A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal
Endolysosomal vesicles at the center of B cell activation
Authors: Hämälistö, Saara; Batalla, Valle del Felipe; Yuseff Isabel, María; Mattila, Pieta
Publisher: Rockefeller University Press
Publication year: 2024
Journal: Journal of Cell Biology
Article number: e202307047
Volume: 223
Issue: 3
ISSN: 0021-9525
eISSN: 1540-8140
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202307047
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.202307047
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/380834693
The endolysosomal system specializes in degrading cellular components and is crucial to maintaining homeostasis and adapting rapidly to metabolic and environmental cues. Cells of the immune system exploit this network to process antigens or promote cell death by secreting lysosome-related vesicles. In B lymphocytes, lysosomes are harnessed to facilitate the extraction of antigens and to promote their processing into peptides for presentation to T cells, critical steps to mount protective high-affinity antibody responses. Intriguingly, lysosomal vesicles are now considered important signaling units within cells and also display secretory functions by releasing their content to the extracellular space. In this review, we focus on how B cells use pathways involved in the intracellular trafficking, secretion, and function of endolysosomes to promote adaptive immune responses. A basic understanding of such mechanisms poses an interesting frontier for the development of therapeutic strategies in the context of cancer and autoimmune diseases.
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Funding information in the publication:
This work was supported by the Research Council of Finland (grant ID 339810 to P.K. Mattila; 355957 to S. Hämälistö; and 337530 and 357910 to InFLAMES flagship), the Chilean National Agency for Research and Development (ANID) through Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico funding (grant ID: 1221128 to M.I. Yuseff and the Ph.D. national Scholarship ID 21191062 to F. Del Valle Batalla) as well as the Sigrid Jusélius (to P.K. Mattila) and Finnish Cultural foundations (to S. Hämälistö).