PMID- 34987522 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220225 LR - 20220225 IS - 1664-3224 (Electronic) IS - 1664-3224 (Linking) VI - 12 DP - 2021 TI - Tracing Human IgE B Cell Antigen Receptor-Bearing Cells With a Monoclonal Anti-Human IgE Antibody That Specifically Recognizes Non-Receptor-Bound IgE. PG - 803236 LID - 10.3389/fimmu.2021.803236 [doi] LID - 803236 AB - Up to 30% of the population suffers from immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated allergies. Despite current stepwise gating approaches, the unambiguous identification of human IgE-producing cells by flow cytometry and immunohistology remains challenging. This is mainly due to the scarcity of these cells and the fact that IgE is not only expressed in a membrane-bound form on the surface of IgE-producing cells in form of the B cell antigen receptor (BCR), but is more frequently found on various cell types bound to the low and high affinity receptors, CD23 and FcϵRI, respectively. Here we sought to develop a sequential gating strategy for unambiguous detection of cells bearing the IgE BCR on their surface. To that aim we first tested the monoclonal anti-IgE antibody omalizumab for its ability to discriminate between IgE BCR and receptor-bound IgE using cells producing IgE or bearing IgE bound to CD23 as well as basophils exhibiting FcϵRI receptor-bound IgE. Using flow cytometry, we demonstrated that omalizumab recognized IgE producing cells with a high sensitivity of up to 1 IgE(+) cell in 1000 human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). These results were confirmed by confocal microscopy both in cell suspensions as well as in nasal polyp tissue sections. Finally, we established a consecutive gating strategy allowing the clear identification of class-switched, allergen-specific IgE(+) memory B cells and plasmablasts/plasma cells in human PBMCs. Birch pollen specific IgE(+) memory B cells represented on average 0.734% of total CD19(+) B cells in allergic patients after allergen exposure. Thus, we developed a new protocol for exclusive staining of non-receptor bound allergen-specific IgE(+) B cell subsets in human samples. CI - Copyright (c) 2021 Zghaebi, Byazrova, Flicker, Villazala-Merino, Campion, Stanek, Tu, Breiteneder, Filatov, Khaitov, Niederberger-Leppin, Eckl-Dorna and Valenta. FAU - Zghaebi, Mohammed AU - Zghaebi M AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. FAU - Byazrova, Maria AU - Byazrova M AD - National Research Centre (NRC) Institute of Immunology, Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA) of Russia, Moscow, Russia. AD - Department of Immunology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. FAU - Flicker, Sabine AU - Flicker S AD - Division of Immunopathology, Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. FAU - Villazala-Merino, Sergio AU - Villazala-Merino S AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. FAU - Campion, Nicholas J AU - Campion NJ AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. FAU - Stanek, Victoria AU - Stanek V AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. FAU - Tu, Aldine AU - Tu A AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. FAU - Breiteneder, Heimo AU - Breiteneder H AD - Division of Medical Biotechnology, Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. FAU - Filatov, Alexander AU - Filatov A AD - National Research Centre (NRC) Institute of Immunology, Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA) of Russia, Moscow, Russia. AD - Department of Immunology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. FAU - Khaitov, Musa AU - Khaitov M AD - National Research Centre (NRC) Institute of Immunology, Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA) of Russia, Moscow, Russia. AD - Immunology Department, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia. FAU - Niederberger-Leppin, Verena AU - Niederberger-Leppin V AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. FAU - Eckl-Dorna, Julia AU - Eckl-Dorna J AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. FAU - Valenta, Rudolf AU - Valenta R AD - National Research Centre (NRC) Institute of Immunology, Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA) of Russia, Moscow, Russia. AD - Division of Immunopathology, Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. AD - Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia. AD - Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Krems, Austria. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20211220 PL - Switzerland TA - Front Immunol JT - Frontiers in immunology JID - 101560960 RN - 0 (Allergens) RN - 0 (Anti-Allergic Agents) RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal) RN - 0 (Antigens, CD19) RN - 0 (Antigens, Plant) RN - 0 (Epitopes) RN - 0 (Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell) RN - 0 (Receptors, IgE) RN - 2P471X1Z11 (Omalizumab) RN - 37341-29-0 (Immunoglobulin E) SB - IM MH - Allergens/immunology MH - Anti-Allergic Agents/*therapeutic use MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal/metabolism MH - Antigens, CD19/metabolism MH - Antigens, Plant/immunology MH - B-Lymphocyte Subsets/*immunology MH - Betula/immunology MH - Cell Separation MH - Epitopes MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Humans MH - Immunoglobulin Class Switching MH - Immunoglobulin E/*metabolism MH - Immunologic Memory MH - Omalizumab/*therapeutic use MH - Pollen/immunology MH - Protein Binding MH - Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/*metabolism MH - Receptors, IgE/metabolism MH - Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal/*drug therapy/immunology PMC - PMC8721004 OTO - NOTNLM OT - B cells OT - CD23 OT - FcepsilonRI OT - IgE OT - PBMCs OT - allergy OT - omalizumab OT - spiking COIS- RV has received research grants from Worg Pharmaceuticals, Hangzhou, China, HVD Biotech, Vienna, Austria and Viravaxx, Vienna, Austria. He serves as a consultant for Viravaxx and Worg. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. EDAT- 2022/01/07 06:00 MHDA- 2022/02/26 06:00 PMCR- 2021/01/01 CRDT- 2022/01/06 05:53 PHST- 2021/10/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/11/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/01/06 05:53 [entrez] PHST- 2022/01/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/02/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.3389/fimmu.2021.803236 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Front Immunol. 2021 Dec 20;12:803236. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.803236. eCollection 2021.