scholarly journals Flow Cytometric Methods for the Detection of Intracellular Signaling Proteins and Transcription Factors Reveal Heterogeneity in Differentiating Human B Cell Subsets

Cells ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 2633
Author(s):  
Casper Marsman ◽  
Tineke Jorritsma ◽  
Anja ten Brinke ◽  
S. Marieke van Ham
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Cell Differentiation ◽  
B Cell ◽  
Intracellular Signaling ◽  
Simultaneous Detection ◽  
Signaling Proteins ◽  
B Cell Differentiation ◽  
Flow Cytometric ◽  
B Cell Subsets ◽  
Human B Cell

The flow cytometric detection of intracellular (IC) signaling proteins and transcription factors (TFs) will help to elucidate the regulation of B cell survival, proliferation and differentiation. However, the simultaneous detection of signaling proteins or TFs with membrane markers (MMs) can be challenging, as the required fixation and permeabilization procedures can affect the functionality of conjugated antibodies. Here, a phosphoflow method is presented for the detection of activated NF-κB p65 and phosphorylated STAT1, STAT3, STAT5 and STAT6, together with the B cell differentiation MMs CD19, CD27 and CD38. Additionally, a TF-flow method is presented that allows the detection of the B cell TFs PAX5, c-MYC, BCL6 and AID and antibody-secreting cell (ASC) TFs BLIMP1 and XBP-1s, together with MMs. Applying these methods on in vitro-induced human B cell differentiation cultures showed significantly different steady-state levels, and responses to stimulation, of phosphorylated signaling proteins in CD27-expressing B cell and ASC populations. The TF-flow protocol and Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection (UMAP) analysis revealed heterogeneity in TF expression within stimulated CD27- or CD38-expressing B cell subsets. The methods presented here allow for the sensitive analysis of STAT, NF-κB p65 signaling and TFs, together with B cell differentiation MMs, at single-cell resolution. This will aid the further investigation of B cell responses in both health and disease.

scholarly journals Flow Cytometric Methods for the Detection of Intracellular Signaling Proteins and Transcription Factors Reveal Heterogeneity in Differentiating Human B Cell Subsets

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casper Marsman ◽  
Tineke Jorritsma ◽  
Anja ten Brinke ◽  
Marieke van Ham
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Cell Differentiation ◽  
B Cell ◽  
Intracellular Signaling ◽  
Simultaneous Detection ◽  
Signaling Proteins ◽  
B Cell Differentiation ◽  
Flow Cytometric ◽  
B Cell Subsets ◽  
Human B Cell

Flow cytometric detection of intracellular (IC) signaling proteins and transcription factors (TFs) will help elucidate the regulation of B cell survival, proliferation and differentiation. However, simultaneous detection of signaling proteins or TFs, with membrane markers (MM) can be challenging as required fixation and permeabilization procedures can affect functionality of conjugated antibodies. Here, a phosphoflow method is presented for detection of activated NF-κB p65 and phosphorylated STAT1, STAT3, STAT5 and STAT6 together with B cell differentiation MM CD19, CD27 and CD38. Additionally, a TF-flow method is presented that allows detection of B cell TFs; PAX5, c-MYC, BCL6, AID and antibody-secreting cell (ASC) TFs BLIMP1 and XBP-1s together with MM. Applying these methods on in vitro induced human B cell differentiation cultures showed significantly different steady-state levels, and responses to stimulation, of phosphorylated signaling proteins in CD27-expressing B cell and ASC populations. The TF-flow protocol and UMAP analysis revealed heterogeneity in TF-expression within stimulated CD27 or CD38-expressing B cell subsets. The methods presented here allow for sensitive analysis of STAT and NF-κB p65 signaling and TFs together with B cell differentiation MM at single-cell resolution. This will aid further investigation of B cell responses in both health and disease.

scholarly journals IFI16Expression Is Related to Selected Transcription Factors during B-Cell Differentiation

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pier Paolo Piccaluga ◽  
Claudio Agostinelli ◽  
Fabio Fuligni ◽  
Simona Righi ◽  
Claudio Tripodo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Cell Differentiation ◽  
B Cell ◽  
Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes ◽  
B Cell Differentiation ◽  
Cellular Survival ◽  
Human B Cells ◽  
Proliferation And Differentiation ◽  
B Cell Subsets

The interferon-inducible DNA sensor IFI16 is involved in the modulation of cellular survival, proliferation, and differentiation. In the hematopoietic system, IFI16 is consistently expressed in the CD34+ stem cells and in peripheral blood lymphocytes; however, little is known regarding its regulation during maturation of B- and T-cells. We explored the role of IFI16 in normal B-cell subsets by analysing its expression and relationship with the major transcription factors involved in germinal center (GC) development and plasma-cell (PC) maturation.IFI16mRNA was differentially expressed in B-cell subsets with significant decrease inIFI16mRNA in GC and PCs with respect to naïve and memory subsets.IFI16mRNA expression is inversely correlated with a few master regulators of B-cell differentiation such asBCL6, XBP1, POU2AF1, andBLIMP1. In contrast,IFI16expression positively correlated withSTAT3, REL, SPIB, RELA, RELB, IRF4, STAT5B, andSTAT5A. ARACNE algorithm indicated a direct regulation ofIFI16byBCL6,STAT5B, andRELB, whereas the relationship betweenIFI16and the other factors is modulated by intermediate factors. In addition, analysis of the CD40 signaling pathway showed thatIFI16gene expression directly correlated with NF-κB activation, indicating that IFI16 could be considered an upstream modulator of NF-κB in human B-cells.

Induction of human B cell differentiation by Fc region activators

1989 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 251-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monte V. Hobbs ◽  
Richard A. Houghten ◽  
Jodee A. Janda ◽  
William O. Weigle ◽  
Edward L. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Cell Differentiation ◽  
B Cell ◽  
B Cell Differentiation ◽  
Human B Cell

scholarly journals Optimized Protocols for in Vitro T Cell-Dependent and T Cell-Independent Activation for B Cell Differentiation Studies Using Limited Cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Casper Marsman ◽  
Dorit Verhoeven
Keyword(s):  
Cell Differentiation ◽  
T Cell ◽  
B Cells ◽  
B Cell ◽  
Plasma Cells ◽  
Cell Formation ◽  
B Cell Differentiation ◽  
Differentiation Potential ◽  
Human B Cell

Background/methods: For mechanistic studies, in vitro human B cell differentiation and generation of plasma cells are invaluable techniques. However, the heterogeneity of both T cell-dependent (TD) and T cell-independent (TI) stimuli and the disparity of culture conditions used in existing protocols makes interpretation of results challenging. The aim of the present study was to achieve the most optimal B cell differentiation conditions using isolated CD19+ B cells and PBMC cultures. We addressed multiple seeding densities, different durations of culturing and various combinations of TD stimuli and TI stimuli including B cell receptor (BCR) triggering. B cell expansion, proliferation and differentiation was analyzed after 6 and 9 days by measuring B cell proliferation and expansion, plasmablast and plasma cell formation and immunoglobulin (Ig) secretion. In addition, these conditions were extrapolated using cryopreserved cells and differentiation potential was compared. Results: This study demonstrates improved differentiation efficiency after 9 days of culturing for both B cell and PBMC cultures using CD40L and IL-21 as TD stimuli and 6 days for CpG and IL-2 as TI stimuli. We arrived at optimized protocols requiring 2500 and 25.000 B cells per culture well for TD and TI assays, respectively. The results of the PBMC cultures were highly comparable to the B cell cultures, which allows dismissal of additional B cell isolation steps prior to culturing. In these optimized TD conditions, the addition of anti-BCR showed little effect on phenotypic B cell differentiation, however it interferes with Ig secretion measurements. Addition of IL-4 to the TD stimuli showed significantly lower Ig secretion. The addition of BAFF to optimized TI conditions showed enhanced B cell differentiation and Ig secretion in B cell but not in PBMC cultures. With this approach, efficient B cell differentiation and Ig secretion was accomplished when starting from fresh or cryopreserved samples. Conclusion: Our methodology demonstrates optimized TD and TI stimulation protocols for more indepth analysis of B cell differentiation in primary human B cell and PBMC cultures while requiring low amounts of B cells, making them ideally suited for future clinical and research studies on B cell differentiation of patient samples from different cohorts of B cell-mediated diseases.

Human B-cell differentiation induced by murein

1985 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 293-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Lüdemann ◽  
W.L. Gross ◽  
W. Bessler ◽  
V. Braun
Keyword(s):  
Cell Differentiation ◽  
B Cell ◽  
B Cell Differentiation ◽  
Human B Cell
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