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Abstract
B-1 cells reside predominantly within the coelomic cavities, tonsils, Peyer's patches, spleen (a minor fraction – ∼5%) and are absent in the lymph nodes. They are the primary sources of natural IgM in the body. B-1 cells express polyreactive B cell receptors (BCRs) that cross react with self-antigens and are thus implicated in auto-immune disorders. Previously, we reported that peritoneal B-1 cells are deficient in CD19-mediated intracellular signals leading to Ca2+ mobilization. Here, we find that splenic B-1 cells, like peritoneal B-1 cells, are defective in Ca2+ release upon B cell activation by co-cross-linking BCR and CD19. In the absence of extracellular sources of Ca2+, intracellular Ca2+ flux is similar between B-1 and B-2 cells. Moreover, the intracellular component of Ca2+ release in both subsets of B cells is mostly PI3K dependent. BCR and CD19 co-cross-linking activates Akt, a key mediator of survival and proliferation signals downstream of PI3K in splenic B-2 cells. Splenic B-1 cells, on the other hand, do not phosphorylate Akt (S473) upon similar treatment. Furthermore, BCR + CD19 cross-linking induced phosphorylation of JNK is much reduced in splenic B-1 cells. In contrast, B-1 cells exhibited increased levels of constitutively active pLyn which appears to have an inhibitory role. The CD19 induced Ca2+ response and BCR induced proliferation response were restored by a partial inhibition of pLyn with Src kinase specific inhibitors. These findings suggest a defect in CD19-mediated signals in both peritoneal and splenic B-1 B lymphocytes, which is in part, due to higher levels of constitutively active Lyn.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-2009
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molimm.2009.04.015
Repository Citation
Dasu, Trivikram; Sindhava, Vishal; Clarke, Stephen H.; and Bondada, Subbarao, "CD19 Signaling Is Impaired in Murine Peritoneal and Splenic B-1 B Lymphocytes" (2009). Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics Faculty Publications. 124.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/microbio_facpub/124
Notes/Citation Information
Published in Molecular Immunology, v. 46, issue 13, p. 2655-2665.
Copyright © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
The document available for download is the author's post-peer-review final draft of the article.