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Metabolic fitness of IgA plasma cells in the gut requires DOCK8
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Metabolic fitness of IgA plasma cells in the gut requires DOCK8

Biyan Zhang, Shuting Chen, Xiangyun Yin, Caleb D. McBride, Jake A. Gertie, Marina Yurieva, Agata A. Bielecka, Brian Hoffmann, J. Travis Hinson, Jessica Grassmann, …
Mucosal immunology, v 17(3), pp 431-449
01 Jun 2024
PMID: 38159726
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mucimm.2023.12.001View
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Abstract

Dedicator of cytokinesis 8 (DOCK8) mutations lead to a primary immunodeficiency associated with recurrent gastrointestinal infections and poor antibody responses but, paradoxically, heightened IgE to food antigens, suggesting that DOCK8 is central to immune homeostasis in the gut. Using Dock8-deficient mice, we found that DOCK8 was necessary for mucosal IgA production to multiple T cell-dependent antigens, including peanut and cholera toxin. Yet DOCK8 was not necessary in T cells for this phenotype. Instead, B cell-intrinsic DOCK8 was required for maintenance of antigen-specific IgA-secreting plasma cells (PCs) in the gut lamina propria. Unexpectedly, DOCK8 was not required for early B cell activation, migration, or IgA class switching. An unbiased interactome screen revealed novel protein partners involved in metabolism and apoptosis. Dock8-deficient IgA B cells had impaired cellular respiration and failed to engage glycolysis appropriately. These results demonstrate that maintenance of the IgA PC compartment requires DOCK8 and suggest that gut IgA PCs have unique metabolic requirements for long-term survival in the lamina propria.

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