Aberrant Humoral Immune Responses In Neurosyphilis: Cxcl13/Cxcr5 Play A Pivotal Role For B-Cell Recruitment To The Cerebrospinal Fluid
JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES(2017)
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Background. Previous studies documented that humoral immune responses participated in neurological damage in neurosyphilis patients. However, the mechanisms that trigger and maintain humoral immunity involved in neurosyphilis remain unknown.Methods. Using flow cytometry, expression of B cells was measured in neurosyphilis and non-neurosyphilis. Expression of immunoglobulin indices and chemokine ligand CXCL13 was detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The migration and inhibition assays were evaluated by modified chamber assays. The presence of CXCL13(+) cells, cluster of differentiation (CD)20(+) B cells, CD3(+) T cells, CD138(+) plasma cells and CD35(+) follicular dendritic cells was studied by immunohistochemistry.Results. Enrichment of B cells was observed and activated in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of neurosyphilis patients. Immunoglobulin indices were increased and associated with the progress to neurosyphilis. High expression of CSF CXCL13 mediated B cell migration both in vitro and in vivo. There was a positive correlation among the CSF B cells, immunoglobulin indices, and CSF CXCL13 levels. Ectopic germinal centers (EGCs), important structures for humoral immunity, were observed in the intracranial syphilitic gumma.Conclusions. CXCL13/CXCR5 mediated the aggregation of B cells, that directed the aberrant humoral immune responses via the formation of EGCs, which suggests a molecular mechanism of neurological damage in neurosyphilis.
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CXCL13, ectopic germinal centers, follicular dendritic cells, neurosyphilis, Treponema pallidum
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