Low-affinity IgM antibodies lacking somatic hypermutations are produced in the secondary response of C57BL/6 mice to (4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl)acetyl hapten

Low-affinity IgM antibodies feature in secondary immune responses Class-switched memory B cells, which are generated through the processes of somatic hypermutation (SHM) and affinity-based selection in germinal centers, contribute to the production of affinity-matured IgG antibodies in the secondary...

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Published inInternational immunology Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 195 - 208
Main Authors Murakami, Akikazu, Moriyama, Hayato, Osako-Kabasawa, Mina, Endo, Kanako, Nishimura, Miyuki, Udaka, Keiko, Muramatsu, Masamichi, Honjo, Tasuku, Azuma, Takachika, Shimizu, Takeyuki
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published UK Oxford University Press 01.04.2014
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Summary:Low-affinity IgM antibodies feature in secondary immune responses Class-switched memory B cells, which are generated through the processes of somatic hypermutation (SHM) and affinity-based selection in germinal centers, contribute to the production of affinity-matured IgG antibodies in the secondary immune response. However, changes in the affinity of IgM antibodies during the immune response have not yet been studied, although IgM+ memory B cells have been shown to be generated. In order to understand the relationship between IgM affinity and the recall immune response, we prepared hybridomas producing anti-(4-hydroxy-3-nitrophenyl)acetyl (NP) IgM antibodies from C57BL/6 mice and from activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID)-deficient mice. Binding analysis by ELISA showed that mAbs obtained from the secondary immune response contained IgM mAbs with affinity lower than the affinity of mAbs obtained from the primary response. By analyzing sequences of the IgM genes of hybridomas and plasma cells, we found many unmutated V H genes. V H genes that had neither tyrosine nor glycine at position 95 were frequent. The repertoire change may correlate with the lower affinity of IgM antibodies in the secondary response. The sequence and affinity changes in IgM antibodies were shown to be independent of SHM by analyzing hybridomas from AID-deficient mice. A functional assay revealed a reciprocal relationship between affinity and complement-dependent hemolytic activity toward NP-conjugated sheep RBCs; IgM antibodies with lower affinities had higher hemolytic activity. These findings indicate that lower affinity IgM antibodies with enhanced complement activation function are produced in the secondary immune response.
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ISSN:0953-8178
1460-2377
DOI:10.1093/intimm/dxt057