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(LT). The role of TNF in B cell positioning and formation of follicular structure was studied by comparing the location of newly produced naive recirculating and antigen-stimulated B cells in TNF–/– and TNF/LT–/– mice. By creating radiation bone marrow chimeras from wild-type and TNF–/– mice, formation of normal splenic B cell follicles was shown to depend on TNF production by radiation-sensitive cells of hemopoietic origin. Reciprocal adoptive transfers of mature B cells between wild-type and knockout mice indicated that normal follicular tropism of recirculating naive B cells occurs independently of TNF derived from the recipient spleen. Moreover, soluble TNF receptor–IgG fusion protein administered in vivo failed to prevent B cell localization to the follicle or the germinal center reaction. Normal T zone tropism was observed when antigen-stimulated B cells were transferred into TNF–/– recipients, but not into TNF/LT–/– recipients. This result appeared to account for the defect in isotype switching observed in intact TNF/LT–/– mice because TNF/LT–/– B cells, when stimulated in vitro, switched isotypes normally. Thus, TNF is necessary for creating the permissive environment for B cell movement and function, but is not itself responsible for these processes.
Key Words: tumor necrosis factor • lymphotoxin • B cell movement • germinal center • follicular structure
Abbreviations used: BLR1, Burkitt lymphoma receptor 1; CFSE, 5-(and -6-)-carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester; FDC, follicular dendritic cell; GC, germinal center; HEL, hen egg lysozyme; LT, lymphotoxin; PALS, periarteriolar lymphoid sheath; PNA, peanut agglutinin; Tg, transgenic; TNFR-Ig, TNFR-1–IgG fusion protein; WT, wild-type.
he arrangement of lymphocytes into T and B cell zones within secondary lymphoid tissue is designed to optimize interactions between these cells (1). Of particular importance for the shaping of the B cell repertoire are the events that occur at the interface between the two zones, which involve three types of B cells. The first comprises newly generated B cells derived from the bone marrow competing for selection into the recirculating pool. Although the mechanism remains uncertain, this point of selection is critical because the number of such B cells exceeds the number required to maintain homeostasis of the recirculating repertoire (2–4). The second consists of mature naive B cells recirculating through follicles. Third, B cells stimulated by antigen above a critical concentration threshold undergo arrest in the outer periarteriolar lymphoid sheath (PALS)1 (the T zone), where the chance of cognate T cell help is optimal (5, 6). If T cell help is provided, the B cells differentiate into antibody-forming cells, which aggregate within extrafollicular proliferative foci, and intrafollicular germinal centers (GCs [5, 7]). Conversely, should T cell help be absent, as occurs in the case of self-reactive B cells, they die in the outer PALS, leading to tolerance (8, 9).
Mice lacking both membrane-bound and soluble lymphotoxin (LT)
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TNFR-1–IgG1 fusion protein (TNFR-Ig) consisted of a dimeric human
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B Cell Proliferation and Ig Production In Vitro. exhibit marked disorganization of the splenic white pulp, and fail to form either LNs or Peyer's patches (10, 11). An even more striking defect has been observed in the spleens from mice with combined deficiencies of TNF and LT in which virtually no microarchitectural B or T cell aggregation takes place (12, 13). By contrast, LNs do develop in TNF–/– and TNFR-1–/– (p55) mice, but the microarchitecture of their LNs and splenic white pulp is abnormal (13, 14). Members of the TNF and TNFR families also contribute to the events underlying antigen-induced B cell activation and differentiation. Thus, splenic GCs fail to develop in mice lacking either LT, LTβ, TNF, or TNFR-1 (13–17). Although TNF and LT are critical for normal lymphoid organogenesis, the mechanism whereby they signal the specific migration of lymphocyte subsets remains uncertain. In this paper, the role of TNF compared with LT in regulating movement and positioning of naive and antigen-activated B cells has been investigated in a unique set of inbred C57BL/6-TNF–/– and TNF/LT–/– mice. The results indicate that TNF derived from a hemopoietic precursor plays a crucial role in development of splenic white pulp, including the T–B interface, but is not itself responsible for correct B cell movement and function within the follicle.
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TNF–/– and TNF/LT–/– mice were generated using C57BL/6 embryonic stem cells, as described previously (13, 18). Ig transgenic (Tg) B cells were obtained from anti–hen egg lysozyme (HEL) Tg mice (MD4 line [19]). All three lines were established and maintained on an inbred C57BL/6 background. Wild-type (WT) C57BL/6 and C57BL/6-Ly5.1 congenic mice were obtained from the Animal Resources Centre (Perth, Australia). Mice were bred and housed under specific pathogen–free conditions in the animal facility of the Centenary Institute, Sydney. All animal procedures were approved by the Animal Care and Ethics Committee, University of Sydney.
The following reagents were used— mAbs: rat anti–mouse B220 (RA3.6B2, PE-conjugate; PharMingen, San Diego, CA), rat anti–mouse CD4 (RM4-4; PharMingen), rat anti–mouse CD8 (53-6.7; PharMingen), rat anti–mouse CD11b (Mac-1, M1/70; PharMingen), and rat anti-IgE mAbs (R1E4 and B1E3 [20]); specific polyclonal antisera: rabbit anti–hen egg lysozyme (HEL), rabbit IgG anti–Burkitt lymphoma receptor 1 (BLR1 [21]), and anti-IgM and -IgG subclasses (Southern Biotechnology Associates, Inc., Birmingham, AL); control antibodies: rat IgG2a (PharMingen), biotinylated rat IgG2b (PharMingen), and purified rabbit IgG (Vector Laboratories, Inc., Burlingame, CA); conjugates: goat anti–rat Texas Red (Caltag Laboratories, Inc., Burlingame, CA), goat F(ab')2 anti–rabbit FITC (Silenus, Melbourne, Australia), rabbit anti–rat horseradish peroxidase (DAKO Pty. Ltd., Botany, NSW, Australia), avidin-FITC (Molecular Probes, Inc., Eugene, OR), avidin-fluoroblue (Biomedia, Foster City, CA), streptavidin–alkaline phosphatase (DAKO Pty. Ltd.), and peanut agglutinin (PNA)-biotin and PNA-FITC (Vector Laboratories, Inc.). The substrate for alkaline phosphatase was a mixture of 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indoxyl phosphate (BCIP; Diagnostic Chemicals Ltd., Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada) and nitro-blue tetrazolium (NBT; Sigma Chemical Co., St. Louis, MO). Horseradish peroxidase–labeled secondary antibodies were developed with diaminobenzidine (DAB; Sigma Chemical Co.). 
1 heavy chain fused to human TNFR-1 (p55; reference 22). The efficacy of in vivo TNF blockade by TNFR-Ig was confirmed by giving groups of WT mice a single injection of 200 µg TNFR-Ig or PBS, followed 21 h later by a lethal combination of 100 µg LPS and 20 mg D-galactosamine. Mice receiving TNFR-Ig showed no effects of endotoxic shock and survived. Untreated mice were dead within 8.5 h (data not shown). Moreover, others have shown (23–25) that administration of TNFR-Ig or LTβR-Ig to adult mice at doses comparable to that used in the present studies (a) affects lymphoid tissue neogenesis and microarchitecture in the developing fetus as well as subsequent GC formation in the offspring (TNFR-Ig and LTβR-Ig), and (b) prevents GC formation in the adult mouse itself (LTβR).
B cells were prepared, 5-(and -6-)-carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester (CFSE) labeled, and transferred as described previously (5). For induction of T cell– dependent B cell responses in vivo, mice were immunized with 200 µl i.p. of SRBC (10% vol/vol; provided by Dr. D. Emory, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Sydney, Australia). Radiation bone marrow chimeras were generated as described previously (26). In brief, 2 x 107 bone marrow cells from C57BL/6-TNF–/– (Ly5.2) donors (TNF–/–
WT) were injected into C57BL/6-Ly5.1 congenic recipients that had been irradiated (5.5 Gy-) on days –2 and 0 and vice versa (WT TNF–/–). 16 wk after reconstitution, >95% chimerism was confirmed by FACS® analysis of Ly5.1 expression by PBMCs. The mice were used 30 wk after chimera establishment.
Fluorescence immunohistology and immunocytochemistry were performed on frozen sections, as described previously (5). Immunohistochemistry double staining was developed using alkaline phosphatase substrate (BCIP/NBT) followed by the horseradish peroxidase substrate DAB. After the final wash, slides were mounted and examined by standard bright-field or epifluorescence microscopy (Leitz DMR BE; Leica AG, St. Gallen, Switzerland).
Cells were maintained on ice throughout all labeling procedures. 2–5 x 105 aliquots of cells were examined by flow cytometry using a FACScan® (Becton Dickinson, San Jose, CA). Data were analyzed with CellQuest software.
Small dense B cells were prepared from mouse spleen as described previously (27) except for the additional use of anti-CD8 (31M) in T cell depletion. B cells (5 x 105/ml) were incubated in 100 µl B cell medium (RPMI 1640 supplemented with 10% FCS [Trace Biosciences Pty. Ltd., Castle Hill, NSW, Australia]) and combinations of T cell membrane (27), recombinant IL-4, membrane from baculovirus-infected Sf 9 cells expressing mouse CD40L (baculo-CD40L [28]), LPS (Salmonella typhosa; Sigma Chemical Co.), and mitogenic anti-IgM (b7.6) and anti-IgD (1.19). Cultures were incubated for 3 d, then pulsed with [3H]thymidine (ICN Biomedicals, Inc., Costa Mesa, CA) for 4 h before harvesting and measurement of proliferation by scintillation counting. Triplicate cultures containing baculo-CD40L and IL-4 were incubated for 7 d before supernatant was harvested for measurement of total IgM, IgG1, or IgE by ELISA.
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TNF from a Bone Marrow–derived Cell Controls Follicular Tropism of Naive Bone Marrow Emigrants.
Data from our own and other groups point to a role for TNF (and LT) in establishment of B cell follicles. In TNF–/– mice, B cells are arranged in rim-like structures around the T cell aggregates, and segregation of red and white pulp as well as the interface between T and B cell zones is poorly preserved (13, 14; Fig. 1, A–D). In TNF/LT–/– mice, the lymphoid aggregates (white pulp) are poorly organized, diminished in size, and overlapping so that clear demarcation between T and B cell zones is lost and there is a relative increase in proportion of lymphocytes within the red pulp (references 12, 13, and data not shown). To clarify the role of TNF in these changes, bone marrow chimeras were created by reconstituting WT animals with TNF–/– bone marrow and vice versa. The white pulp morphology of WT recipients of TNF–/– bone marrow (Fig. 1, E and F) had acquired the features of TNF–/– mice, including a loss of distinct follicles and a blurred T–B cell interface. By contrast, the TNF–/– recipients of WT bone marrow (Fig. 1, H and I) resembled WT mice. A cohort of bone marrow chimeras were immunized with SRBC. Spleens from these mice revealed well-defined PNA+ GCs within the follicles of TNF–/– recipients of WT bone marrow (Fig. 1 J), whereas most B cell aggregates in TNF–/– WT bone marrow chimeras showed no evidence of GC formation (Fig. 1 G).
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–/– bone marrow have yielded comparable results (29). Interestingly, the LT–/– WT bone marrow reconstitution was shown to result in the loss of follicular dendritic cells (FDCs) and GCs but preservation of the demarcation between T and B cell zones (29), which points to an exclusive role for TNF in this latter feature of splenic organization. The results reported here complement the work of Tkachuk et al. (30) in TNFR-1–/– chimeric mice, indicating a requirement for TNFR-1 expression on nonhemopoietic cells in maintenance of splenic architecture and B cell location.
GC Reactions Are Not Dependent on TNF-mediated Signals.
There are two explanations for the dependence of GC formation on TNFR-1 ligation. First TNFR-1 ligation may be required during the cellular interactions after exposure to antigen. Alternatively, it may act during organogenesis to create a permissive environment for later development of GC reactions. To distinguish between these two possibilities, WT mice were immunized with SRBC (day 0) and treated with TNFR-Ig (which binds TNF and soluble LT3 [22]) on three occasions from day 2 after immunization until 1 d before killing and analysis of GC development. Despite TNF blockade in treated mice, GC reactions had developed normally on day 7 and were indistinguishable from those observed in WT mice treated with PBS (data not shown, but see also reference 25). Furthermore, GCs in the spleens of both types of mice contained organized clusters of FDCs (data not shown). Therefore, TNF-mediated interactions act during development of lymphoid structure to create a milieu wherein GC reactions can then proceed, rather than being involved in the cellular interactions responsible for GC formation per se. One caveat is that TNFR-Ig may not completely block the TNFR-1 signals necessary for GC formation in vivo. However, our own and others' experience argues against this possibility (see Materials and Methods).
Follicular Tropism of Mature Recirculating B Cells Is Dependent on Follicular Composition, not Direct TNF or LT Signaling.
Mature recirculating B cells rapidly enter the follicles after adoptive transfer into nonirradiated WT mice (5, 6). To determine whether the absence of TNF or TNF/LT perturbs this process, mature naive splenic B cells from WT or TNF–/– donors were labeled with CFSE and transferred into either WT, TNF–/–, or TNF/LT–/– recipients. The vast majority of WT donor cells were located within WT follicles 24 h after transfer (Fig. 2 A). By contrast, follicular homing was compromised particularly in TNF/ LT–/– recipients, presumably due to disruption of architecture of the follicle (Fig. 2 C). In TNF–/– recipients, B cells from either WT or TNF–/– donors were largely located in the vicinity of the follicles which were better preserved than in mice lacking both cytokine genes (Fig. 2, B and D). When the experiment was reversed and B cells from either TNF–/– or TNF/LT–/– donors were transferred into WT recipients, precise B cell migration to the follicles was observed (Fig. 2, E and F).
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Expression of the BLR1 Chemokine Receptor Is Maintained in the Absence of TNF and LT.
Once the follicles were established, B cell follicular tropism did not require TNF (Fig. 2 D) or LT3 (Fig. 2, G and H). This made good sense, particularly given the ubiquitous expression of TNF and the need for a highly focused mechanism to direct intrafollicular B cell traffic. Nevertheless, the necessity for TNF in the recipient follicle suggested that B cell follicular tropism is mediated by a TNF-dependent factor. One attractive candidate was the chemokine receptor BLR1 because it is expressed on naive but not activated B cells (31) and the splenic white pulp of BLR1–/– mice resembles that of TNF–/– and TNFR-1–/– mice (31). Moreover, splenic follicular tropism of recirculating BLR1–/– B cells was shown to be perturbed, whereas migration of WT B cells into the B cell zones of BLR1–/– recipients was normal. To examine the role of BLR1, spleen cells were obtained from WT, TNF–/–, and TNF/LT–/– mice, and BLR1 expression was assessed by flow cytometry. Dual staining of WT spleen cells for a range of phenotype markers revealed that 95% of B220+ cells expressed BLR1, whereas <3% of CD4+, CD8+, or Mac-1+ cells were positive (data not shown). When BLR1 expression on WT B220 cells was compared with that on the same cells from TNF–/– or TNF/LT–/– mice, not only were levels maintained in the absence of TNF and LT, but they also showed a consistent albeit small increase above the control (Fig. 3). Thus, although a role for BLR1 in mediating the effects of TNF (and LT) on primary B cell follicular structure was excluded, the increase in level of expression is consistent with reduced receptor internalization, possibly secondary to a deficit in its recently described ligand, BLC (32).
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–/– Mice.–positive) were stimulated in vitro with 100 ng/ml HEL, and then injected into WT, TNF–/–, or TNF/LT–/– recipients, where they were detected in the spleen using HEL-specific antiserum. In WT mice, B cells migrated to the outer PALS, where they remained for at least 24 h (Fig. 4 A). Similarly, when activated Ig Tg B cells were transferred into TNF–/– recipients, they arrested precisely in the outer PALS (Fig. 4 B). However, antigenic stimulation had no apparent influence on the migration pattern of B cells transferred into TNF/ LT–/– recipients. Thus, B cells were distributed randomly throughout the red and white pulp of the recipients (Fig. 4 C), as had been observed previously after transfer of naive B cells into TNF/LT–/– recipients (Fig. 2 C).
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.–/– mice, whereas only some aspects are deficient in the absence of TNF (13, 14). To investigate the possibility that the absence of TNF and/or LT from B cells prevents B cell proliferation and differentiation, purified small resting B cells were prepared from the spleens of both TNF–/– and TNF/LT–/– mice and stimulated in vitro using protocols that reproduce T cell–dependent and –independent activation. Stimulation with either activated T cell membranes or recombinant CD40L resulted in comparable proliferation of B cells irrespective of whether they were obtained from TNF–/–, TNF/LT–/–, or WT mice. In each case, proliferation was enhanced by the addition of IL-4 (Fig. 5 A). Similarly, production of IgM, IgG1, and IgE by B cells from both mutant strains was normal in the presence of IL-4 (Fig. 5 B). T cell–independent B cell activation with anti-IgM, anti-IgD, or LPS was also unaffected by either mutation (data not shown).
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–/– mice is due to loss of T zone tropism by antigen-stimulated B cells in these mice (Fig. 4 C) rather than to an intrinsic defect in the switching mechanism imposed by the absence of these cytokines (Fig. 5). In contrast, the initial phase of the T cell–dependent response to antigen is normal in TNF–/– mice, even though GCs do not develop. The most likely explanation for this is the absence of an organized network of FDCs within the B cell areas. FDC networks have been reported to be absent not only from TNF–/– (13, 14), TNF/LT–/– (12, 13), and TNFR-1–/– (15, 16, 30) mice but also from LT–/– mice (16). On the other hand, TNF does not appear to be essential for production of FDCs per se, since TNF–/– mice contain isolated FDCs (13). Interestingly, the source of LT required for formation of FDC networks has been shown to be the B cell itself, not the T cell (33, 34). Collectively, these findings raise the question of the respective roles played by TNF and LT in formation of FDC networks and subsequently GC reactions. One possible scenario is that TNF secreted by a cell of hemopoietic origin interacts with TNFR-1+ nonhemopoietic cells, leading to release of the chemokine BLC. This chemokine could then bind to BLR1 on adjacent B cells, leading to both formation of structurally correct follicles (permissive for FDC clustering) and induction of LT expression on B cells, which in turn would facilitate development of FDC networks. The chimera experiments reported here support such a scenario. When LT was available but TNF was not (TNF–/– WT), the extent of the GC reaction was significantly impaired compared with that seen in the presence of TNF (WT TNF–/–). That is, the environment was not permissive for FDC clustering because it had been formed in the absence of TNF. By contrast, after immunization, GCs developed normally after administration of TNFR-Ig to (TNF+/+) WT mice with structurally permissive B cell follicles. TNFR-Ig inhibits the activity of soluble LT3 as well as TNF (22), but the functionally important form of B cell–produced LT for FDC clustering appears to be the membrane-bound LT1β2 heterotrimer (33), which would have escaped neutralization by TNFR-Ig. Consistent with this is the absence of splenic GCs in LTβ–/– mice (17) despite secretion of soluble LT3.
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This work was funded by a grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society of Australia (to H. Körner and J.D. Sedgwick), a National Health and Medical Research Council Program Grant (to A. Basten and J.D. Sedgwick), a University of Sydney Medical Foundation Program Grant (to P.D. Hodgkin) and postgraduate Scholarship (to M.C. Cook), a National Health and Medical Research Council postgraduate Scholarship (to D.S. Riminton), and a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship in Australia (to J.D. Sedgwick, held 1992–1996).
Submitted: 13 May 1998
Revised: 14 August 1998
M.C. Cook and H. Körner contributed equally to this study.
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