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The Journal of Immunology, 2000, 165: 5462-5471.
Copyright © 2000 by The American Association of Immunologists

Commitment of B Lymphocytes to a Plasma Cell Fate Is Associated with Blimp-1 Expression In Vivo1

Cristina Angelin-Duclos*, Giorgio Cattoretti{dagger}, Kuo-I Lin* and Kathryn Calame2,*

Departments of * Microbiology and {dagger} Pathology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032

B lymphocyte-induced maturation protein-1 (Blimp-1) is a transcriptional repressor that is sufficient to trigger terminal differentiation in the B cell lymphoma BCL-1. In this study, we have determined the expression pattern of Blimp-1 in vivo in primary and secondary lymphoid organs of humans and immunized mice. Blimp-1 is expressed in plasma cells derived from either a T-independent or T-dependent response in plasma cells that have undergone isotype switching and those resulting from secondary immunization. Blimp-1 is also present in long-lived plasma cells residing in the bone marrow. However, Blimp-1 was not detected in memory B cells. This expression pattern provides further evidence of a critical role for Blimp-1 in plasma cell development, supporting earlier studies in cultured lines. Significantly, Blimp-1 was also found in a fraction (4–15%) of germinal center B cells in murine spleen and human tonsils. Blimp-1 expression in the germinal center is associated with an interesting subset of cells with a phenotype intermediate between germinal center B cells and plasma cells. In the mouse, Blimp-1+ germinal center B cells peak at day 12 postimmunization and disappear soon thereafter. They are not apoptotic, some are proliferating, they express germinal center markers peanut agglutinin or CD10 but not Bcl-6, and most express CD138 (syndecan-1), IRF4, and cytoplasmic Ig. Together, these data support a model in which B cell fate decisions occur within the germinal center and Blimp-1 expression is critical for commitment to a plasma cell, rather than a memory cell, fate.




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