CCL3 promotes germinal center B cells sampling by follicular regulatory T cells in murine lymph nodes

  • Zachary L. Benet
  • , Matangi Marthi
  • , Fang Ke
  • , Rita Wu
  • , Jackson S. Turner
  • , Jahan B. Gabayre
  • , Michael I. Ivanitskiy
  • , Sahil S. Sethi
  • , Irina L. Grigorova

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Abstract

Previous studies and our findings suggest upregulated expression of proinflammatory chemokines CCL3/4 in germinal center (GC) centrocytes. However, the role of CCL3/4 for centrocyte interactions with follicular T cells and regulation of humoral immunity is poorly understood. We found that CCL3 promotes chemotaxis of Tfr cells ex vivo. Two-photon imaging revealed that B cells-intrinsic production of CCL3 promotes their probing by follicular regulatory T cells (Tfr) within GCs of murine lymph nodes. Overall this study suggests that CCL3 facilitates direct interactions of foreign antigen-specific GC B cells and their negative regulation with Tfr cells in vivo.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2044
JournalFrontiers in immunology
Volume9
Issue numberSEP
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 13 2018

Keywords

  • 2-photon imaging
  • CCL3/MIP1-alpha
  • Follicular helper T cells
  • Follicular regulatory T cells (Tfr)
  • Germinal centers

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