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Functional Analysis of Peripheral Blood B Cells in Patients with X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia¹

Shigeaki Nonoyama^2,*,§, Satoshi Tsukada, Tomoki Yamadori, Toshio Miyawaki, Yin Zhu Jin^§, Chiaki Watanabe^*, Tomohiro Morio^§, Jun-Ichi Yata^§ and Hans D. Ochs^*

^* Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195; Department of Medicine III, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka, Japan; Department of Pediatrics, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Toyama, Japan; and ^§ Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) is a primary immunodeficiency disease caused by mutations of Bruton tyrosine kinase (Btk); Btk plays an essential role in the development of mature B cells. However, small numbers of B cells ("leaky B cells") are present in the peripheral blood of most XLA patients. In this study, we analyzed the function of these leaky B cells obtained from XLA patients. Enough numbers of B cells were available for analysis from five of nine XLA patients originally screened. Sequence analysis revealed missense mutations of Btk in four of the five XLA patients. No mutation was found in the coding region of Btk in one patient. Western blotting and/or flow cytometric analysis failed to detect Btk protein in all five patients. B cells isolated from peripheral blood of these XLA patients were CD5^-, CD20⁺, CD19⁺, and CD21^-. If stimulated with anti-CD40 and IL-4, XLA B cells proliferated normally and produced significant amounts of IgE. Anti-CD40 stimulation of XLA B cells resulted in normal expression of CD23. In addition, three of the five XLA patients studied were immunized with bacteriophage X174 and produced low but detectable levels of antiphage-specific Ab. Similarly, X-linked immunodeficiency mice, which carry a missense mutation in Btk, produced substantial amounts of antiphage Ab. These results indicate that CD40 signaling is intact in B cells lacking demonstrable Btk, and that leaky B cells in XLA patients can proliferate, undergo isotype switching, and differentiate into specific Ab-producing cells.

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