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The mechanism of anti-CD20-mediated B cell depletion revealed by intravital imaging.


ABSTRACT: Anti-CD20 Ab therapy has proven successful for treating B cell malignancies and a number of autoimmune diseases. However, how anti-CD20 Abs operate in vivo to mediate B cell depletion is not fully understood. In particular, the anatomical location, the type of effector cells, and the mechanism underlying anti-CD20 therapy remain uncertain. Here, we found that the liver is a major site for B cell depletion and that recirculation accounts for the decrease in B cell numbers observed in secondary lymphoid organs. Using intravital imaging, we established that, upon anti-CD20 treatment, Kupffer cells (KCs) mediate the abrupt arrest and subsequent engulfment of B cells circulating in the liver sinusoids. KCs were also effective in depleting malignant B cells in a model of spontaneous lymphoma. Our results identify Ab-dependent cellular phagocytosis by KCs as a primary mechanism of anti-CD20 therapy and provide an experimental framework for optimizing the efficacy of therapeutic Abs.

SUBMITTER: Montalvao F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3859399 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The mechanism of anti-CD20-mediated B cell depletion revealed by intravital imaging.

Montalvao Fabricio F   Garcia Zacarias Z   Celli Susanna S   Breart Béatrice B   Deguine Jacques J   Van Rooijen Nico N   Bousso Philippe P  

The Journal of clinical investigation 20131101 12


Anti-CD20 Ab therapy has proven successful for treating B cell malignancies and a number of autoimmune diseases. However, how anti-CD20 Abs operate in vivo to mediate B cell depletion is not fully understood. In particular, the anatomical location, the type of effector cells, and the mechanism underlying anti-CD20 therapy remain uncertain. Here, we found that the liver is a major site for B cell depletion and that recirculation accounts for the decrease in B cell numbers observed in secondary ly  ...[more]

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