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- Title
Citrulline enteral administration markedly reduces immunosuppressive extrafollicular plasma cell differentiation in a preclinical model of sepsis.
- Authors
Gauthier, Juliette; Grégoire, Murielle; Reizine, Florian; Lesouhaitier, Mathieu; Desvois, Yoni; Ghukasyan, Gevorg; Moreau, Caroline; Amé, Patricia; Tarte, Karin; Tadié, Jean‐Marc; Delaloy, Céline
- Abstract
The sustained immunosuppression associated with severe sepsis favors an increased susceptibility to secondary infections and remains incompletely understood. Plasmablast and plasma cell subsets, whose primary function is to secrete antibodies, have emerged as important suppressive populations that expand during sepsis. In particular, sepsis supports CD39hi plasmablast metabolic reprogramming associated with adenosine‐mediated suppressive activity. Arginine deficiency has been linked to an increased risk of secondary infections in sepsis. Overcoming arginine shortage by citrulline administration efficiently improves sepsis‐induced immunosuppression and secondary infections in the cecal ligation and puncture murine model. Here, we aimed to determine the impact of citrulline administration on B cell suppressive responses in sepsis. We demonstrate that restoring arginine bioavailability through citrulline administration markedly reduces the dominant extrafollicular B cell response, decreasing the immunosuppressive LAG3+ and CD39+ plasma cell populations, and restoring splenic follicles. At the molecular level, the IRF4/MYC‐mediated B cell reprogramming required for extrafollicular plasma cell differentiation is shunted in the splenic B cells of mice fed with citrulline. Our study reveals a prominent impact of nutrition on B cell responses and plasma cell differentiation and further supports the development of citrulline‐based clinical studies to prevent sepsis‐associated immune dysfunction.
- Subjects
PLASMA cells; CELL differentiation; CITRULLINE; SEPSIS; ANIMAL models in research
- Publication
European Journal of Immunology, 2023, Vol 53, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
0014-2980
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/eji.202250154