Mice deficient in complement receptors 1 and 2 lack a tissue injury-inducing subset of the natural antibody repertoire.
Intestinal ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury is initiated when natural Abs recognize neoantigens that are revealed on ischemic cells. Cr2(-/-) mice, deficient in complement receptors (CR)1 and CR2, demonstrate defects in T-dependent B-2 B cell responses to foreign Ags and have also been suggested to manifest abnormalities of the B-1 subset of B lymphocytes. To determine whether these CRs might play a role in the generation of the natural Abs that initiate intestinal IR injury, we performed experiments in Cr2(-/-) and control Cr2(+/+) mice. We found that Cr2(-/-) mice did not demonstrate severe intestinal injury that was readily observed in control Cr2(+/+) mice following IR, despite having identical serum levels of IgM and IgG. Pretreatment of Cr2(-/-) mice before the ischemic phase with IgM and IgG purified from the serum of wild-type C57BL/6 mice reconstituted all key features of IR injury, demonstrating that the defect involves the failure to develop this subset of natural Abs. Pretreatment with IgM and IgG individually demonstrates that each contributes to unique features of IR injury. In sum, CR2/CR1 play an unanticipated but critical role in the development of a subset of the natural Ab repertoire that has particular importance in the pathogenesis of IR injury.
Fleming
Sherry D
SD
Department of Cellular Injury, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA.
Shea-Donohue
Terez
T
Guthridge
Joel M
JM
Kulik
Liudmila
L
Waldschmidt
Thomas J
TJ
Gipson
Matthew G
MG
Tsokos
George C
GC
Holers
V Michael
VM
D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D003176:Complement C3 / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000097:blood; D007422:Intestines / Q000098:blood supply / Q000276:immunology / Q000293:injuries; D007975:Leukotriene B4 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D011951:Receptors, Complement / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics; D017464:Receptors, Complement 3d / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology
D003176:Complement C3; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D011951:Receptors, Complement; D017464:Receptors, Complement 3d; D007975:Leukotriene B4