Abstract

Project 3: Human Long-lived Plasma Cell Survival and the Role of the BM Microniche. Long-lived plasma cells (LLPC) sustain protective antibody production for a lifetime and require the bone marrow microniche to sustain survival. In our lab, we have definitively linked the long-lived viral serum antibody source to the LLPC cellular compartment within the human bone marrow (BM) (CD19-CD38hiCD138+) and developed in vitro BM microniche cultures that mimics the BM microenvironment to sustain PC survival. In this application, we will study the role of the BM microniche on LLPC generation and maintenance by (1) understanding the transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of BM LLPC, (2) understanding the LLPC fate determinants especially the BM adaptation to a hypoxic BM microenvironment and (3) elucidating the essential LLPC survival factors provided by the BM microniche. The significance of this work will be to understand the role of the BM microniche in LLPC survival for life-long antibody protection.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Type
Research Program Projects (P01)
Project #
5P01AI125180-04
Application #
9694606
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAI1)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
2019-06-01
Budget End
2020-05-31
Support Year
4
Fiscal Year
2019
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Emory University
Department
Type
DUNS #
066469933
City
Atlanta
State
GA
Country
United States
Zip Code
30322

  Publications

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Guo, Muyao; Price, Madeline J; Patterson, Dillon G et al. (2018) EZH2 Represses the B Cell Transcriptional Program and Regulates Antibody-Secreting Cell Metabolism and Antibody Production. J Immunol 200:1039-1052
Sanz, Iñaki (2017) New Perspectives in Rheumatology: May You Live in Interesting Times: Challenges and Opportunities in Lupus Research. Arthritis Rheumatol 69:1552-1559
D'Angio, Carl T; Wyman, Claire P; Misra, Ravi S et al. (2017) Plasma cell and serum antibody responses to influenza vaccine in preterm and full-term infants. Vaccine 35:5163-5171
Tanaka, Toshihiro; Zhang, Weici; Sun, Ying et al. (2017) Autoreactive monoclonal antibodies from patients with primary biliary cholangitis recognize environmental xenobiotics. Hepatology 66:885-895
Jaworski, Juan Pablo; Bryk, Peter; Brower, Zachary et al. (2017) Pre-existing neutralizing antibody mitigates B cell dysregulation and enhances the Env-specific antibody response in SHIV-infected rhesus macaques. PLoS One 12:e0172524

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