Characteristic cellular composition of germinal centers |
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Authors: | Imamura Keiko Yasuda Masahiro Riwar Brigitte Inui Seiji Ekino Shigeo |
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Affiliation: | Department of Histology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Honjo, Kumamoto, Japan. |
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Abstract: | We established the method of isolating individually encapsulated germinal centers (GCs) from immunized spleen and analyzed single cell suspension of GCs by flowcytometry. In GCs, the high frequency of sIgG+ cells (29%) and sIgA+ cells (5%) was detected. Two-color flowcytometry analysis showed that GCs contained 27% of sIgM-IgG+ cells, in which isotype switch from IgM to IgG had occurred, and 5% of Bu1-IgG+ cells, which were differentiating into plasma cells. On the other hand, sIgM-IgG+ and Bu1-IgG+ cells were not detected in the bursa, which contained 95% of B cells and only 1% of T cells. CD4+ but not CD8+ T cells were detected in the light zone of GCs and these CD4+ T cells are supposed to play a key role in isotype switching and differentiation into plasma cells in GCs. These results clearly demonstrate that GCs provide a site for isotype switching and differentiation into plasma cells. |
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