Interferon-γ Production by Tfh Cells is Required for CXCR3 Pre-memory B Cell Differentiation and Subsequent Lung-resident Memory B Cell Responses

Overview

Journal Immunity

Publisher Cell Press

Specialty Allergy & Immunology

Date 2023 Sep 12

PMID 37699392

Authors

Nicole M Arroyo-Diaz

Holly Bachus

Amber Papillion

Troy D Randall

Jobaida Akther

Alexander F Rosenberg

Beatriz Leon

Andre Ballesteros-Tato

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Abstract

Lung-resident memory B cells (lung-BRMs) differentiate into plasma cells after reinfection, providing enhanced pulmonary protection. Here, we investigated the determinants of lung-BRM differentiation upon influenza infection. Kinetic analyses revealed that influenza nucleoprotein (NP)-specific BRMs preferentially differentiated early after infection and required T follicular helper (Tfh) cell help. BRM differentiation temporally coincided with transient interferon (IFN)-γ production by Tfh cells. Depletion of IFN-γ in Tfh cells prevented lung-BRM differentiation and impaired protection against heterosubtypic infection. IFN-γ was required for expression of the transcription factor T-bet by germinal center (GC) B cells, which promoted differentiation of a CXCR3 GC B cell subset that were precursors of lung-BRMs and CXCR3 memory B cells in the mediastinal lymph node. Absence of IFN-γ signaling or T-bet in GC B cells prevented CXCR3 pre-memory precursor development and hampered CXCR3 memory B cell differentiation and subsequent lung-BRM responses. Thus, Tfh-cell-derived IFN-γ is critical for lung-BRM development and pulmonary immunity, with implications for vaccination strategies targeting BRMs.

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