High resolution IgH repertoire analysis reveals fetal liver as the likely origin of life-long, innate B lymphopoiesis in humans

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ROY A. BYSTRÝ Vojtěch BOHN G. GOUDEVENOU K. REIGL Tomáš PAPAIOANNOU M. KREJČÍ Adam O BYRNE S. CHAIDOS A. GRIONI A. DARZENTAS Nikos ROBERTS I.A.G. KARADIMITRIS A.

Year of publication 2017
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Clinical Immunology
MU Faculty or unit

Central European Institute of Technology

Citation
Web https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1521661617303686?via%3Dihub
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clim.2017.06.005
Keywords Human; Fetal; IgH repertoire
Description The ontogeny of the natural, public IgM repertoire remains incompletely explored. Here, high-resolution immunogenetic analysis of B cells from (unrelated) fetal, child, and adult samples, shows that although fetal liver (FL) and bone marrow (FBM) IgM repertoires are equally diversified, FL is the main source of IgM natural immunity during the 2nd trimester. Strikingly, 0.25% of all prenatal clonotypes, comprising 18.7% of the expressed repertoire, are shared with the postnatal samples, consistent with persisting fetal IgM+B cells being a source of natural IgM repertoire in adult life. Further, the origins of specific stereotypic IgM+B cell receptors associated with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, can be traced back to fetal B cell lymphopoiesis, suggesting that persisting fetal B cells can be subject to malignant transformation late in life. Overall, these novel data provide unique insights into the ontogeny of physiological and malignant B lymphopoiesis that spans the human lifetime. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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