Systems level analysis of B-cell development identifies BDNF as a driver for human B lymphopoiesis
Nevo, N.; Klein, Y.; Alpert, A.; Grau, A.; Melamed, D.; Milman, N.; Few-Cooper, T. J.; Shen-Orr, S. S.
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B-cell aplasia impairs the immune response to cancer, infections and vaccines. However, no B-cell accelerator is available in the clinic to date. Here, we utilized a system biology approach to discover drivers for B lymphopoiesis in the human Bone Marrow (BM). By integrating scRNA-seq data analyses with intercellular communication mapping, we created an initial list of putative drivers emanating from the BM microenvironment and interacting with nascent B lymphocytes. We further intersected our findings with clinical B-cell depletion studies and developmental conditions pointing at age-impaired B lymphopoiesis. These funneling procedures enabled identification of putative top drivers on which we performed progenitor BM cells scRNA-seq stimulation assays, demonstrating their ability to upregulate immune developmental pathways within early B-cells. Finally, we succesfully validated BDNF, a neurotrophin, as a B-cell accelerator in in-vitro culture. Our systems-biology methodology paves the way towards identification of additional human hematopoiesis drivers and immune recovery and functionality.
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