonstrate preferential repertoire-based selection of N− B cells into the MZ. Reconstitution of irradiated mice with adult TdT+/+ BM reveals that the MZ can replenish N− B cells in adult life via repertoire-based selection and suggest the possibility of a TdT-deficient precursor population in the adult BM. The mixed chimera data also suggest repertoire-based bifurcations into distinct BM and splenic maturation pathways, with mature “recirculating” BM B cells showing a very strong preference for N+ complementarity-determining region (CDR) 3 compared with follicular B cells. Because the T1 and MZ compartments are both the most enriched for N− H-CDR3, we propose a novel direct T1→MZ pathway and identify a potential T1–MZ precursor intermediate. We demonstrate progressive but discontinuous repertoire-based selection throughout B cell development supporting multiple branchpoints and pathways in B cell development. Multiple differentiation routes leading to MZ development may contribute to the reported functional heterogeneity of the MZ compartment.Keywords
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