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Reactive plasmacytoses are expansions of plasmablasts retaining the capacity to differentiate into plasma cells

Abstract

Circulating plasma cells in 10 cases of reactive plasmacytosis had a shared phenotype with early plasma cell (CD19(+) CD38(+) CD138(+) CD40(+) CD45(+) CD11a+ CD49e- CD56(-)). In most cases, a minor subpopulation of CD28(+) plasma cells was also detected. Reactive plasma cells were highly proliferative, suggesting the presence of circulating progenitors (plasmablasts). After CD138(+) plasma cell removal, highly proliferative CD138(-) plasmablasts differentiated into CD138(+) plasma cells within a few days. This differentiation, which was associated with increased CD38 and decreased HLA-DR expression, was further confirmed by a large increase in intracellular Ig content (associated with Ig secretion) and was concomitant with extensive secretion of interleukin-6 (IL-6). The addition of neutralizing anti-IL-6 and anti-CD126 (IL-6 receptor) monoclonal antibodies totally prevented Ig secretion and cell differentiation by inducing apoptosis of plasmablasts, which indicates that IL-6 is an essential survival factor for plasmablasts. This report provides the first characterization of normal plasmablasts and shows that their phenotype is not exactly that of multiple myeloma cells.
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hal-01595831 , version 1 (27-09-2017)

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  • HAL Id : hal-01595831 , version 1
  • PUBMED : 10397737

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G. Jego, N. Robillard, Denis Puthier, M. Amiot, F. Accard, et al.. Reactive plasmacytoses are expansions of plasmablasts retaining the capacity to differentiate into plasma cells. Blood, 1999, 94 (2), pp.701--712. ⟨hal-01595831⟩
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