Human Secretory IgM Emerges from Plasma Cells Clonally Related to Gut Memory B Cells and Targets Highly Diverse Commensals
2017
Summary Secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA) enhances host-microbiota symbiosis, whereas SIgM remains poorly understood. We found that gut IgM + plasma cells (PCs) were more abundant in humans than mice and clonally related to a large repertoire of memory IgM + B cells disseminated throughout the intestine but rare in systemic lymphoid organs. In addition to sharing a gut-specific
gene signaturewith memory IgA + B cells, memory IgM + B cells were related to some IgA + clonotypes and switched to IgA in response to T cell-independent or T cell-dependent signals. These signals induced abundant IgM which, together with SIgM from clonally affiliated PCs, recognized
mucus-embedded
commensals. Bacteria recognized by human SIgM were dually coated by SIgA and showed increased richness and diversity compared to IgA-only-coated or uncoated bacteria. Thus, SIgM may emerge from pre-existing memory rather than newly activated naive IgM + B cells and could help SIgA to anchor highly diverse
commensalcommunities to
mucus.
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