Journal: Journal of Medical Virology
Article Title: KSHV vIL6 Inhibits Functional B Cell Maturation During De Novo Infection
doi: 10.1002/jmv.70479
Figure Lengend Snippet: vIL6 and hIL6 cooperatively support B cell viability during KSHV infection but have differential effects on subset frequencies. Naïve B cells were extracted from a distinct set of 15 tonsils and subjected to infection with either Mock, KSHV‐WT, or KSHV‐ΔK2. The cultures were either supplemented with IL6‐neutralizing antibodies or remained untreated. At 3dpi, the cultures were examined by flow cytometry to assess B cell viabilities and the frequencies of B cell subsets. (A) Percent of viable CD19 + . Two‐way repeated measures ANOVA p = 0.01, F = 5.3 for virus strain, p = 0.04, F = 5.5 for hIL6 neutralization and p = 0.03, F = 3.9 for the interaction of the two variables. Post hoc paired T ‐tests with Holm correction for multiple comparisons showed p = 0.01 comparing no treatment to hIL6 neutralization in Mock cultures, p = 0.01 comparing Mock with KSHV‐WT in untreated cultures and p = 0.004 comparin Mock with ∆K2 in untreated cultures. (B) Frequency of naïve B cells Two‐way repeated measures ANOVA p = 0.05, F = 4.7 for hIL6 neutralization and p = 0.04, F = 3.6 for the interaction of virus and hIL6 neutralization. Post hoc paired T ‐tests with Holm correction for multiple comparisons showed p = 0.018 comparing Mock to ∆K2 in the no treatment condition and p = 0.01 comparing untreated to hIL6 neutralization in Mock infected cultures. (C) Frequency of germinal center B cells. Two‐way repeated measures ANOVA p = 0.03, F = 4.1 for virus strain. Post hoc paired T ‐tests with Holm correction for multiple comparisons showed p = 0.019 comparing Mock to ∆K2 in the no treatment condition. (D) Frequency of plasmablasts. Two‐way repeated measures ANOVA p = 0.00006, F = 14.1 for virus strain and p = 0.001, F = 9.0 for the interaction of virus and hIL6 neutralization. Post hoc paired T ‐tests with Holm correction for multiple comparisons showed p = 0.03 comparing Mock and WT, p = 0.03 comparing Mock and ∆K2 in the no treatment conditions and p = 0.002 comparing Mock and WT, p = 0.04 comparing Mock and ∆K2 and p = 0.004 comparing WT and ∆K2 in the hIL6 neutralized conditions.
Article Snippet: IL6 neutralizing antibodies were obtained from R&D Systems (7270‐IL‐010/CF).
Techniques: Infection, Flow Cytometry, Virus, Neutralization