Publication: B cell responses during secondary dengue virus infection are dominated by highly cross-reactive, memory-derived plasmablasts
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2016-06-01
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Journal of Virology. Vol.90, No.12 (2016), 5574-5585
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Lalita Priyamvada, Alice Cho, Nattawat Onlamoon, Nai Ying Zheng, Min Huang, Yevgeniy Kovalenkov, Kulkanya Chokephaibulkit, Nasikarn Angkasekwinai, Kovit Pattanapanyasat, Rafi Ahmed, Patrick C. Wilson, Jens Wrammert B cell responses during secondary dengue virus infection are dominated by highly cross-reactive, memory-derived plasmablasts. Journal of Virology. Vol.90, No.12 (2016), 5574-5585. doi:10.1128/JVI.03203-15 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/40848
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B cell responses during secondary dengue virus infection are dominated by highly cross-reactive, memory-derived plasmablasts
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© 2016, American Society for Microbiology. Dengue virus (DENV) infection results in the production of both type-specific and cross-neutralizing antibodies. While immunity to the infecting serotype is long-lived, heterotypic immunity wanes a few months after infection. Epidemiological studies link secondary heterotypic infections with more severe symptoms, and cross-reactive, poorly neutralizing antibodies have been implicated in this increased disease severity. To understand the cellular and functional properties of the acute dengue virus B cell response and its role in protection and immunopathology, we characterized the plasmablast response in four secondary DENV type 2 (DENV2) patients. Dengue plasmablasts had high degrees of somatic hypermutation, with a clear preference for replacement mutations. Clonal expansions were also present in each donor, strongly supporting a memory origin for these acutely induced cells. We generated 53 monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) from sorted patient plasmablasts and found that DENV-reactive MAbs were largely envelope specific and cross neutralizing. Many more MAbs neutralized DENV than reacted to envelope protein, emphasizing the significance of virion-dependent B cell epitopes and the limitations of envelope protein-based antibody screening. A majority of DENV-reactive MAbs, irrespective of neutralization potency, enhanced infection by antibody-dependent enhancement (ADE). Interestingly, even though DENV2 was the infecting serotype in all four patients, several MAbs from two patients neutralized DENV1 more potently than DENV2. Further, half of all type-specific neutralizing MAbs were also DENV1 biased in binding. Taken together, these findings are reminiscent of original antigenic sin (OAS), given that the patients had prior dengue virus exposures. These data describe the ongoing B cell response in secondary patients and may further our understanding of the impact of antibodies in dengue virus pathogenesis.