title: Microbial colonization influences early B-lineage development in the gut lamina propria.
abstract: The RAG1/RAG2 endonuclease (RAG) initiates the V(D)J recombination reaction that assembles immunoglobulin heavy (IgH) and light (IgL) chain variable region exons from germline gene segments to generate primary antibody repertoires. IgH V(D)J assembly occurs in progenitor (pro-) B cells followed by that of IgL in precursor (pre-) B cells. Expression of IgH μ and IgL (Igκ or Igλ) chains generates IgM, which is expressed on immature B cells as the B-cell antigen-binding receptor (BCR). Rag expression can continue in immature B cells, allowing continued Igκ V(D)J recombination that replaces the initial VκJκ exon with one that generates a new specificity. This 'receptor editing' process, which can also lead to Igλ V(D)J recombination and expression, provides a mechanism whereby antigen encounter at the Rag-expressing immature B-cell stage helps shape pre-immune BCR repertoires. As the major site of postnatal B-cell development, the bone marrow is the principal location of primary immunoglobulin repertoire diversification in mice. Here we report that early B-cell development also occurs within the mouse intestinal lamina propria (LP), where the associated V(D)J recombination/receptor editing processes modulate primary LP immunoglobulin repertoires. At weanling age in normally housed mice, the LP contains a population of Rag-expressing B-lineage cells that harbour intermediates indicative of ongoing V(D)J recombination and which contain cells with pro-B, pre-B and editing phenotypes. Consistent with LP-specific receptor editing, Rag-expressing LP B-lineage cells have similar VH repertoires, but significantly different Vκ repertoires, compared to those of Rag2-expressing bone marrow counterparts. Moreover, colonization of germ-free mice leads to an increased ratio of Igλ-expressing versus Igκ-expressing B cells specifically in the LP. We conclude that B-cell development occurs in the intestinal mucosa, where it is regulated by extracellular signals from commensal microbes that influence gut immunoglobulin repertoires.
authors: Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. dwesemann@research.bwh.harvard.edu
authors: Duane R
authors: DR
authors: Wesemann
authors: Andrew J
authors: AJ
authors: Portuguese
authors: Robin M
authors: RM
authors: Meyers
authors: Michael P
authors: MP
authors: Gallagher
authors: Kendra
authors: K
authors: Cluff-Jones
authors: Jennifer M
authors: JM
authors: Magee
authors: Rohit A
authors: RA
authors: Panchakshari
authors: Scott J
authors: SJ
authors: Rodig
authors: Thomas B
authors: TB
authors: Kepler
authors: Frederick W
authors: FW
authors: Alt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000276:immunology; D019070:Cell Lineage; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015322:Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte / Q000235:genetics; D005856:Germ-Free Life; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology* / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D054448:Precursor Cells, B-Lymphoid / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D013559:Symbiosis; D014886:Weaning
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D007136:Immunoglobulins; C499308:Rag2 protein, mouse
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