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Immunomolecular and reactivity landscapes of gut IgA subclasses in homeostasis and inflammatory bowel disease
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The human gut includes plasma cells (PCs) expressing immunoglobulin A1 (IgA1) or IgA2, two structurally distinct IgA subclasses with elusive regulation, function, and reactivity. We show here that intestinal IgA1+ and IgA2+ PCs co-emerged early in life, comparably accumulated somatic mutations, and were enriched within short-lived CD19+ and long-lived CD19- PC subsets, respectively. IgA2+ PCs were extensively clonally related to IgA1+ PCs and a subset of them presumably emerged from IgA1+ precursors. Of note, secretory IgA1 (SIgA1) and SIgA2 dually coated a large fraction of mucus-embedded bacteria, including Akkermansia muciniphila. Disruption of homeostasis by inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) was associated with an increase in actively proliferating IgA1+ plasmablasts, a depletion in long-lived IgA2+ PCs, and increased SIgA1+SIgA2+ gut microbiota. Such increase featured enhanced IgA1 reactivity to pathobionts, including Escherichia coli, combined with depletion of beneficial A. muciniphila. Thus, gut IgA1 and IgA2 emerge from clonally related PCs and show unique changes in both frequency and reactivity in IBD.
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TEJEDOR VAQUERO, Sonia, et al. Immunomolecular and reactivity landscapes of gut IgA subclasses in homeostasis and inflammatory bowel disease. Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2024. Vol. 221, num. 12. ISSN 0022-1007. [consulted: 18 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/221044