Immunoglobulin D enhances immune surveillance by activating antimicrobial, proinflammatory and B cell-stimulating programs in basophils

Kang Chen, Weifeng Xu, Melanie Wilson, Bing He, Norman W. Miller, Eva Bengten, Eva-Stina Edholm, Paul A. Santini, Poonam Rath, April Chiu, Marco Cattalini, Jiri Litzman, James B. Bussel, Bihui Huang, Antonella Meini, Kristian Riesbeck, Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles, Alessandro Plebani, Andrea Cerutti

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Abstract

Immunoglobulin D (IgD) is an enigmatic antibody isotype that mature B cells express together with IgM through alternative RNA splicing. Here we report active T cell-dependent and T cell-independent IgM-to-IgD class switching in B cells of the human upper respiratory mucosa. This process required activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) and generated local and circulating IgD-producing plasmablasts reactive to respiratory bacteria. Circulating IgD bound to basophils through a calcium-mobilizing receptor that induced antimicrobial, opsonizing, inflammatory and B cell-stimulating factors, including cathelicidin, interleukin 1 (IL-1), IL-4 and B cell-activating factor (BAFF), after IgD crosslinking. By showing dysregulation of IgD class-switched B cells and 'IgD-armed' basophils in autoinflammatory syndromes with periodic fever, our data indicate that IgD orchestrates an ancestral surveillance system at the interface between immunity and inflammation.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)889-U121
JournalNature Immunology
Volume10
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Microbiology in the medical area

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