Antibody feedback limits specific B-cell entry and alters germinal center repertoires by antibody-antigen complexes
Tonouchi, K.; Finney, J.; San, E. J.; Van Itallie, E.; Beem, J. S. M.; Liao, D.; Liang, X.; Yuan, L.; Szafranski, S.; Kuraoka, M.; McCarthy, K. R.; Wiehe, K.; Harrison, S.; Kelsoe, G. H.
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Antibody (Ab) feedback impacts germinal center (GC) responses. Mice given IgG1 or IgG2c recombinant Ab (rAb) specific for the receptor binding site (RBS) of H3 hemagglutinin (HA) and later immunized with the H3 HA trimer exhibited altered GC repertoires. Passive RBS rAb had no effect on the magnitude of ensuing primary GC responses but reduced the numbers of RBS-specific GC B cells. These losses were matched by increases in "unspecific" B cells which did not bind the HA immunogen, with no changes in B cells specific for distal epitopes. These effects were independent of IgG subclass. Higher doses of passive rAb resulted in reduced epitope-specific affinity maturation and clonal proliferation in GCs. Passive rAb generated Ab:HA complexes and favored recruitment of rare HA-specific GC B cells with enhanced avidity for the rAb:HA immune complex (IC). We show that some no- and low-affinity GC B cells represent responses to local ICs.
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