Characterization of a rare IL-10-competent B-cell subset in humans that parallels mouse regulatory B10 cells. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Regulatory B cells control inflammation and autoimmunity in mice, including the recently identified IL-10-competent B10 cell subset that represents 1% to 3% of spleen B cells. In this study, a comparable IL-10-competent B10 cell subset was characterized in human blood. B10 cells were functionally identified by their ability to express cytoplasmic IL-10 after 5 hours of ex vivo stimulation, whereas progenitor B10 (B10pro) cells required 48 hours of in vitro stimulation before they acquired the ability to express IL-10. B10 and B10pro cells represented 0.6% and approximately 5% of blood B cells, respectively. Ex vivo B10 and B10pro cells were predominantly found within the CD24(hi)CD27(+) B-cell subpopulation that was able to negatively regulate monocyte cytokine production through IL-10-dependent pathways during in vitro functional assays. Blood B10 cells were present in 91 patients with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, primary Sjögren syndrome, autoimmune vesiculobullous skin disease, or multiple sclerosis, and were expanded in some cases as occurs in mice with autoimmune disease. Mean B10 + B10pro-cell frequencies were also significantly higher in patients with autoimmune disease compared with healthy controls. The characterization of human B10 cells will facilitate their identification and the study of their regulatory activities during human disease.

publication date

  • October 20, 2010

Research

keywords

  • Autoimmune Diseases
  • B-Lymphocyte Subsets
  • Interleukin-10
  • Precursor Cells, B-Lymphoid

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3031478

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 78751469622

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1182/blood-2010-07-294249

PubMed ID

  • 20962324

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 117

issue

  • 2