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Plasma cell survival in the absence of B cell memory

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Hammarlund, Erika, Thomas, Archana, Amanna, Ian J., Holden, Lindsay A., Slayden, Ov D., Park, Byung, Gao, Lina, Slifka, Mark K.·2017·Nature Communications

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Pre-existing serum antibodies play an important role in vaccine-mediated protection against infection but the underlying mechanisms of immune memory are unclear. Clinical studies indicate that antigen-specific antibody responses can be maintained for many years, leading to theories that reactivation/differentiation of memory B cells into plasma cells is required to sustain long-term antibody production. Here, we present a decade-long study in which we demonstrate site-specific survival of bone marrow-derived plasma cells and durable antibody responses to multiple virus and vaccine antigens in rhesus macaques for years after sustained memory B cell depletion. Moreover, BrdU + cells with plasma cell morphology can be detected for 10 years after vaccination/BrdU administration, indicating that plasma cells may persist for a prolonged period of time in the absence of cell division. On the basis of these results, long-lived plasma cells represent a key cell population responsible for long-term antibody production and serological memory.

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  • Rapid early antibody decay is due to the short half-life of serum antibodies and short-lived antibody-secreting cells, leaving long-lived plasma cells with half-lives of months to years.

    “This pattern of rapid early decay is due to the short half-life of serum antibodies and to short-lived antibody-secreting cells, which decay with a half-life of weeks to leave a population of long-lived plasma cells with half-lives of months to years21.”

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Authors
Hammarlund, E., Thomas, A., Amanna, I. J., Holden, L. A., Slayden, O. D., Park, B., Gao, L., & Slifka, M. K.
Affiliations
  • Oregon National Primate Research Center (US)
  • Najít Technologies (United States) (US)
  • Portland State University (US)
  • OHSU Knight Cancer Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Slifka, Mark K.
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2017-11-24
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
1781-1781
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2770797413
Cited by
210
References
67
Citations by year
2026: 20 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 22 · 2018: 14
FWCI
8.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PDXScholar (Portland State University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (P51OD011092)
  • Genentech
  • Oregon National Primate Research Center
  • National Institute on Aging (P01AG023664)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U01AI082196)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune responses and vaccinations
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research
Keywords
long-lived plasma cells, plasma cell survival, memory B cells, long-term antibody response, vaccine immunity, rhesus monkeys, BrdU labeling, bone marrow plasma cells
MeSH terms
Animals, Antibodies, Bacterial, Antibody Formation, B-Lymphocytes, Bacterial Vaccines, Cell Survival, Immunologic Memory, Macaca mulatta, Male, Plasma Cells, Vaccination

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